@Marshall1Banana the whole "white people don't spice their food" thing is the ID of the left thing that keeps giving.

it allows them to say "but I eat spicy things, so I'm special"
it allows them to say "white people are stupid/uncultured" etc.

The simple thing is this: highly spiced food is either because you historically needed to cover up poor food, or the spices you used were very strong in small amounts.

There is nothing "better" about a lamb curry than lamb with some mint. If you *need* spices to slap you in your face that means you are stupid.