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Posted by
marti8a DFW (
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Thu, Aug 7, 14 at 23:18
| When I cut peppers, I have to wear gloves or my hands burn for several hours afterward. Dh doesn't wear gloves and says his hands never burn. I just wondered if there is a correlation to liking spicy foods to being immune to the burn? I don't really like spicy food. My dh loves it and so does my mother and both claim that their mouth doesn't burn when they eat it and fingers don't burn when they cut it. Am I on to something, or just coincidence? |
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RE: OT, cutting up jalapeno peppers
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- Posted by cme1 none (My Page) on
Fri, Aug 8, 14 at 7:31
| I like spicy food and burned the heck outta my hands making salsa last year - I'd never used fresh-out-of-the-garden jalapenos before while cooking, only store-bought, and never had a problem with those. The ones from our neighbour's garden had me in agony for the better part of a day, it was brutal. |
RE: OT, cutting up jalapeno peppers
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| I tend to credit it to skin condition. I have old, tough, calloused hands and they don't bother me to work with. Only place I sometimes feel them in down in the webbing between the fingers. Wife also has the old skin (ducking - ok not as old as mine) but her are soft and no callouses and she has to wear gloves. Dave |
RE: OT, cutting up jalapeno peppers
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| I ditto what Dave said. I don't think it has to do with if you like spicy food or not, but rather skin condition. I love spicy food (although I will not touch or grow ghost peppers again!!!) However, when I chop hot peppers I feel my hands burning. Habs & cayennes I have to wear gloves. |
RE: OT, cutting up jalapeno peppers
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| I work with the super hots. With gloves and I still end up having to soak my fingers in milk before even thinking about taking out my contacts. I have pretty tough hands for an old dame too. |
RE: OT, cutting up jalapeno peppers
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| Well, there goes that theory. ;) Last time I cut up Anaheims, I wore gloves, but they just have had a couple of pin holes because I had odd burning spots on my hands afterwards. |
RE: OT, cutting up jalapeno peppers
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| Any one that say's they don't burn from cutting up hot peppers are telling a story. |
RE: OT, cutting up jalapeno peppers
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| I can tell you the gloves don't work well with a mandolin. My recipe suggested it so the slices would be even. I think I cut the tip off the finger on the first pass. |
RE: OT, cutting up jalapeno peppers
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| My hands are tough enough that I could cut up a bucket of hot peppers without burning, though I can feel it. That's not really the problem. Even if I could (and have, so experienced), I like to be able to touch other parts of my body afterward - face...and other delicate parts. I wear the nitrile gloves, rather than the latex, and it seems to provide better chemical protection. |
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