Why Do We Eat (and Enjoy) Painfully Spicy Foods? | What’s Eating Dan | America's Test Kitchen

What is chemesthesis? We'll let Dan explain that one. But it has to do with painfully spicy foods (chili peppers, ginger, olive oil, bubbly drinks!) and why many of us enjoy eating them.

Get the recipe for DIY Prepared Horseradish: https://cooks.io/36plPBC
Get the recipe for Fresh Horseradish Bloody Mary: https://cooks.io/3AH0Bxc
Get the recipe for Horseradish Sauce: https://cooks.io/3hsyQ40
Get the recipe for Horseradish Mashed Potatoes: https://cooks.io/3AFn7q9

Learn more about chemesthetics: https://cooks.io/3hK6eC2
Buy the book The Food of Sichuan: https://amzn.to/3yB4z8x

Watch the hot sauce episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpPWlJ_gXlg
Watch the olive oil episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EtUDPHSeoc

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