Wear Gloves!

[Jon Solberg]

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[Jon Solberg]

Oh, milk in my eyes that keep on burnin'
I don't know if I'll see tomorrow
Milk in my eyes that keeps on burnin'
wohohohohoh mymymy, jalapeno"


[sung to Journey "Wheel in the Sky"]

Sorry just popped in there.

[chudzikb]

Been there, done that, learned my lesson the hard way...

[PaulstheRibList]

I vividly recall laying on the floor in the bathroom, my wife pouring some milk onto my eye sockets after my inagural jalapeno cutting eye wiping ceremony a few months ago. Thank God we had some Milk!

[Huskee]

Did it once after stemming jalapenos for making my Orange-Jalapeno BBQ Shawsh, realized I work in a hospital and have to glove up about fifty times a shift, and we just throw out "outdated" glove boxes (regulations)....why not bring them home.... So now I glove up for most things raw meat and spicy peppers, very convenient.

[Huskee]

buddum tissss

[fzxdoc]

hahahaha, that is one mistake you only need to make once!

That's what I'm afraid of, bbqoaf. If I had ever had that problem, I certainly would have been more cautious. But I have chopped literally thousands of jalapenos and serranos and have never ever had a problem. That said, fresh habaneros scare me. I don't mess with them (but I love habenero based hot sauces), or ghost peppers either.

John, I even put on gloves when serving cake for dessert, just as a kindness to my guests. At least that's what I tell myself. Mostly it's because I hate the sticky stuff on my fingers!

Kathryn

[_John_]

Happened to me many times. When I was a mechanic years ago I got into wearing gloves, and ever since then I have a habit of putting them on basically any time my hands my get dirty.

[bbqoaf]

hahahaha, that is one mistake you only need to make once!

[Guy]

Kathryn, I think you are right about some folks more tolerant. I have never had any problems with peppers burning my hands but a couple of months ago I rubbed my eye about an hour after cutting peppers and I could feel the burn. It did not last long because I had washed my hands and time had gone by.

[fzxdoc]

I always chop jalapenos and serranos bare-handed. In all these years, I've never had a problem. Some folks must be more tolerant of those hot oils that transfer to the hands.

But raw meat? My gloves are on before I remove the packages from the fridge.

Kathryn

[johnsteen]

coat your hands with cooking oil and wash when done. never had a problem

[Dewesq55]

Oh, I have them. I just want wearing them.

[Jon Solberg]

OUCH! A bit of jalapink eye!

[Breadhead]

You can buy a box of disposal vinyl gloves at most stores for $5.00... Whenever I handle toxic food, poultry, hot veggies, hot spices... I wear vinyl gloves. They are so cheap I also wear them when I put lump coal in my BGE... So I don't have to go in the house to wash my hands.