Part of my lunch included cucumbers. I noticed a pepper grinder nearby and thought I would put pepper on my cucumber. When I tried it, it did not feel spicy. Does cucumber inhibit spice? If it does, is it because a cucumber is 96% water?
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…or maybe the pepper was a year old or more & had lost all its punch & aroma. – Tetsujin Jul 27 '23 at 15:38
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@Tetsujin I tried it without cucumber and it was spicy. – The Empty String Photographer Jul 27 '23 at 15:40
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You're saying that pure pepper tasted more strongly of pepper than pepper mixed with something else did? – Sneftel Jul 27 '23 at 15:43
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Yes and no.
Any food eaten together with any spice will "reduce" the flavor of that spice due to dilution with other flavors. Cucumbers are not special in this regard.
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