I spent the summer of 1983 as a student chaplain at a hospital in Milwaukee. One weekend those of us in the Clinical Pastoral Education program had a picnic down by the shore of Lake Michigan. I brought, among other things, a jar of jalapeno peppers.
I unscrewed the jar and got it open, unwittingly getting my fingers in the stuff. A few minutes later, I unthinkingly rubbed my eye.
OWWWWWW!!! Good thing there was an outdoors restroom near by.
In the Southwest many of us follow the tradition of buying large quantities of green chili every fall.
To process the chili for use throughout the year, the pods are roasted (usually at the point of sale) in large wire mesh drums that rotate over a propane flame (to me this is the best smell of autumn). The chili is next dumped into plastic garbage bags and taken home. We generally let the chili rest in the plastic for several hours.
The next step is to bag the chili into usable amounts and then freeze them (we double bag in quart zip-locks; single bagging tends to leak when thawed). Depending on how much you buy, this can be pretty time consuming.
Not only do you have to be careful not to scratch your eyes, it's best to wear gloves to keep your hands from burning (not from heat but from the chili).
In Central Africa, jars of piment immersed in oil are in all the restaurants. The piment is something like a habanero. Very hot. Well, that oil gets on the tables after a while. So if you just touch a table in a restaurant and then touch say an eyelid, you're blinded for the moment. Learned that the hard way. A few times over the years.
A few years ago, I was making a batch of dried cayenne pepper flakes, from a bunch of our garden peppers that had been dried. Stick 'em in a small food processor, pulse them a few times, be careful handling, but otherwise no problem, right?
I decided after running for a few seconds to inspect progress, and put may face directly over the open lid of the processor.
Dean, while you're making notes make a note of this one so you won't make the mistake I did: be very, very careful with a product called Dave's Temporary Insanity Hot Sauce. Truth in advertising.
I use "Dave's Insanity Sauce" when I make my chili. Took 2nd place last year in a chili cook-off. Just 1/4 teaspoon is ample when I make a 2 gallon batch (used to use 1/2tsp but was too blistering).
It is also good for stripping floors and removes driveway grease stains. It actually says that on the bottle.
Best to use one drop at a time. Shake well and good luck.
Oh, I don't know. You'd think the combination of extra strengh B-G + unwashed hands + need to pee would give you and you a hard on you'd remember for the next 10 years, followed by an event your main squeeze wouldn't forget for double that amount of time.
Oddly enough, there is a product for headaches and sinus problems called Sinus Buster which is actually a cayenne based nasal spray. I can't vouch for anyone else, but as much as it irritates my nose, it kills my migraines almost instantly!
I unscrewed the jar and got it open, unwittingly getting my fingers in the stuff. A few minutes later, I unthinkingly rubbed my eye.
OWWWWWW!!! Good thing there was an outdoors restroom near by.
To process the chili for use throughout the year, the pods are roasted (usually at the point of sale) in large wire mesh drums that rotate over a propane flame (to me this is the best smell of autumn). The chili is next dumped into plastic garbage bags and taken home. We generally let the chili rest in the plastic for several hours.
The next step is to bag the chili into usable amounts and then freeze them (we double bag in quart zip-locks; single bagging tends to leak when thawed). Depending on how much you buy, this can be pretty time consuming.
Not only do you have to be careful not to scratch your eyes, it's best to wear gloves to keep your hands from burning (not from heat but from the chili).
Extra Strength Ben Gay + Unwashed Hands + Need to Pee = Icy Burning Sensation on Parts of Anatomy that shouldn't be burning icy hot.
We don't have any finger food in the house, ya silly man. :-)
Warning Wash hands before using the restroom, thank you.
Personally, I'd have added between restroom and thank you, Screams of pain detract from other patrons enjoyment of their meal
paul, ya slay me. A sudent at that...hahahaha to everybody.
I must admit I did a hot thing and had not washed my hands before the restroom and I had tissue! Uwe!
And yes I am speaking from a bad experience with someone that opt'd for a quick rinse.
A few years ago, I was making a batch of dried cayenne pepper flakes, from a bunch of our garden peppers that had been dried. Stick 'em in a small food processor, pulse them a few times, be careful handling, but otherwise no problem, right?
I decided after running for a few seconds to inspect progress, and put may face directly over the open lid of the processor.
I don't suppose that I need say anymore.
Don't mistake the tube of Mentholatum Deep Heating for the KY lubicrant.
OUCH!
"My 2 cents:
Extra Strength Ben Gay + Unwashed Hands + Need to Pee = Icy Burning Sensation on Parts of Anatomy that shouldn't be burning icy hot."
Boy, have I made that mistake before, I have to admit!
I use "Dave's Insanity Sauce" when I make my chili. Took 2nd place last year in a chili cook-off. Just 1/4 teaspoon is ample when I make a 2 gallon batch (used to use 1/2tsp but was too blistering).
It is also good for stripping floors and removes driveway grease stains. It actually says that on the bottle.
Best to use one drop at a time. Shake well and good luck.
Arnold Harris
Mount Horeb WI
please recall folks that the day after can have the same effect in the nether regions...
which is why I call my chili recipe "the Afterburner".
We have a saying in my family to cover that... "Come on Ice-Cream!"
Think about it.