pleaaase HELP!

I peeled some hot peppers not realizing how hot they really were. My hands are on fire here. I can't get them to stop burning. Does anyone have any trick? Thanks! (dumb thing for me to do)

Lisa, Do you have an aloe plant if you do it helps I have done the same thing.Also washing your hands in vinagar helps.

uh, oh, Lisa....I've not found much that will kill the sting.Try soaking in milk. Even when the sting wears off....don't touch your face (or anyplace else!) for a day or two without a washcloth in between you and your hands. Been there ..done that.

Oh Lisa, bless your heart. Be careful where you touch and don't touch your little girl either!

thank yall so much! I dont have an aloe plant..I have washed in vinegar but that didn't help at all. I am really burning up! I am now heading for the milk, once again, thank you!

Lisa, make sure the milk you use has some fat in it. That sounds silly, but fat-free probably won't do you much good. As I understand it, it's the fat in milk that helps cool and soothe a burn. You poor thing. Treat it like you would a sunburn - some cool gel with aloe in it might help for tonight. And if you wear contacts, well...bless your heart, it's gonna sting like fire to take 'em out (the voice of experience here.)

BUTTER?! SOUR CREAM??? anything with more fat content to counteract the heat!!! I've done it too... and the story gets ugly... :-(

no contacts here vols..thankful for that! I just finished soaking in 2% milk. The burning is not as bad as it was (at least for now) If I have a customer tell me my salsa is not hot enough tomorrow at the farmers market, I give up :)

I have used 2% milk, and if the stinging is really bad or in the eye, I have used evaporated milk. Yes, you can put evaporated milk in your eye. The doctor told me to do it once when I stratched it really bad. It does work.

Lisa, next time use some surgical or food service gloves. I like the medical gloves because they fit better than the food service "baggie" type gloves, but anything is better than going through that again :) Good luck with selling your salsa at the FM tomorrow.

By the way, ya'll - Lisa's salsa recipe is awesome. I'm starting to horde my stash of salsa that I made with that recipe; everybody keeps asking for more, and I can see it's not going to last the whole winter. And I made three batches, LOL!!!

I know I'm late here but I've been searching the web like crazy and had a hard time finding anything......I hope you are alright, that happened to me when I was about 10 years old and I was on fire......anyway

Capsaicin and other peppery chemicals dissolve in alcohol and lose their bite.........so try to rub some alcohol on the areas.....let me know if it worked.

Awwwwwww, Lisa!! Is it any better?! Call the ER and see if they will recommend something over the phone - surely it's a common occurance in Cajun country (not to make fun of you - I'm serious!).

(((( Love you!! ))))

Girl...if it is that hot....Id stay away from them...good grief...I cannot imagine. What kind of peppers are they? If your hands are hot...imagine your mouth when you eat them...or your stomach...:-0 OH MY...Jalapeno is hot enough for me. I dont like stuff like Habenero...that is like eating acid........hahaha.

sounds like I need this recipe.

sure would like to have the recipe.hope you feel better been there and done that,up all night.lorene

I'm hoping that Lisa's salsa recipe will be in the cookbook? Please? (I'm begging in case you haven't noticed!) LOL

I just went and looked. Lisa, you haven't submitted your awesome salsa recipe to the book yet? If you don't want to publish it, will you share it?

Joan (who loves salsa on almost everything)

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O Lisa,I feel for you. You need to keep some of those disposible gloves around. Use once and throw away. Do be careful where you put your hands. Keep them away from the eyes.

Lisa I hope you are feeling much better this morning. Gosh girl, I felt your pain!! I would have thought soaking in ice cold water would have helped but what do I know about peppers!!!!

hey yall, It was so hard to fall asleep! I prayed myself to sleep that the burning would stop! I usually do use gloves, but some of the customers at the farmers market were telling me the salsa was not hot enough. (i give samples) So last night when I was making a batch, I was in a hurry. not putting on my gloves, I thought, well, not hot enough ..huh..the peppers must not be hot. SO I ran out to the garden, picked 5 very hot Caribbean Hot peppers, sliced em up and tasted it! AYIEEEEEEE!!!! Lips were on fire, tongue was on fire, hands were on fire, fire was on fire..well, you get the picture ;-) anyway, I am off to market and I dare someone to say "Oh, this salsa is not hot enough!" See yall later!

Lisa you poor thing - it sounds horrifying!! Maybe you should have phoned the doc!! Well I certainly hope it eases up and doing the market keeps your mind off the pain.

thanks lousia, this kind of treatment is not even good for a cheeky monkey like me :~P *giggle*

No you are right Lisa - cheeky monkeys are very cute and lovable and don't need to be hurt...lol!!

I have a feeling that the first person that says your salsa isn't hot enough,just might be wearing it. Did you try rubbing your hands with lemon juice?

sorry am too late, but just the same, please do bookmark these sites, am sure it will come in handy one day ... http://www.bbg.org/gar2/topics/kitchen/handbooks/chile/3.html http://www.firegirl.com/studying/firebelly3.html

may i also add, when planting those pepper seeds, be sure to wear gloves too! those fiesty little harmless looking seeds will burn! particularly the Caribbean varieties... ma vie

I feel for you too, Lisa. I did it too(years ago)and my hands throbbed. I was in a hurry too. (I don't think my peppers were as hot as yours though)Hope you feel better soon.(((cool thoughts)))

Lisa, I do hope that your hands get to feeling better and that you have a good day at the Farmers Market. Go get em,girl!

Tell ya what tho. When you have a hands on experience, you really out do yourself

I did the same thing just last week.alcohol works as well as any thing as long as you keep your fingers in it(who can)I forgot and picked at my nose and boy did that smart.It lasts a long time,dosen,t it?

Hey yall! My hands are doing great! I really thought they would have blistered but they didn't. Had a rotten day at the market, everyone must have been out enjoying this beautiful day we are having. Thank all of you for the suggestions and mavie, thanks for the link! It will get bookmarked!

Sorry you had a bad day Lisa but relieved to hear your hurting is almost over!!

u're welcome Lisa. so sorry u had a bad day at the market. am sure business will pick up soon, as the holidays are fast approaching.

Just a thought here but maybe some of us here can help by maybe purchasing a jar of her salsa and include shipping? Just a thought, but those that love salsa (not me) :o( I would just die to eat something hot and spicy (don't have a gallbladder anymore) Anyway, it would help her out and it would make those of you who love hot salsa happy to purchase something from a fellow DG gardener who had no luck at the market.

Just a thought :o)

I love it, thought the same thing earlier, but didn't have time to post. Lisa, I'd love a jar for my DH for Christmas. We don't do big gifts, and something personal like that would tickle him. Email me with prices if you are even interested in shipping.

Lisa you have some Aloe coming right after Thanksgiving is over You've got mail

I would love to purchase a couple of jars too. Great idea about giving them for Christmas presents, and I have two people on my list that love hot stuff. Let me know if this would be workable Lisa. That would also help me cross of two people on the list! LOL
Joan

awww yall! you are making me all teary-eyed here! Yall are all just too sweet! Thanks so much for the offers of aloe, I really do appreciate it, I was telling a friend of mine about my hot hands and she has offered me some aloe. You folks are all so nice, I am truly touched by all of you and your kindness. I think the salsa thing would most likely cost too much to ship :( I sent some to a friend in WV already and it really cost more than the salsa did to mail it. Go figure..ha! You folks are truly the best! (((((hugs))))

Lisa, don't sell it short. I have a friend in Mass. who makes relish, and she mailed me four small (by our standards) jars a couple of years ago. I think it cost her $6 or more, which she wouldn't let me pay back, but I would have been happy to do so. A woman in Monroe, La. makes a great relish, spicy but not too hot, and I have called her to order a case, which is 12 jars and costs $12 to mail. And last but not least, I have driven from Baton Rouge to Vicksburg to buy a sauce a restaurant there made. I was going to send you a bunch of aloe pups but see someone else beat me to it. You can grow them outside and they will make huge leaves, several feet long and 5 inches wide. Just bring in a few pups crowded into a pot to start over in the spring. They make more pups when they're crowded. If you would like to make relish or salsa using prickly pear leaves, I have acres of them. The Mexican people pay $1 for 3 leaves at the Wal-Mart Superstore. And I have thousands of ripe prickly pear fruits someone should be using. My stomach can't tolerate such things, but anyone wanting them is welcome to all they can use. Glad to know the burning stopped. I would have been in tears.

Milk is definitely the answer. If you eat something too hot, like chili or hot wings, milk will cool it off immediately. I have not noticed any difference in skim, 2% or whole milk.

Woodspirit...I'm with you on the milk...in movies you always see some one grab for the water glass when they have eaten something too hot...when they should have a glass of milk on stand-by! I wouldn't know if the 2% works as well or not, because like my Grandmother before me..."I can't stand that Blue John!" I think I would drink Half and Half if I could get by with it! Jo