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Bah, chili garlic sauce is great stuff. ;)0024463061057.jpg

Then again, I have developed a taste for Vietnamese food and my love of this stuff started at my favorite Vietnamese restaurants. It goes great with pho. :)

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Bah' date=' chili garlic sauce is great stuff. ;)

Then again, I have developed a taste for Vietnamese food and my love of this stuff started at my favorite Vietnamese restaurants. It goes great with pho. :)[/quote']

I've tried it but its a little to acidic for me m, personally. I like kuchakara(may have spelled it wrong ) its korean chilli flake has a very nice kick. I also like the asian chilli mixed with the dried shrimp, so bomb! I love pho btw, kinda scared to eat it with the noodles, are the noodles still healthy to eat?

-d'andra

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I am 2 years out & love everything spicy. Tolerate it really well. There is hope :)

You have made my day, it was hurting my heart to think that this was the end of the road lol.

-d'andra

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Im caribbean as well (st.croix' date=' virgin islands over here). [/quote']

Hey Dandra! Nice to see another West Indian on here! Thanks for your well wishes, I am super excited. I can't believe I didn't make this decision sooner. :-)

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Hey Dandra! Nice to see another West Indian on here! Thanks for your well wishes' date=' I am super excited. I can't believe I didn't make this decision sooner. :-)[/quote']

Right! Its better late then never my gyal!! I was starting to think i would have never met a cruzan on here.

-d'andra

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I've tried it but its a little to acidic for me m, personally. I like kuchakara(may have spelled it wrong ) its korean chilli flake has a very nice kick. I also like the asian chilli mixed with the dried shrimp, so bomb! I love pho btw, kinda scared to eat it with the noodles, are the noodles still healthy to eat?

-d'andra

I am not 100% sure about the noodles. Granted, pho was my first restaurant food after I had my sleeve. About 4 days after my surgery when I was on the full liquid stage, I forced my husband to take me to one of our Vietnamese restaurants so that I could have some pho broth while he ate the rest of the Soup. I have had pho a couple of times since then, but I have concentrated on the broth and the beef first and have just had a little of the noodles (well chewed).

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I am not 100% sure about the noodles. Granted' date=' pho was my first restaurant food after I had my sleeve. About 4 days after my surgery when I was on the full liquid stage, I forced my husband to take me to one of our Vietnamese restaurants so that I could have some pho broth while he ate the rest of the Soup. I have had pho a couple of times since then, but I have concentrated on the broth and the beef first and have just had a little of the noodles (well chewed).[/quote']

Gotcha, a little noodles after the Protein wont hurt. I want pho now, downtown here i come. [=

-d'andra

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Yes you will eat pho, lo mein etc.. just not so much of it- I can eat about 3 bites of noodles and then i'm done you can imagine totally not worth it so I will eat spicy veggies instead.... you learn to fight/choose your battles... but yes you can eat spicy foods agian-

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I'm 2 months out and able to enjoy my chili! I make a great homemade jalapeno salsa and it doesn't bother me at all, tabasco sauce on eggs, Thai flavors, etc. A raw chili did kick my A** over the weekend though so I'll wait a little while to try that again!

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Yes you will eat pho' date=' lo mein etc.. just not so much of it- I can eat about 3 bites of noodles and then i'm done you can imagine totally not worth it so I will eat spicy veggies instead.... you learn to fight/choose your battles... but yes you can eat spicy foods agian-[/quote']

....i never thought about the spicy veggies i will try dat next time

-d'andra

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I was about 3 months out before I could enjoy spicy foods again. I don't really like hot hot stuff but really flavorful food. You will get there.

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I was about 3 months out before I could enjoy spicy foods again. I don't really like hot hot stuff but really flavorful food. You will get there.

Im there now and so happy. I was able to put the same amount of pepper on my food and it felt good. [= happy days are here again

-d'andra

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I know Crazycatlady's hubby (who had RNY I believe) is a huge hot pepper nut, and I love my hot spices as well. I'm still on stage one (liquids only) but my own research has shown things to start to get back to what you would consider "comfortable" after a while.

I will test jalapenos with Staypopped the Mushmallow Man when I get to that point. :lol:

You beat me to it!

Yes, my husband (who is post-op RNY) is HUGE into spicy foods. It wants food so hot that it makes his brow sweat and his bunghole tingle....and eats pretty much any spicy food he wants, with restriction only to carbs, as the sweet stuff really messes with him.

Chances are, EVENTUALLY you will be able to have those spicy goodies again, but it won't be on your time table...it'll be on your sleeve's timetable. Patience, young padawan!! :D

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