Ow.

[brooksmoses]

Chopping jalepeno + chapped hands == VERY PERSISTENT OW.

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Comments

[rosefox]

We buy nitrile gloves in bulk from Costco and mostly wear them when chopping onions and hot peppers. Highly recommended.

[brooksmoses]

Seems wise. I could probably also use that for garlic -- not that I mind really, but Suzi minds the smell of it on my fingers a lot.

[rosefox]

You can get gloves at any drugstore; they're just cheaper at Costco.

[tiger-spot.livejournal.com]

Poor hands.

[brooksmoses]

Yeah. Ow. :(

Better now, though.

[beaq.livejournal.com]

Poor!

Try olive oil, then soap?

[brooksmoses]

Ooh. Yeah, that sounds like a good idea. The stinging had gone away by the time I saw your comment, though.

[kitryan.livejournal.com]

Maybe try soaking in milk? From a vague memory of a Good Eats ep and a wikipedia check it looks like it's a recommended solution-not necessarily for hands, but in general. I'd be curious to hear if it works.

[brooksmoses]

Hmm. It had faded by the time I saw your suggestion, but if I get in that situation again, I'll certainly try it. Thanks!

[micheinnz.livejournal.com]

Nitrile gloves and/or barrier cream.

'Course, that doesn't help right now. Hope you feel better soon.

[brooksmoses]

Thanks. And, yeah, it seems to have gone away in 15 minutes or so. I do still get a bit of capsaicin tingle on my tongue if I suck my finger for a bit, though!

[rosefox]

I recommend waiting a while before inserting or removing contact lenses.

[tiger-spot.livejournal.com]

I do still get a bit of capsaicin tingle on my tongue if I suck my finger for a bit, though!

::stifle::

I Am A Bad Person, and you're not helping.

[mapache]

What kind of jalapeños are we talking about here? They're normally not anywhere near enough concentrated that a good handwashing with soap shouldn't take of it. If we were talking habaneros, though, that's another matter—I break out the latex glove for those…

[brooksmoses]

A green, presumably jalapenoid, pepper about three inches long and an inch and a quarter in diameter, looking in shape rather like someone had taken a slightly smaller pepper and inflated it such that the skin was very taught. It tasted reasonably like a standard jalapeno.

I expect that the "chapped hands" part is also relevant; the "ow" was certainly coming from something that had been absorbed. But even for the surface stuff, a good handwashing with soap didn't really do much.

[shandrew.livejournal.com]

We encountered this once and suffered jalapeno hands for about eight hours. There's really nothing you can do about it (based on lots of internet searching) aside from soaking in ice water and taking pain killers.