Neinuo's lunch
Neinuo was eating her favourite food - boiled rice, squash, pumpkins, beans and meat. Her grandmother had grown the squash, pumpkin and beans in the little garden plot at the back of her house. She remembered the food had been so different when she had been to Madhya Pradesh as part of a school trip. It was hot and spicy. Why was that so?

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Solution

This was so due to regional difference in variety and taste. People in some regions prefer spices in their food, while other people do not.

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