9. The foods
that are bitter, sour saline, excessively hot, pungent, dry and burning
are liked by the Rajasic, causing pain, grief and disease. Excessively:
should be construed with all thus, excessively bitter, excessively hot,
etc.
Sri Shankaracharaya
9. Rajasikas mostly relish
food which is bitter, sour, salty, hot, spicy, dry, burning to the tongue
and which causes misery;