Ok for 8 year old to have chicken vindaloo?

No issue with this.

Living in India most of the year my children are exposed to spicy food all the time.

The only viable reason for them to not to eat it, is if they dont like the taste.

My son hates it, my daughter loves it.
 
just order something else and tell them its vindaloo

kids should eat what their parents eat though..its a good way of broadening their horizons instead of flippin micro chips and turkey twizzlers

friends kids are more than happy to tuck into thai green curry when we are all eating together
 
FTM said:
kids should eat what their parents eat though..its a good way of broadening their horizons instead of flippin micro chips and turkey twizzlers
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Pretty sure you're a generation behind here. I was eating that **** when i was a youngster, and I'm 35!
 
antijoke said:
Can't see a kid eating a vindaloo without crying his eyes out.
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Its possible.

For me spice overpowers any flavour, but my 5 year old daughter will sit and happily work her way through a selection of raw green and red chillis.

For me its absolutely horrendous, but for her.....she likes it.
 
When I wasabout 3 or 4 I used to insist on having a glass of Scotch Whisky with my Granddad at Christmas, used to think I was so grown up drinking an adult drink so young.

Turns out I was always given a small glass of ginger ale. I only found out when I had a real glass of whisky for the first time!:D

Bit OT but what the hell.:)
 
Rifte said:
No issue with this.

Living in India most of the year my children are exposed to spicy food all the time.

The only viable reason for them to not to eat it, is if they dont like the taste.

My son hates it, my daughter loves it.
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there is a huge difference between spicy food and vindaloo.

well tbh vindaloo is made differently from place to place however it's meant to be a lot spicier than a madras which is what i would classify as spicy.

i eat more spice than the average person but even i wouldn't touch a vindaloo, it's just a base curry sauce with hundreds of chilli in it, it tastes horrible.

give the kid a full green chilli, the little birds eye ones and make sure it's fresh, not the big jalapeno style they are too weak. if they can eat said chilli raw within 30 seconds then they can have a vindaloo.

however i would recommend if they can handle it to order a speciality dish like a south indian garlic chilli or an achari and just ask the chef to throw a lot of green chillies into it. so you get the same heat level of a vindaloo but at least it has some flavour.

Rifte said:
Its possible.

For me spice overpowers any flavour, but my 5 year old daughter will sit and happily work her way through a selection of raw green and red chillis.

For me its absolutely horrendous, but for her.....she likes it.
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what chillis though? some aren't that spicy at all. well not really.

i can eat them raw too and been able to do so since probably early teens, maybe even younger it's not something i made a mental note of.

some chillis can be really weak and you can eat a lot, then you hit a fresh ripe one and it blows you away.
 
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My experience of Vindaloo is also that it varies wildly from place to place, some are very very hot whilst others aren't.

I had one from one of the local takeaways and it was delicious, it had a real nice heat to it but you could really taste all the different notes in it, the chef obviously put a lot of love into that dish.

I too am I big lover of spicy food. Had a phaal once and found it a rather enjoyable experience lol, my boss who tried a spoonful was almost dying for hours after.

Never tried Ghost peppers or anything like that though. Those sorts of things scare me a little lol.
 
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Psycho Sonny said:
what chillis though? some aren't that spicy at all. well not really.

i can eat them raw too and been able to do so since probably early teens, maybe even younger it's not something i made a mental note of.

some chillis can be really weak and you can eat a lot, then you hit a fresh ripe one and it blows you away.
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That I dont know. Its from a shakwala that my wife frequents. It makes my eyes water from across the room when she breaks into it.

I wont touch it let alone eat it.
 
If a 8 year old wants a Vindaloo I'd ask what have you been feeding them to get their heat levels requiring that :eek:
 
Rifte said:
That I dont know. Its from a shakwala that my wife frequents. It makes my eyes water from across the room when she breaks into it.

I wont touch it let alone eat it.
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they sound hot but you just never know until you try them.

the heat is all mental. as in there is no physical burn. it's just nerves reacting. birds for example are completely immune to the heat they don't feel anything at all. there is variations from person to person too. as in some no matter what won't find anything spicy as their nerves just don't pick them up at all or as much.

once seen a OAP eat a phaal, one of the other 4 in the party tried to be match her and ordered the same as he didn't want to come across as "weak". she finished hers, he had maybe 2 tiny spoons before giving up.

if you eat chillis regularly enough you become immune to the heat some what. as in you need more to hit the same level. so many different factors at play.

chilli and lemon achaar is the best. where the chillies are large and whole about 2 cm wide and 6-8 inches tall. soaked in lemon juice and a ton of achaar masala. a lot tastier than just having chillies on their own. i don't see th epoint in having it for the sake of having it. it needs flavour accompanied by heat.
 
Does the kid normally eat vindaloo? If so, whats the problem? If not, then what makes them think they want to try a vindaloo?

Who is this kid to you? Are you baby sitting or something? Could you just ask the parents?
 
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