# On hot spices and birds

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-hot-spices-and-birds/784307>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [April 12, 2017, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-hot-spices-and-birds/784307 "2017-04-12T12:24:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2017, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-hot-spices-and-birds/784307/21 "2017-04-17T17:26:41Z")

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> [@Velocity](#):
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> Pre-flavoring themselves for the skillet…

Could this actually work?

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**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-hot-spices-and-birds/784307/22 "2017-04-20T00:21:32Z")

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> [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](#):
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> > [@Velocity](#):
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> > Pre-flavoring themselves for the skillet…
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> Could this actually work?

Per the column, no:

[QUOTE=Colibri]  
When broiler chickens have been experimentally fed capsaicin, the compound was not detectable by human taste testers. I for one was disappointed to learn this, as a self-enchilada-ing pollo could have saved me a step the next time I was cooking estilo mexicano.  
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