I was shaking a bottle of chilli BBQ sauce at the dinner table tonight and a bit flicked off the top and went straight into one of our visitors eyes. It was hot but not super hot as I tip it onto my plate first before I add 7 pod powder to it. He started rolling on the floor in pain and I had to get him to flush it with some milk to calm it down. I just said to him "well imagine what the crims feel like when the cops spray them with pepper spray".
Fire eye
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Fire eye...could be a good name for a hot sauce.
I have a friend that never seems to remember to wash his hands after cutting peppers. I have been to his place on more than one occasion when he ends up with fire eye...or much worse. It always gives me a good chuckle because he has no one to blame but himself. If I did it to some one else I would feel a little bad.
I have a friend that never seems to remember to wash his hands after cutting peppers. I have been to his place on more than one occasion when he ends up with fire eye...or much worse. It always gives me a good chuckle because he has no one to blame but himself. If I did it to some one else I would feel a little bad.
Not to worry, next time it happens to a guest of yours, just tell him about the time I was working with Zero, and acquired a very small rip in one of my gloves, near the tip of my finger. Well, after I was done with the extract, I removed the gloves, tyvek suit, etc, and was getting ready to go out for a few beers. It was sunny out, so I figured instead of my regular glasses, I'd wear sunglasses, which required the application of contact lenses. Perhaps you can see where this one is going. Well, after thoroughly scorching my left eye, in my infinite wisdom, I figured I must have somehow gotten the Zero extract only on that lens, so let's put in the other one. My wife said she had never heard the gutteral noises which emanated from my throat, kind of like "Little Nicky" when he fell asleep in Central Park.
I ended up at the eye doctor's office. When she put the scope on each eye, she gasped, which of course did not relieve the stress on my side of the scope. I had multiple blisters on each cornea. I must say, the next few days were slightly interesting. It was almost like compound eye sight, not unlike a house fly.
Needless to say, from that time forward, I wear 2 pairs of gloves on each hand before securely taping the wrists.
I ended up at the eye doctor's office. When she put the scope on each eye, she gasped, which of course did not relieve the stress on my side of the scope. I had multiple blisters on each cornea. I must say, the next few days were slightly interesting. It was almost like compound eye sight, not unlike a house fly.
Needless to say, from that time forward, I wear 2 pairs of gloves on each hand before securely taping the wrists.
We are a strange breed finding humour in others misfortune and we hate it when it happens to us but chilli burn is always funny when it happens to others. Or even to ourselves but always after the fact during the retelling.
Its like when you are selling chilli products are fairs and shows and the macho/hero idiot comes up and says I can take anything you got. I know I always dig out the hottest of the hot for such special occasions.
I can remember at the WA chilli festival one year my stall was up on the hill overlooking the whole festival and we watched one said macho/hero idiot run all the way back to his esky/chillibin/cooler to get cold water after testing my hottest. He ate a red savina ( this was in the days of RS being the hottest available) sort of went red sidled away till he thought we couldnt see him, then ran as fast as he could. All his mates who he was trying to impress were still standing at my stall watching him run and laughing. I bet he still hears that story told when he is having a few beers with his mates.
Imagine giving him a scorpion or a 7pod to eat.
Its like when you are selling chilli products are fairs and shows and the macho/hero idiot comes up and says I can take anything you got. I know I always dig out the hottest of the hot for such special occasions.
I can remember at the WA chilli festival one year my stall was up on the hill overlooking the whole festival and we watched one said macho/hero idiot run all the way back to his esky/chillibin/cooler to get cold water after testing my hottest. He ate a red savina ( this was in the days of RS being the hottest available) sort of went red sidled away till he thought we couldnt see him, then ran as fast as he could. All his mates who he was trying to impress were still standing at my stall watching him run and laughing. I bet he still hears that story told when he is having a few beers with his mates.
Imagine giving him a scorpion or a 7pod to eat.
Fire eye, 
reminds me of a few months ago, I was making a sauce,stirring at a low temp,,and it didnt seem like it was ever gonna come to a simmer, well the second I decided to look into the pot,, the first bubble decided to head straight to my eyeball!
Not only the capsacin hurt but the fact that it was at boiling temp!! ouch!
reminds me of a few months ago, I was making a sauce,stirring at a low temp,,and it didnt seem like it was ever gonna come to a simmer, well the second I decided to look into the pot,, the first bubble decided to head straight to my eyeball! Not only the capsacin hurt but the fact that it was at boiling temp!! ouch!
Hah I think anyone who gets involved with chillies has their own burn story! Mine comes from when I was grinding birdseye peppers to powder (only having a pestle and mortar to do it with at the time) and a small flake leaps up and right in to my eye, ofcourse the immediate sting coursed me to fling my hand to my face and commence to rub my eye, further grinding the flake into my eye. Genius
Awwwwwwwwwwww man, I thought this was a thread for a new James Bond movie...
Well, since I'm here, I'll share a story. I was working with some sun dried chiltepins this past summer and made the typical too-lazy-to-throw-gloves-on mistake of saying "I'll just wash my hands really well." As with many others, I'm a contact lens wearer but I have a hard lens in one eye (which means its a bitch to get out on a normal day). I must have had a little bit of cap work its way under my hard lens and the fire started. I was so desperate, I dove into the shower and let the water run on my eye...
Well, since I'm here, I'll share a story. I was working with some sun dried chiltepins this past summer and made the typical too-lazy-to-throw-gloves-on mistake of saying "I'll just wash my hands really well." As with many others, I'm a contact lens wearer but I have a hard lens in one eye (which means its a bitch to get out on a normal day). I must have had a little bit of cap work its way under my hard lens and the fire started. I was so desperate, I dove into the shower and let the water run on my eye...