How hot do you like your food?
As hot as it comes34%
Properly spicy10%
A bit of heat30%
Barely any4%
None at all22%
34% of 50 respondents answered "As hot as it comes".
Spicy food
How much spice can people handle in Jordan?
Statistics from 50 accepted quiz answers. Updated August 2026. How these statistics work
Where everyone lands
Low28%
Medium32%
High40%
Question by question
Ordering somewhere that asks how spicy you want it, what do you pick?
The hottest they have18%
One below the hottest14%
The middle option22%
Mild28%
Not spicy at all18%
28% of 50 respondents answered "Mild".
Hot sauce is on the table. Do you add it?
Always, before I even taste the food20%
Usually, after tasting30%
Sometimes22%
Never28%
30% of 50 respondents answered "Usually, after tasting".
Have you ever eaten a chilli raw?
Yes, regularly28%
Yes, once or twice36%
No36%
36% of 50 respondents answered "Yes, once or twice".
When food is hotter than you expected, what do you do?
Keep going, it passes30%
Slow down and finish it28%
Reach for a drink22%
Stop eating it20%
30% of 50 respondents answered "Keep going, it passes".
What do you actually enjoy about it?
The heat itself14%
The flavour that comes with it40%
Both equally22%
Neither, I just tolerate it2%
I don't enjoy spicy food22%
40% of 50 respondents answered "The flavour that comes with it".
What do you reach for when it is too much?
Water42%
Milk or yoghurt34%
Bread or rice12%
Nothing, I wait it out12%
42% of 50 respondents answered "Water".
Has your tolerance changed over the years?
Gone up a lot32%
Gone up a little18%
Stayed the same32%
Gone down18%
32% of 50 respondents answered "Gone up a lot".
Everyone here chose to take the quiz, and no answers are weighted to match a real population.