Do Colder or Warmer Places Eat More Spicy or Bland Food?
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Or the spicy ingredients grow there...
'spice use cannot be accounted for by diversity of cultures, plants, crops or naturally occurring spices'
Yeah, here in Norway black pepper is considered spicy