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re: How to get the burning from jalapenos off of your hands?

Posted on 9/16/10 at 7:29 am to
Posted by etm512
Mandeville, LA
Member since Aug 2005
20740 posts
Posted on 9/16/10 at 7:29 am to
Wear surgical gloves next time you mess with jalapenos or any other pepper like that.
Posted by Tigertown in ATL
Georgia foothills
Member since Sep 2009
29146 posts
Posted on 9/16/10 at 7:40 am to
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If you don't have milk, do you have either yogurt or sour cream?


Or jam your thumb into a block of cheese.
Posted by FigJam
Member since Jun 2009
679 posts
Posted on 9/16/10 at 8:21 am to
This remedy I have will work for fish smell as well as onions and pretty much anything else, use TOOTHPASTE!! YES, a small pea size amount, lightly wet, rub all over hands like you normally wash your hands with soap, rinse well, and all good! Trust me- you will thank me later-use this method for anything that is stinky!!
Posted by foshizzle
Washington DC metro
Member since Mar 2008
40599 posts
Posted on 9/16/10 at 8:42 am to
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Trust me- you will thank me later-use this method for anything that is stinky!!


It is a very good thing you didn't post this on the OT.
Posted by gmrkr5
NC
Member since Jul 2009
14886 posts
Posted on 9/16/10 at 9:52 am to
Lemon juice. I think the citric acid gets the capsaicin off.
Posted by Rickety Cricket
Premium Member
Member since Aug 2007
46883 posts
Posted on 9/16/10 at 10:19 am to
Handling fresh Jalapenos and not washing them off well enough, then taking out your contacts = Epic Fail.

I know from experience.
Posted by Gris Gris
OTIS!NO RULES FOR SAUCES ON STEAK!!
Member since Feb 2008
47354 posts
Posted on 9/16/10 at 12:45 pm to
For next time, this is the answer.

quote:

Wear surgical gloves next time you mess with jalapenos or any other pepper like that.


I buy the mega boxes at Sam's. I use them all the time to fool with raw meats, seafood and peppers etc... They're cheap and convenient.

I use them when I eat boiled crawfish because of the contact lens experience. People made fun of me, at first. Now, I have to bring a whole box with me because when people see the gloves, they want a pair.
Posted by Zach
Gizmonic Institute
Member since May 2005
112406 posts
Posted on 9/16/10 at 1:08 pm to
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try having that shite on your eyeball!!!!!!!!! i took my contacts out the day after i messed with jalapenos and i swear i though i was going to be blind for good.

This has happened to me at least 4 times. But I've never experienced burning in my fingers due to chopping jalapenos.
Posted by gmrkr5
NC
Member since Jul 2009
14886 posts
Posted on 9/16/10 at 3:04 pm to
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Handling fresh Jalapenos and not washing them off well enough, then taking out your contacts = Epic Fail.


Yea that's pretty bad... Go take a piss, it's even worse.
Posted by CITWTT
baton rouge
Member since Sep 2005
31765 posts
Posted on 9/16/10 at 3:31 pm to
rub your hands with margarine. The fat will stop the burn.
Posted by Brinner
Retirement home
Member since May 2008
2654 posts
Posted on 9/16/10 at 5:11 pm to
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damn i figured that would be the first answer, i dont drink milk


Chocolate Milk.
Posted by Jmoney318
Shreveport, LA
Member since Jun 2010
12 posts
Posted on 9/17/10 at 8:57 am to
My fiance did this last year, and we tried every remedy in the book. Then a doc at work told her that it's a chemical burn and though some remedies might ease the burn, only time would cure it. She slept with her hands in a bowl of milk and ice.
Posted by DEANintheYAY
LEFT COAST
Member since Jan 2008
31975 posts
Posted on 9/17/10 at 5:30 pm to
use gloves??
Posted by DEANintheYAY
LEFT COAST
Member since Jan 2008
31975 posts
Posted on 9/17/10 at 5:31 pm to
quote:

I buy the mega boxes at Sam's. I use them all the time to fool with raw meats, seafood and peppers etc... They're cheap and convenient.


Same here! Cuts down on the # of times you have to wash your hands if you are handling chicken, fish, veggies, etc....
Posted by Zach
Gizmonic Institute
Member since May 2005
112406 posts
Posted on 9/17/10 at 5:34 pm to
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use gloves??

That's just stupid unless you have some sort of allergy to peppers. I could chop 20 fresh jalapenos from my garden right now and squeeze them between my fingers for 2 minutes and I would not have any heat coming into my fingers. But I wouldn't be able to wash it out enough to flip my contact lenses in for two days.
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