Hand burn! OUCH!!! Hurts...

[GreenTea]

So I made a stupid mistake... Last night I bought a few nice looking Jamaican Scotch Bonnets and a handful or Wiri-Wiri peppers at a grocery store (side note; Its great to live in a big city with a multicultural community!), brought em` home, and decided to de-seed them, seeing as they were nice and fresh. Didn't have any gloves. I've done this a few times before with Habaneros and other types of peppers, and the burn was never too bad. But this time it hurts like a bastard!

Especially after taking a shower this morning, it feels like the capsaicin has spread all over my palms and fingers and is burning. I know its temporary and will probably be gone by this evening, but wow its making for a long Sunday!

On the bright side, the seeds look pretty healthy and mature, so at least the pain has its reward.

 

[sicman]

ha,thats great. next time gloves ??

 

[GreenTea]

Yes, maybe a good idea to wear gloves even to cut them up, from now on. Lesson learned!

 

[Crusher]

I once did this with a pound of red bhuts. Fun times.

 

[etothepii]

Been there. Stayed up all night once squeezing wet towels.

 

[Scovie]

There's a pretty awesome thread around here that has horror stories like this.
One in particular, a guy did just as you, brought home some some Habaneros,
started cutting them up, and a seed popped into his EYE!
Unreal. I think safer is better than sorry-er... lol

 

[sicman]

ooh,snap. my wife is my witness! couple weeks ago i was cutting habs in half,she was setting them on racks. a pod squirted a funnel of juice straight into my eyeball,it was awfull.

 

[Hammerfall]

yeah usually you learn that with jalapeno and when you go to the bathroom

but with S bonnet... my god!
hang on and buy good thick gloves!

 

[HH81Betterhalf]

Just don't touch a woman (you know where) with your hands being like that....... had it happen NOT FUN!!!!!

 

[sicman]

me and the wife tried several super hot pods one night. and then well!! you know where im going with this i think.

 

[GreenTea]

yeah usually you learn that with jalapeno and when you go to the bathroom

but with S bonnet... my god!
hang on and buy good thick gloves!

Indeed, I had the thought this morning "so this is what an STD must feel like!".

 

[synclinorium]

Indeed, I had the thought this morning "so this is what an STD must feel like!".

... I remember the first time I had a pepper-related mishap of that nature, it's a very, um, novel feeling...

 

[Dulac]

I got a burn from some really hot "habaneros" one time and it felt like a chemical burn, lol (burned my hands working with chemicals before too). I'm still not sure what kind of pepper they sold me (didn't look like habaneros). From that day on I have used gloves for habaneros and up.

 

[Katrina]

...... squirted a funnel of juice straight into my eyeball.....

GAWD I hate it when that happens!

 

[Mild Fire]

I did that with some sort of habs the grocery store sold. Egad, it's worse than poison ivy for spreading everywhere you touch! As soon as the burning started, I washed my hands thoroughly with dish detergent and warm water, thinking I'd at least get it off me. It stopped burning, but it took a lot longer flushing my eyes with water after I rubbed my eye later on not realizing there was still residual capsaicin somewhere on my hands! And, yes, it occurred to me that such an experience was probably far worse for the men. I'd recommend they put on a clean pair of gloves and hold it with toilet tissue when nature called.