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Chinese provinces, ranked on spice tolerance (hexbear.net)
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Spicy food ranked by provinces.

Red is most spicy whilst green is least.

https://archive.is/jyuTx

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[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Sichuan peppers are not spicy because of capsaicin iirc and are more like a peppercorn than a chili (though not closely related to either). They aren't the same sort of spicy. Its more like a tingly/numbing sensation.