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[–] floopus@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 days ago

I fear my mum would find mild too spicy lol

[–] BlueMagma@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 days ago

Please don't post ads.

[–] rekabis@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 days ago

My scotch-bonnet-munching brother took one look at this and nearly laughed his ring of fire clear off his seat.

[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

You can tell an American made this meme.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 days ago

Spice ratings annoy me so much! I can eat one meal called flaming hot and it's cooler than another that is warm or sometimes even mild.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

I can only imagine that it's just blander because "mild" here is pretty much spiceless. Hot is baseline mild spice. Extra spicy is what I think of as being spicy, and then everything above that is if you want the burn but none of the flavor.

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[–] Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 days ago (4 children)

That seems weird. All the people I know from the UK are into flaming hot Indian food so I can't imagine they would have a problem with mild salsa. And I have yet to see an Aussie fridge that doesn't have multiple bottles of extra hot sauces. I consider myself to be a wimp with hot spice - my stomach and I disagree on the matter and it wins - but even I can handle "mild". Not that I believe people don't exist (I know one or two), but that there would be enough population to make it a worthwhile sales change surprises me.

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[–] alansuspect@aussie.zone 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I've lived in Britain and Australia and I've never seen this, and both places have good spicy food so I assume they didn't sell well.

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[–] joelfromaus@aussie.zone 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I like spicy food but even mild spice plays up with my stomach and a while after eating some I could shit through the eye of a donut at thirty yards. So I really appreciate things that are meant to be spicy but have an option where they’re not so that I can experience a bit of what I can no longer have.

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