The pitfalls and risks of eating fresh peppers

[shadowkat]

Recovering from eating a fresh Habanero chili pepper
which I'd confused with a sweet pepper and sliced up in my salad. (What? They do look the same. Granted the Habanero is a lot smaller but still, same color.)

My lips still burn 35 minutes later. My tongue burned for 10-15 minutes.
And by burn - I mean BURN! Luckily I had an apple and Siggis Yogurt with me - to help, plus plenty of cold water. I threw out the salad. These are considered the second hottest pepper in the world. I've drank the equivalent of 8 glasses of water.

But hey, on the bright side? It woke me up and killed my appetite.

Read more news about Osma Bin Laden assaination on Huffington Post.
Apparently they varified that it was him via his sister's DNA, then they
buried him at sea per Islamic rituals. They offered to give him to the Saudias but they turned them down. (Or it was Syria, can't remember which.)
Pakistan is furious that the US went in there and took out the compound without telling Pakistan about it first. (ie. You invaded our country without permission? How dare you!) Saw the President's speech on it last night live...hence the reason I feel so dead this morning. Well that, and the fact that I stupidly stayed up to write the entry on both it and Game of Thrones.
Really need to stop doing that.

Day is dragging workwise. Not helped by feeling sleepy. Also it cloudy and overcast. Not a good walking day.

Sigh - lips still burning, but tongue fine. Apparently just touching the skin with your lips is enough. Who knew? Note to self - no more impulse buying of veggies and food items.

Comments

[embers-log.livejournal.com]

Do you have any fresh basil? Boil some fresh basil leaves and then drink the oily looking tea when it is cool enough... it will help heal the burn from the pepper.

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

No, at work. But it did go away after about an hour.
Yogurt, apple and lots and lots of water helped. Also
had to wash my hands thoroughly. Apparently the juice is the most potent bit - you touch it - and touch another part of your body - such as eyes or lips - expect burn!

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

Of course if we had told them we were going in... he wouldn't have been there. There were definitely factions in support of OBL there (they 'missed' the mansion with 18ft walls and barbed wire... for five years.)

Frankly, it's probably helpful to the Pakastanis in charge that they have the cover of deniability of "It wasn't us! The Americans didn't even tell us."

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Agree. I think they like the deniability actually.

Seriously, if we'd told them - it wouldn't have happened.
Also...they lied, saying he wasn't there, when he was hiding in plain sight - in a wealthy suburb filled with high-ranking military officials.

[paratti.livejournal.com]

Milk or yoghurt is your friend.

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

That and cold water. But the yogurt really helped.

[cactuswatcher.livejournal.com]

You were in a sense very lucky. If you'd rubbed your eyes before you washed your hands thoroughly, you wouldn't be concerned with your lips burning.

I love jalapeños, but after having tried to pickle a batch of them myself I won't cut them up without roasting them first. I avoid habaneros entirely (yes, they are in many stores these days).

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Oh yes. I realized it in time. Almost hurt my eye - came thisclose.

Dangerous peppers. I stupidly didn't know what they were. Looked them up on google after having little more than a slice of one. That was enough to make my lips burn for an hour, and my mouth sting. It was that bad.

I've had jalapenos before - but they're nothing like this.

Came home and threw out the rest. According to Google - some people have built up a resistance and can eat them without any problem. And they are put in tequila a lot in Mexico for spicy
drinks.