Diners who hate spicy food feel ‘heat shamed’ by restaurants — why is it a crime to skip the sriracha?

For some, the spice ain’t nice.

Throughout her life, Jennifer Allerot, 53, has ordered the spiciest foods on the menu whenever she ate at a restaurant — until she developed a stomach ulcer four years ago. 

“I used to devour curry, but I can’t eat it anymore,” Allerot, an accountant in Morristown, New Jersey, told The Post. “If I even get a taste of something spicy on my tongue, my stomach is, like, ‘Oh, no,’ and I have to reach for a Tums immediately to stop the pain.”

These days, it’s become a hot trend to spike the seasonings as the “heat” quotient in every restaurant dish seems to be through the roof. Case in point: Tongue-tingly meals sporting chili pepper illustrations are dominating menus, flaming hot sauces are gracing tabletops, and fast-food restaurants like Wendy’s just upped the ante with their a Cajun Crunch Chicken Sandwich.

And it’s a badge of honor for celebrities to wolf down extra-hot foods on “Hot Ones,” a YouTube show watched by millions — plus, there was last year’s sriracha shortage.

At the same time, spice-averse diners have come under fire for giving waiters the third degree about how searing a dish is.