How hot do you like your food?
As hot as it comes22.7%
Properly spicy21.9%
A bit of heat29.1%
Barely any10.2%
None at all16.1%
29.1% answered "A bit of heat".
How much spice can people handle in Egypt?
Statistics from 361 accepted quiz answers*. Updated September 2026. How these statistics work
Asked "How hot do you like your food?" on the Sarahah quiz, the most common answer was "A bit of heat", chosen by 29.1% of 361 people in Egypt.
Where everyone lands
Low31%
Medium40.4%
High28.5%
40.4% of 361 people in Egypt scored medium on the Sarahah Spicy food quiz.
Question by question
Ordering somewhere that asks how spicy you want it, what do you pick?
The hottest they have15.5%
One below the hottest11.6%
The middle option30.7%
Mild23.3%
Not spicy at all18.8%
30.7% answered "The middle option".
Hot sauce is on the table. Do you add it?
Always, before I even taste the food22.7%
Usually, after tasting22.2%
Sometimes32.1%
Never23%
32.1% answered "Sometimes".
Have you ever eaten a chilli raw?
Yes, regularly23.5%
Yes, once or twice40.4%
No36%
40.4% answered "Yes, once or twice".
When food is hotter than you expected, what do you do?
Keep going, it passes24.1%
Slow down and finish it26.9%
Reach for a drink22.2%
Stop eating it26.9%
26.9% answered "Slow down and finish it".
What do you actually enjoy about it?
The heat itself14.4%
The flavour that comes with it30.2%
Both equally29.9%
Neither, I just tolerate it6.9%
I don't enjoy spicy food18.6%
30.2% answered "The flavour that comes with it".
What do you reach for when it is too much?
Water44.3%
Milk or yoghurt18.8%
Bread or rice19.1%
Nothing, I wait it out17.7%
44.3% answered "Water".
Has your tolerance changed over the years?
Gone up a lot28.5%
Gone up a little27.4%
Stayed the same26.3%
Gone down17.7%
28.5% answered "Gone up a lot".
* Everyone here chose to take the quiz, and no answers are weighted to match a real population. Each question counts only the people who answered it, so a question some people skipped rests on a smaller group than the total above.
Statistics by country
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