angelica d Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 Hey guys, this will seem like a really really pointless thread, but I was just curious if anyone else out there is as accident-prone as me! On holiday, I was helping my fiance's mum prepare a stir-fry, cutting up some red chilli's. About half an hour later I was in the bathroom sood at the sink, and my face felt on fire. I was in tears, and had to keep my face in ice cold water - if I took it out it was agony. After about an hour of this, my skin gradually returned to normal, but I was pretty shaken-up. Apparently this is what happens when you touch chilli and then touch your face! No one ever told me that! I felt like such a fool! Is this common knowledge that seemed to pass me by, or do people generally have to find this out the hard way? Angelica "Weaseling out of things is what separates us from the animals . . . except the weasel."- Homer J Simpson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battousai16 Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 y'know, i gotta' be honest and say i've never heard that. my dad's the chilli man of the house, so i haven't had the opportunity. but that sounds very much like something i would do. "I hear you can kill 200 men and play a mean six string at the same time..."-Six String Samurai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelica d Posted August 13, 2004 Author Share Posted August 13, 2004 Don't do it! Its the worst pain in the world - worse than when I had an appendisectomy and they wouldn't give me painkillers! I can never look at a chilli in the same way again now! "Weaseling out of things is what separates us from the animals . . . except the weasel."- Homer J Simpson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budderfly Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 I am a registered "Chartered Chili Head" through the International Chili Society (isn't that sad?). I've even competed in cook-offs. And even though I have made a lot of chili in my lifetime, I still forget that I just cut hot peppers and I stupidly rub my eyes. I know what you mean dude, it stings!!! http://www.budderfly.net/gallery/albums/snapshots/Cookoff.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aefibird Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 Chili burn, OW OW OW. Yeah, I've done that before. Thankfully, I 'only' touched my face, not rubbed my eyes. I'd probably have had to go to A&E if I'd got chilli in my eyes. I also once chopped up chillis and a bit got into a tiny tiny tiny scratch on my hand. It felt like my whole hand was on fire! I had to sit with it in ice for about an hour. I love chilli's, though, the hotter the better! Now I always wear gloves when chopping one up. Im sooooo accident prone, it's unreal. I'm always the person that finds out the hard way... My colleagues at work call me Mr Bump, as I have so many accidents. They even bought me a little Mr Bump figure to sit on my desk. "Was it really worth it? Only time and death may ever tell..." The Beautiful South - The Rose of My CologneSheffield Steelers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delta1 Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 I grew up in Texas and New Mexico, so it was common knowlege to me. We had a bowl of chilis on the table like most people have a bowl of fruit. But it still happens. By the way, you can make a mean self defense spray out of chili oil in a nose spray bottle. Just don't leave the thing laying around! Freedom isn't free! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sAtelitte Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 With my knowledge of food and cooking.... i'd probably be in the bathroom with my head in the sink as well. Although i've never prepared, cooked, eaten or seen chilli. https://www.shaolin.be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZR440 Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 It's almost football season, and that means cutting up some jalapenos and sorranos for an angry batch of chili. Um um good. It's happy hour somewhere in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLopez Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 My jalapenos don't seem to make it into the chilli, they always end up straight on the grill wrapped in bacon and stuffed with cheese! I've never been so unfortunate to rub my face or eyes after cutting up peppers, it's always been after I used Tabasco sauce or something where it somehow gets in my eyes. DeanDahn Boh Nim - Black-Brown BeltKuk Sool Won"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die tomorrow." - James Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZR440 Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 Wrapped in bacon? I must try that. Ever have them on a pickled egg? You fish them out of the jar and set them on the egg like a little hat. Salt and pepper those treats and wash down with plenty of cheap beer. It's happy hour somewhere in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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