i know i sure do. it also gives my body a nice cleanout and i feel a really nice buzz afterwards. i am thinking of doing a curcumin extraction from tumeric and making an maoi curry
keen to make a curry with a good combination of ingredients prior to smoking changa at the end of the week

any thoughts/suggestions?

I eat turmeric, black pepper, and cayenne daily and always get a nice buzz.

My buddhist uncle, who takes no real "drugs", has said this to me. I think for me I am too used to things that are more potent to be able to notice something as subtle as that... would it be the nutmeg perhaps? (assuming there was nutmeg in the curry)

You also go through ounces of weed each month (that was you who said that right?) so how do you differentiate between being baked on weed and being baked on spices?

I don't know about psychoactive in the same way classic hallucinogens can be, but I remember being very drunk one time and pasting this sauce my friend made out of scotch bonnet chilli's onto a baguette I sliced down the middle. It tasted so delicious, but after consuming I started to get this amphetamine-like rush with added euphoria. I'm sure it had a lot to do the the heat stimulus applied to the already drunken effects I was feeling, but it was rather pleasant...

Taking a number two the next day however, was certainly not worth it

The high from eating an awesome dish that contains curcumin, capsaicin, and piperine is not the same high from smoking a good nug. This synergy is something I love because is extremely anti-inflammatory and relaxing. It is pretty easy to differentiate between effects such as this and cannabis.

I mean this is kind of like saying how do you feel cannabis, or coffees effects if you are on LSD?
Or how can you feel a cup of coffee after smoking a joint?

If you don't get effects that's your cns, not mine!

I would disagree with you here! I've found that people who intentionally change their consciousnesses are the ones who notice subtle differences... my parents, who've never touched anything, wouldn't recognize a curry buzz if it made them fall contentedly asleep. Your uncle, however, being a Buddhist, most likely has the sort of bodily awareness that comes with frequent meditation and will pick up on little changes like that.


I also cook with those three spices on a daily basis, and they're great! The also make a spicy and slightly-more-psychoactive-than-normal hot chocolate, which does extremely well with the addition of other goodies...

You make a good point. My grandfather, who doesn't drink, smoke or anything (and certainly doesn't have much in the way of the kind of awareness that comes from meditation) says he doesn't notice any effect from coffee... but if I drink a strong cup of coffee I feel like I have taken a little bump of speed. I did chew down 2 whole nutmeg nuts (not sure if they are called nuts, but you know the thing I mean) and noticed a fairly intense feeling from them, not very pleasant at all, almost felt ill. I can honestly say I have never noticed anything from eating a curry, and I've eaten my share of high quality curries. That's just me though, certainly not trying to dismiss other people's experiences.


House, I was just joking about you not being able to tell if you were getting a buzz from spices or just stoned. It was meant more as a light hearted poke at the amount of weed you smoke I'm sure you are easily capable of distinguishing the nuances of your mental state, probably far more so than me.

i dont drink coffee anymore (since around about the time i discovered dmt) it gives me a strong rush now that i find unpleasant.

it makes sense if what PhOG is saying is accurate.

Not more than the pleasure I get from eating it. I love curry.

I sure notice such psychoactivity. I used to be overweight, but since loosing the weight and eating raw organic, I have become very sensitive to foods as well as most other things I come across (temperature changes, charged emotions, etc.). Eating something while slightly underweight and on a fasted stomach can be revealing. I can feel the food so much better, and different foods indeed feel different.

I also agree about the consciousness focus effects, and that with continued practices (meditation, yoga, etc.) one may become more and more aware of the effects of actions upon the body.

turmeric + black pepper + cayenne = love!

Oh yes, especially when freshly prepared; I believe the active ingredients are quite volatile. I find cinnamon, ginger, and cardamom very nice as well.