PSA: Habaneros Safety Tips (Page 2)

bcball - 2010-11-27 8:19 PM Yes, I learned this one the hard way!

crusevegas - 2010-11-25 3:05 AM

Even after you've washed you hands,,,,, and be careful putting the contacts in the next day!

pdbman - 2010-12-01 7:00 PM I would agree that habanero peppers are the best pepper. Sara Lee used to make a habanero sauce that was amazing on hot dogs. I pretty much quit eating hot dogs when they stopped making the sauce.
Milk works better to cure the heat of chilis if you drink it before you eat the spicy food.
Wasabi has nothing on the "tartar" sauce I put on some fish I ate in Trinidad. I don't think I've ever had anything that spicy. Or maybe it was just the shock that it wasn't tartar sauce I put on that bite of fish.

FishrCutB8 - 2010-11-26 1:37 PMReminds me of a story. My buddy's wife was growing a wild pepper plant on their deck. They were very Southwestern and she loved spicy foods, so she got this on one of their trips. Anyway, I ask my buddy if the peppers are hot.

"I don't know, why don't you try one," he answered.

I grab one off the plant and chomp into it. Immediately my head begins to swim, my vision constricts to a pinpoint and I dimply wonder why someone has poured gasoline in my mouth and lit a match. But, I remain stalwart, hoping for what comes next, as the beads of sweat begin forming around my hairline.

"How is it," my friend asks casually.
"Not bad at all," I lie. "Try one."

And I pick one off and toss it to him. HURRY UP my mind is screaming as he looks at it, then CHOMP! He takes a huge honking bite out of it, and as soon as he does, I am flying out of the chair as he screams in the most intense agony any man has experienced since The Inquisition. We go flying into the kitchen grabbing bread and milk. I strat guzzling as he tears off hunks of Wonder Bread then we switch, trying to squelch the firestorm exploding in our mouths as the tears roll down our cheeks.

I think I still have scars inside my mouth....