Ok, following an injury today: how do you wash your hands of chilli after cutting it?
Seemingly the usual water+soap trick doesn't shift the stuff. Is it like garlic where you should use cold water and not hot?
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soyunperdedor
Pro - http://soyunperdedor.blog.co.uk
- 2008-10-22 @ 21:25:28
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MonkeyPie
- 2008-10-23 @ 21:39:13
ah salt, I didn't try that, thanks
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SeasideMan
Pro - 2008-10-22 @ 21:46:21
I scrub my fingers with a nail brush, and then wash them again - that seems to do the trick.
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stewartacraig
Pro - 2008-10-23 @ 08:14:27
No matter how much I scrub my hands after cutting chilli I still can't seem to get the stuff off! So, it would be good to hear if you find something that works!
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I found this which might help!
Hope you didn't rub your eyes!
Alan
'Avoiding chilli burn
Over Christmas I discovered a useful technique for avoiding chili burn. You know, when you cut up chillies and then rub your eyes, or touch other sensitive parts, and wish you hadn't? I find it hard to get the chilli off my hands, soap and water doesn't seem too work to well.
Then it hit me.
Chilli dissolves in fat (which is why yoghurt drinks and sour cream cool the palette much more effectively than drinking water or beer). So, to get the chilli off your hands, 'wash' them with Olive oil, (or any other oil-based substance). hey presto! NO more sting.
So there you go....
And my hands felt all soft afterwards too.'
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MonkeyPie
- 2008-10-23 @ 21:38:47
wow!! Thanks!
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Melinda_blog
- 2008-10-24 @ 09:46:04
I don't know about chilli, I use hot water and soap on garlic (and onions), but it only works if you do it immediately. Never heard the cold water one.
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- 2008-10-24 @ 12:03:42
The cold water one is from my days as a chef- hot water 'fixes' the smell of garlic on your skin, the only way to get properly rid of the smell is to wash them with cold water and soap straight away or risk garlicky cakes etc!
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Melinda_blog
- 2008-10-24 @ 21:13:56
Interesting.
Maybe it's because I squirt my hands with liquid soap before I hold them under the hot water that it always works for me. -
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I heard cold water and rubbing salt into your hands too before rinsing.