Why do the spiciest food originates near the equator while away from it the food gets bland. Example in the Indian subcontinent – Food up north in Delhi or Calcutta will be more spicy than food in Afghanistan but way less spicy than somewhere like Tamil Nadu or Sri Lanka

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Why do the spiciest food originates near the equator while away from it the food gets bland. Example in the Indian subcontinent – Food up north in Delhi or Calcutta will be more spicy than food in Afghanistan but way less spicy than somewhere like Tamil Nadu or Sri Lanka

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Answer 1

Two-fold:

– the plants simply can’t be grown in those climate ranges. About the only “spicy” plants that can be grown in, say, Finland, without a greenhouse/heating/lights is horse-radish. A culture of spicy food simply didn’t develop there.

– spicy food increases sweating, which helps to cool body down, due to evaporation