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Habenero hell - my last name should start with an 'O'

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 7:56 am
by evolutionmovement
Was chopping some habanero peppers for some beer my brother-in-law's making... A suggestion to anyone who may tackle such a project. When you read the cautions about wearing gloves - DO NOT DISMISS THE NOTE AS JUST A WARNING TO SISSIES - you may find you are one yourself. Even after washing my hands three times and a few hours later, I scratched my balls and they are on FIRE!! No good. I washed my face when I first washed my hands and that burned for 15 minutes, too.

Steve-O

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 8:03 am
by vrg3
Yeah, that capsaicin will stay for a long time. Dairy products can help some to wash it a way... Feel like stuffing your drawers with yogurt? :)

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 8:09 am
by BAC5.2
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA wait.... AHAHAHAHAHAHA

Holy crap! That sucks man. You should get that checked out...

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 8:10 am
by evolutionmovement
Luckily its worn off. If I didn't wash so damn much I'd already have yogurt down there... :lol:

Sorry, it's late.

Steve

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 9:00 am
by LegacyPunk
Good thing you didn't take a piss :shock:

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 9:03 am
by Yukonart
Note to self:


Do NOT cut up habeneros then commence ball scratchage. :D

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 9:03 am
by vrg3
Or pick your nose, or rub your eyes.

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 9:06 am
by Yukonart
Or choke thine chicken :shock:

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 9:30 am
by evolutionmovement
How the hell am I gonna remove my contacts!?

Steve

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 10:00 am
by LegacyPunk
very, very, very carefully...actually you could probably get them out since your not really touching your eyeball, just uh...don't put them back in :?

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 3:37 pm
by BAC5.2
Smack yourself in the back of the head REALLY hard so they pop out.

Art has a point. You would be the only person in history to have felt a burning sensation during urination after sex... with yourself...

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 4:59 pm
by LaureltheQueen
best bet is to throw on a pair of tight latex gloves and take out contacts. I learned the hard way with making indian cuisine, not habanero, but spicy stuff nonetheless

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 7:26 pm
by evolutionmovement
Luckily I use the daily lenses. Damn! Even after a shower this morning (ahem, afternoon) I still watered my eyes putting the new lenses in, but they only stung for a second. I even washed with lava soap.

Laurel - making Vindaloo (sp)?

Steve

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 7:29 pm
by LaureltheQueen
curry

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 8:23 pm
by aspect
cutting up those peppers is basically like spraying your hands with an entire can of mace, in terms of capsaicin coverage.

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 8:26 pm
by BAC5.2
My RA got sprayed with mace. He said it was about the least fun thing he ever did.

I could only imagine getting that on your junk.

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 8:38 pm
by evolutionmovement
Funny thing is that it didn't bother my hands in the least.

We were supposd to use weak jalapenos, but could only find 'imported hot peppers' which I recognized as habanero. Since we're both manly men, we figure 'what the hell' we'll do it up with habaneros. $.33 later and we've got 6 of 'em. So I ignore a warning I'd read about cutting these things up and even ate a seed-filled slice to demonstrate Scoville unit resistance and immediately started crying involuntarily, 'damn, these are some good peppers,' I said. My brother-in-law laughed and ate a single seed and pronounced the 3 peppers I'd managed to chop as being more than enough. So now I have 3 extra and I'm thing - Burn Your Ass Out barbeque sauce.

This time I'll wear gloves and try to chop them inside a ziplock bag.

Steve

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 8:42 pm
by LaureltheQueen
pussy.

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 9:05 pm
by AWD_addict
You really don't want this sort of thing in your eyes or contacts.
I got some of Dixie's BBQ "The Man" sauce in my eye once. It took many hours to stop burning. Next day I put my contacts in and *surprise* much pain again.

Never got any on my balls though. :lol:

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 9:11 pm
by BAC5.2
I feel the same about BBQ sauce as I do about Deli Mustard.

If your gonna do it, you might as well go the full nine. Don't be a pussy and back out with some soft crap.

You should definately make some "Steve's 'not for pussies' sauce"

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 10:26 pm
by evolutionmovement
I want to get some Thai peppers - the Cambodians at work used to eat them like grapes, but they are not grapes! I think they're about habanero level or higher, but I've never eaten the two together so its tough to judge. I was thinking about bird peppers, but don't know where to get them and from what I know of them, they may be way too much overkill. A Puerto Rican guy I worked with had this amazing sauce packed with thai peppers in olive oil and vinegar with a little garlic that his mother made. The longer it sat the hotter it got - the one I tried was 6 mos and was awesome. I couldn't imagine the two-year one!

Finally found a use for old Grolsch bottles.

Steve

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 10:38 pm
by LaureltheQueen
omg... dixie's bbq is the roxor. We had a meet there once, and lots of people got stomach aches, i barely ate any of "The Man" and my mouth was burnin...

ever hear about gene getting sued for sexual harassment?

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 12:35 am
by Yukonart
You haven't tasted HOT until you've met "The Man" that's for damn sure!

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 3:37 am
by G-reg
Are you makin Chili-beer? I tried some at a microbrewery/bar and it was pretty tasty, and suprisingly spicy. Actually it was good for a taste, but I couldn't waste a 4.00 pint so I drank it all. You talk about a Beer$hit though.....Uhhh I think I'll leave it at that :?

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 4:38 am
by LaureltheQueen
ouch!