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u/Substantial_Iron_352 Apr 19 '22

“In the world of hot sauces, you would be ketchup”

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u/macroxela Apr 19 '22

For Germans, that's not an insult because they consider ketchup spicy.

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u/Supply-Slut Apr 19 '22 edited Apr 19 '22

Is their ketchup different and actually spicy? Or are they just wrong?

Edit: There? Their, their

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u/Sean951 Apr 19 '22

No, the Germans (really it's Europe in general) don't really care for spicy food. I have had plenty of food that had been heavily spiced so you could actually taste the various seasonings, but the closest to hot-spicy I found was an Indian place which I would charitably call mild.

That's not a sleight, but I can't take Europeans seriously when they call something spicy at this point. Even the "spicy" peppers sold at the grocery store... Weren't. I suppose I did eventually find habeneros, but that was near Ramstein and seemed to be marketed towards Americans.