rcj@burl.UUCP (Curtis Jackson) (10/26/85)
Do NOT drink water to douse the flames in your mouth from that jalapeno you just munched -- drink milk (REAL milk, not low-fat). I know this works VERY well. I don't know the reason, however, but a friend seems to think that it is because the pepper stuff that's so nasty is an oily substance and is therefore very easily miscible in milk, while it just floats on water and continues to burn. Two other hints [I may have posted before] to fully utilize this article: To get garlic off your hands, wash them with salt just as if the salt was a powdered soap. To keep cookies fresh, sacrifice a loaf of fresh bread and store the cookies in a plastic bag with it. In the morning, the cookies will be moist and the bread will be a blunt, hard, deadly weapon. Take care, -- The MAD Programmer -- 919-228-3313 (Cornet 291) alias: Curtis Jackson ...![ ihnp4 ulysses cbosgd mgnetp ]!burl!rcj ...![ ihnp4 cbosgd akgua masscomp ]!clyde!rcj
booter@lll-crg.ARpA (Elaine Richards) (10/28/85)
The real way to deal with hot and spicy food is to get used to it. A biologist friend of mine said that there is a chemical in the spices that activate the pain receptors in you mouth. After a while and a few "Good Lords" and teary eyes, you will find the pain decrease to tolerable levels. If you drink anything that washes away the chemical, each post-sip bite becomes a rerun of the initial attack. If it is really awful, season your cooking lightly or tell the host (or waiter) to cool it on the spice. A place I go to in San Mateo (Helen's on El Camino) serves yogurt with the curry. Mixing it to taste helps. E *****
turner@saber.UUCP (D'arc Angel) (10/30/85)
> Do NOT drink water to douse the flames in your mouth from that jalapeno > you just munched -- drink milk (REAL milk, not low-fat). I know this > works VERY well. > > I don't know the reason, however, but a friend seems to think that it is *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** its the same reason some people drink their coffee with cream, the butterfat in the REAL milk/cream coats the tongue and protects it from the acid in coffee,jalapenos etc. -- god bless Lily St. Cyr -Rocky Horror Picture Show Name: James Turner Mail: Imagen Corp. 2650 San Tomas Expressway, P.O. Box 58101 Santa Clara, CA 95052-9400 AT&T: (408) 986-9400 UUCP: ...{decvax,ucbvax}!decwrl!imagen!negami!turner