Hot pepper makes you sweat. That is why all cuisines around the world are
hotter as you get closer to the equater.Sweating cools the body.



At 03:35 PM 9/17/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Wow, I know if I ate your food I'd be hot!  I'm stumped.  I've never heard
this one before.  Anybody?
>
>John Pavao
>
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>I noticed it mostly after I ate a big bowl of chili.  Also after
>breakfast, bacon and eggs.  I didn't know where to get uncured bacon so
>I got the non-sugar cured kind.  Maybe it's because I have a liking for
>VERY hot food.  I use a LOT of cayenne.  It's great on eggs.  Even
>people who say they like really really hot food cannot eat mine but I
>love it.  Developed this taste several years ago due to sinus trouble.
>I couldn't smell anything so the only things I could taste were salt,
>sugar and highly spiced food.
>I had just figured that since the increase of fat consumption increases
>metabolism, this would account for the heat.  Never noticed it before.
>
>Bill
>