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.

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That and cold water. But the yogurt really helped.