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My Mother cannot eat spicy foods. She would like to. She used to. But presently, she cannot. It upsets her body. It's a fact that she has had a hard time accepting, and often tries to find ways of skirting around the issue in restaurants.

Mother: Is the Ma-la Lamb (literally "numbingly spicy lamb" in Chinese) hot?

Waiter: Yes, ma'am, it is.