Word from the wise: Do not rub your eyes after you chop a jalapeno.

[Writer]

Yeah, I was the foolish lady running to the bathroom this evening. I thought I had rinsed my hands after doing this! I suppose it wasn't enough :cry:

Mr. Writer dumped water on my face over the sink and I tried my best to blink. Not until I shot cold water from the shower nozzle did the stinging go away.

Mr. Writer just now: "Now that you've experienced that, imagine what a habanero is like!"

:spank:

[Ptah]

1. Careful, please.

ow ow ow

[reyd reid reed]

2. Rinsing your hands is NOT enough

Next time, wear gloves. I kid you not. Either that or get someone else to do it for you. Every year I slice jalepenos for #1 son's tamales. My fingers burn for days. Literally. Rinsing, washing...they burn. And if I touch my mouth....

Gloves.

[TheFriendlyAnarchist]

3. Don't masturbate either. n/t

[crim son]

4. LOL!

I hear the voice of experience!

[TheFriendlyAnarchist]

5. Indeed. Not a fun experience in the slightest.

[Writer]

7. Hmmm... I think the jalapeno was a bit too late.

:P :evilgrin: :P

[carlydenise]

13. LOL!

Carly

[Nikia]

6. Be careful wiping too

After the first time, I wore gloves.

[Writer]

8. Wow. Scatology!

Actually I hadn't considered that. Thanks, I s'pose. :blush:

[QMPMom]

9. Milk will stop the pain. I rubbed my eyes once after chopping jalapenos.

After several minutes of pain, I remembered that milk will neutralize the burning. I rinsed my eyes with cold milk and the pain went away instantly.

When I told my opthalmologist about it he said that was a good idea. Now I keep a box of exam gloves in the house and use them when I chop peppers.

[conscious evolution]

11. milk also works for pepper spray

I carry a bunch of the little cartons of parmalot(the brand that doesn't require refridgeration) to protests.

[Elidor]

10. Shouldn't that be 'word TO the wise?'

Because the person who did this is perhaps not quite the embodiment of wisdom? :D

[Writer]

12. I did consider that idiomatic issue, but I came to the conclusion...

that the experience made me all the more wiser, and I wished to impart that wisdom onto other folks.

[Porcupine]

14. Yep, and don't put 30 of them in the Cuisinart and turn it on.........

if you plan on continuing breathing in a normal fashion. I once caused the evacuation of a restaurant kitchen with this maneuver.

The whole kitchen staff sat on the floor in the hall and coughed and cried for 20 minutes.

[billyskank]

15. I once managed to contaminate BOTH eyes once

That was most careless of me. I was effectively blind for a couple of minutes. I thought I was going to die from the pain. x(

[YankeyMCC]

16. There's a lesson you'll not forget nt

[Bassic]

17. More importantly:

do. NOT. go. to. the. bathroom! :scared:

[peacefreak]

18. My ex did that.

Hate to say it, but it still makes me chuckle a little. ~heh-heh~

[Bassic]

19. It hurts so much!

:scared:

[ProfessorGAC]

20. Did It Once! OWWWWWW, THAT BURNS!

The Professor

[Coventina]

21. Actually, it is best to wear gloves when handling really hot peppers

Speaking from experience here.

*ouch*

[youthere]

22. Been there...glad you're okay.

[derby378]

23. Also, don't try eating a raw habanero unless you're into real pain

There's a reason why tear gas is made from habanero peppers. Yours truly tried to eat a whole pepper once, but I was smart enough to keep a cheeseburger on hand to help soak up the oil. Still had to throw half the pepper away, though.

[Mendocino]

24. Don't handle plastic contact lenses either.

You will have to throw them out. No amount of cleaning or soaking will make them right. Not sure about rigid glass, I don't know if they are even made anymore.