Spicy food question

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Anonymous

#472291 Mon, 04 Feb 08 02:43 AM

When you ask someone if he's okay to eat hot food or spicy food.Which of the following would be most proper?

*Do you care for spicy food?/Do you care for hot stuff?
*Can you eat spicy food?/Can you eat hot stuff?
*Do you eat spicy food a lot?/Do you eat hot stuff a lot?

Thank you very much your kind attention.

Anonymous

Grammar Geek

#472299 Mon, 04 Feb 08 03:27 AM

Stick with "spicy food."

Do you like spicy food? Can you eat spicy food?

If you're already at a restaurant that serves spicy food, you can say something like "Be careful - I know how hot the chicken vindaloo is here" or whatever.

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Barbara, who answers in American English.

Pter

#472349 Mon, 04 Feb 08 07:43 AM

People in Singapore always say "hot" instead of "spicy". I have to clarify with them every time if they mean the temperature or the food is spicy. It's really confusing to me. Is it common to use "hot" to refer to "spicy food" in other countries?

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Anonymous

#472355 Mon, 04 Feb 08 07:58 AM

Thank you Grammar Geek and Peter.

Anonymous

Grammar

Grammar Geek

#472447 Mon, 04 Feb 08 01:34 PM

Pter wrote:
People in Singapore always say "hot" instead of "spicy". I have to clarify with them every time if they mean the temperature or the food is spicy. It's really confusing to me. Is it common to use "hot" to refer to "spicy food" in other countries?

Yes.

There have been times when I've taken a bite and said "oh my gosh, it's so hot" and then gone on to clarify that I meant temperature-hot not spicy-hot.

"Hot wings" are spicy chicken wings.

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