“Master of Mischief: How One Clever Roommate Turned the Tables on a Sneaky Food Thief!”
Having your food stolen is a top-tier annoyance
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So one woman decided to use her thieving roommates lack of spice tolerance against her
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Spiciness was developed as a defense against consumption, but it never stopped us humans
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There is a special biological irony that most peppers developed capsaicin, the chemical responsible for their “spice” as a defense mechanism against rodents. Other mammals, such as ourselves, are also affected, as anyone who has unwittingly chowed down on a jalapeño can attest to. Incidentally, birds are actually “immune” to it, as they literally lack the receptors capsaicin locks onto.
However, this has not really deterred humans in the long run. First and foremost, our ancestors needed to eat and would generally consume whatever was available. After all, if your choices are starvation or a bit of pain in your mouth for an hour or so, nearly everyone would eat the chili.
Over time, this has even created a preference for spice. After all, it adds a lot of flavor to food. While we are positively spoiled for flavor now, in the past most staples would be rather bland, so anything that takes it up a notch was worth its weight in gold. One has only to remember the fortunes made by selling spices in the 16th century.
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