After chopping Jalapenos and BEFORE peeing ALWAYS wash your hands.

[Puglover]

Ooooowwwwww! Sheesh!

How the hell long does this last???????

:blush:

[paul_fromatlanta]

1. Well for Icy hot it can be 15 minutes....

Good luck

[WritingIsMyReligion]

2. Especially if you're male?

:P :P :P

:rofl:

[Puglover]

3. I most definately am male.....n/t

[WritingIsMyReligion]

5. ....

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Deja Q]

23. Isn't somebody supposed to resond by now, saying

"This thread is worthless without pictures!" or something to that effect? :D

[rug]

4. I get all my essential information in the Lounge.

[Katherine Brengle]

6. I once rubbed my eye after cutting hot peppers--very ungood idea.

[no name no slogan]

12. double plus ungood

OUCH

[TheFriendlyAnarchist]

7. from 5-15 minutes. If you think jalapenos are bad, than avoid

touching ANYWWHERE on your body after you've handled habaneros unless you've thoughroughly washed your hands. But, if you can avoid serious physical pain, habaneros and jalapenos are very tasty :9

[raptor_rider]

8. I learned a painful lesson

with the habaneros. Even though you have washed your hands, taking out contact lenses afterwards, well ruins them. I ruined 2 sets because the oils were still imbedded in my finger and as soon as I put them in after washing, ouch!!! Burn City!!! Best to take them out before the chopping and plan on not wearing them for a day or so, for the oils to wear off the fingers.

[OzarkDem]

24. Ouch! Would latex gloves help?

I think I'll try that next time.

[AngryAmish]

9. Did the same thing about 1.5 years ago

Owwie

[CBGLuthier]

10. better yet, buy rubber gloves

Especially if you do any of the peppers that are actually hot. :-)

[wryter2000]

11. I bought medical gloves to handle peppers

I want to call them latex gloves, but I don't think they use latex in them anymore. You can buy them at any pharmacy.

BTW, if you have cooking questions or stories to share, we have a Cooking and Baking Forum. The best place on the whole internet.

[eleny]

18. Amen!

I buy mild jalapeno peppers, freshly roasted while you wait, every year. Before freezing them in bags, I remove the seeds. First year I did it bare handed. Never again! Med gloves work great.

[Cobalt Violet]

22. I've done that before.

I processed a lot of them with bare hands and I ended up having keep my hand submerged in cold water overnight they burned so bad. That was the only relief I got. I will always were gloves.

[eleny]

26. It's a memorable experience, for sure!

[TreasonousBastard]

13. Seems like forever...

I learned my lesson when cutting some habaneros years ago. Made the mistake of tasting one to see how many I should throw in the chili. I should have suspected something after seeing the little devil on the display at the market, but never expected my mouth would go completely numb before the pain hit. And it was pain, not just "hot."

Then I rubbed my eyes!

(Thank God I didn't have to pee)

[flamingyouth]

14. Oh yeah!

I usually put my hand in a plastic bag while seeding them. Washing hands really isn't enough.

Whatever you do - don't touch your eyes!!! :yoiks:

[gizmo1979]

15. That'll leave a mark.NT

[reyd reid reed]

16. The easiest thing to do, I find

Is just find someone else to chop 'em for you. That's what I do whenever I can...I make tamales for my oldest son's birthday every year and, now that he's mostly grown, if he wants jalepenos in 'em, he can slice 'em.

Seems fair to me. Last time, my fingers themselves burned for about 24 hours.

[RagingInMiami]

17. And even if you do wash your hands

You may still burn your girlfriend if you indulge in some naked hanky panky where your hands are roaming her body -- if you know what I mean.

[GRLMGC]

19. Unless you're Rachael Ray

In that case you should rub your eyes immediately afterwards :evilgrin:

[Metta]

20. The same goes for chopping hot peppers and then having sex.

Don't touch that; you could put an eye out. :)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

21. Reminds me of the time, years ago, when my roommate got BenGay on her

um, personal regions. She had pulled a thigh muscle and was putting the stuff on the area, and I guess she got a bit on the wrong place. Boy, did she let out a holler.

[Benfea]

25. I've done that. Rubbing your eye is worse.

Believe it or not (and yes, I'm male).

[Porcupine]

27. And never put 30 jalepenos in a Cusinart.......

trust me on this;when you hit the on button it's not good.

Oh, I've verified the results of the OP experiment several times. Sympathy ouch.