How hot do you like your food?
As hot as it comes25.3%
Properly spicy13.9%
A bit of heat34.2%
Barely any10.1%
None at all16.5%
34.2% of 79 respondents answered "A bit of heat".
Spicy food
How much spice can people handle in Egypt?
Statistics from 79 accepted quiz answers. Updated August 2026. How these statistics work
Where everyone lands
Low36.7%
Medium36.7%
High26.6%
Question by question
Ordering somewhere that asks how spicy you want it, what do you pick?
The hottest they have10.1%
One below the hottest11.4%
The middle option34.2%
Mild25.3%
Not spicy at all19%
34.2% of 79 respondents answered "The middle option".
Hot sauce is on the table. Do you add it?
Always, before I even taste the food16.5%
Usually, after tasting24.1%
Sometimes39.2%
Never20.3%
39.2% of 79 respondents answered "Sometimes".
Have you ever eaten a chilli raw?
Yes, regularly21.5%
Yes, once or twice40.5%
No38%
40.5% of 79 respondents answered "Yes, once or twice".
When food is hotter than you expected, what do you do?
Keep going, it passes22.8%
Slow down and finish it30.4%
Reach for a drink16.5%
Stop eating it30.4%
30.4% of 79 respondents answered "Slow down and finish it".
What do you actually enjoy about it?
The heat itself12.7%
The flavour that comes with it34.2%
Both equally24.1%
Neither, I just tolerate it8.9%
I don't enjoy spicy food20.3%
34.2% of 79 respondents answered "The flavour that comes with it".
What do you reach for when it is too much?
Water41.8%
Milk or yoghurt17.7%
Bread or rice25.3%
Nothing, I wait it out15.2%
41.8% of 79 respondents answered "Water".
Has your tolerance changed over the years?
Gone up a lot29.1%
Gone up a little24.1%
Stayed the same30.4%
Gone down16.5%
30.4% of 79 respondents answered "Stayed the same".
Everyone here chose to take the quiz, and no answers are weighted to match a real population.