One of the many things I’ve learned while living in China is that spicy food is actually addictive! The more hot peppers that you eat, the more you want! And when you eat food without peppers, it seems bland and tasteless.
dried peppers
No danger of bland and tasteless here!
grinding peppers
Notice the grinder in the back. Once I went into a small shop that was grinding dry peppers very finely. The hot pepper permeated the air so thickly that it instantly brought tears to my eyes! I was choking and coughing as I left the store. The shopkeeper and his family were sitting inside playing cards! It didn’t bother them in the least! But to me, it was as if someone had sprayed pepper spray in my face! Amazing! I continued my transaction from the road, out of the direct line of peppery air flow! All the people around the shop and in the street were good-naturedly laughing at me. I guess to them I was really wimpy, but I wasn’t ashamed. It was a STRONG pepper-induced PAIN! There is no shame in escaping pain! 
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