kolling@decwrl.UUCP (Karen Kolling) (05/31/85)
The local newspaper's food section claims that if you get hot pepper oil on your hands, it can be neutralized with a weak solution of water and chlorine bleach, to avoid later zapping your eyes or contact lenses.
nosmo@pyuxqq.UUCP (P Valdata) (06/03/85)
According to an article in Scientific American, the proportion should be one part chlorine bleach to five parts water. You should just dip your hands in and then rinse them to neutralize the effects of the hot pepper. This was mentioned in a book review in the June issue. Pat Valdata pyuxh!nosmo
rcj@burl.UUCP (R. Curtis Jackson) (06/03/85)
> > The local newspaper's food section claims that if you get hot pepper oil > on your hands, it can be neutralized with a weak solution of water and > chlorine bleach, to avoid later zapping your eyes or contact lenses. A couple of other helpful hints along the same lines: To remove garlic from your hands, wash your hands with generous amounts of salt. When peeling fresh shrimp (especially VERY fresh shrimp), put some alum in a bowl of water and dip your fingers into it very often; it will instantly remove the 'slime' from the shrimp and allow you to work much faster without slippage. One last wierdity that I tried yesterday in a fit of boredom -- The next time you have a hot dog (assuming you eat them anyway), try putting nothing on the bun but a light (emphasis on light) splash or line of sesame oil -- I thought it was quite good. -- The MAD Programmer -- 919-228-3313 (Cornet 291) alias: Curtis Jackson ...![ ihnp4 ulysses cbosgd mgnetp ]!burl!rcj ...![ ihnp4 cbosgd akgua masscomp ]!clyde!rcj
thomas@utah-gr.UUCP (Spencer W. Thomas) (06/18/85)
In article <720@burl.UUCP> rcj@burl.UUCP (R. Curtis Jackson) writes: >To remove garlic from your hands, wash your hands with generous amounts >of salt. Yeah, but be careful - it is possible for your hands to absorb the salt through the skin, and then swell way up. I guess the preventative is to rinse thoroughly, then rinse again (got to get the salt to diffuse back out of your cells). -- =Spencer ({ihnp4,decvax}!utah-cs!thomas, thomas@utah-cs.ARPA)