Comments on: Jesse’s Bout with Habaneros http://www.mikedidonato.com/2006/11/10/jesses-bout-with-habaneros/ It's hard being a superstar Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:45:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Adam http://www.mikedidonato.com/2006/11/10/jesses-bout-with-habaneros/#comment-51596 Adam Tue, 14 Nov 2006 03:32:16 +0000 http://www.mikedidonato.com/2006/11/10/jesses-bout-with-habaneros/#comment-51596 I happened to notice that on the front page of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a> this evening, the featured picture of the day is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habanero_chile" rel="nofollow">habanero chile</a>. I happened to notice that on the front page of Wikipedia this evening, the featured picture of the day is the habanero chile.

]]> By: UUIG http://www.mikedidonato.com/2006/11/10/jesses-bout-with-habaneros/#comment-51590 UUIG Tue, 14 Nov 2006 00:55:44 +0000 http://www.mikedidonato.com/2006/11/10/jesses-bout-with-habaneros/#comment-51590 Another thing to keep away from contacts, and eyes: hydrogen peroxide. Some contact solutions contain hydrogen peroxide, and require a special case that contains a neutralizing piece (you have to leave the contacts in the special case 4 hours to fully neutralize the peroxide). Now, using this special hydrogen peroxide based solution in a regular contact case does not allow for neutralization..... The result, when contacts that have been so poorly managed are put into one's eyes, is horrific. Have you ever put hydrogen peroxide on a dirty wound to kill bacteria and avoid infection? It sort of foams white....there's a lot of natural bacteria in the eye....so of course, it foams too. I would definitely avoid this painful, burning adventure. Not that I'm speaking from experience or anything.....but you're likely to be rewarded with the following if you do manage to pull this off: a trip to the ER, gel antibiotics for your eye, numbing drops for the pain, and several days of wearing sunglasses to class because the whiteboard is just too bright to look at! Another thing to keep away from contacts, and eyes: hydrogen peroxide. Some contact solutions contain hydrogen peroxide, and require a special case that contains a neutralizing piece (you have to leave the contacts in the special case 4 hours to fully neutralize the peroxide). Now, using this special hydrogen peroxide based solution in a regular contact case does not allow for neutralization…..

The result, when contacts that have been so poorly managed are put into one’s eyes, is horrific. Have you ever put hydrogen peroxide on a dirty wound to kill bacteria and avoid infection? It sort of foams white….there’s a lot of natural bacteria in the eye….so of course, it foams too. I would definitely avoid this painful, burning adventure.

Not that I’m speaking from experience or anything…..but you’re likely to be rewarded with the following if you do manage to pull this off: a trip to the ER, gel antibiotics for your eye, numbing drops for the pain, and several days of wearing sunglasses to class because the whiteboard is just too bright to look at!

]]> By: Aaron http://www.mikedidonato.com/2006/11/10/jesses-bout-with-habaneros/#comment-51564 Aaron Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:11:09 +0000 http://www.mikedidonato.com/2006/11/10/jesses-bout-with-habaneros/#comment-51564 I had a similar issue with some extremely potent jalapeno's last winter. Usually they are relatively mild, but I think these used some sort of performance enhancers in their youth. I had a similar issue with some extremely potent jalapeno’s last winter. Usually they are relatively mild, but I think these used some sort of performance enhancers in their youth.

]]> By: Ryan Schenk http://www.mikedidonato.com/2006/11/10/jesses-bout-with-habaneros/#comment-51543 Ryan Schenk Sun, 12 Nov 2006 18:13:10 +0000 http://www.mikedidonato.com/2006/11/10/jesses-bout-with-habaneros/#comment-51543 Uuuuuughh!!! That makes me cringe just thinking about it! Contacts freak me out enough as it is....without the hot pepper sauce on them! Uuuuuughh!!! That makes me cringe just thinking about it! Contacts freak me out enough as it is….without the hot pepper sauce on them!

]]> By: Mykal http://www.mikedidonato.com/2006/11/10/jesses-bout-with-habaneros/#comment-51541 Mykal Sun, 12 Nov 2006 16:39:28 +0000 http://www.mikedidonato.com/2006/11/10/jesses-bout-with-habaneros/#comment-51541 Early on in my cooking career I made a similar mistake that led to me having to thow out a pair of contacts. Now if I am cooking with hot peppers I always take out my contacts before chopping so I won't contanminate them when I have to take them out later that night. Early on in my cooking career I made a similar mistake that led to me having to thow out a pair of contacts. Now if I am cooking with hot peppers I always take out my contacts before chopping so I won’t contanminate them when I have to take them out later that night.

]]> By: marian http://www.mikedidonato.com/2006/11/10/jesses-bout-with-habaneros/#comment-51523 marian Sat, 11 Nov 2006 11:16:56 +0000 http://www.mikedidonato.com/2006/11/10/jesses-bout-with-habaneros/#comment-51523 i have experience a similar situation a good few years ago now it involved Chilli Flowers, I being young and un-wise decided to take the seeds and plant them in garden, so I did and then didn't was my hands, instead I touched my entire face. My whole faced burned for hours, I remember it hurting oh so much and having to have ice packs on my face. Needless to say, I don't eat Chillis anymore! i have experience a similar situation a good few years ago now it involved Chilli Flowers, I being young and un-wise decided to take the seeds and plant them in garden, so I did and then didn’t was my hands, instead I touched my entire face. My whole faced burned for hours, I remember it hurting oh so much and having to have ice packs on my face.

Needless to say, I don’t eat Chillis anymore!

]]> By: Sander http://www.mikedidonato.com/2006/11/10/jesses-bout-with-habaneros/#comment-51514 Sander Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:14:06 +0000 http://www.mikedidonato.com/2006/11/10/jesses-bout-with-habaneros/#comment-51514 1. Those hotsauces are super expensive and super rare, but some contain well over 1000 times more capsaicin than Tobasco sauce. http://www.chez-williams.com/Hot%20Sauce/hothome.htm 2. "Think Hindenburg, except instead of a zepplin, Jesse’s face." HAHAHAHAHAHA, there are so many fat jokes in this sentence I'm going to need a new pair of pants. 1. Those hotsauces are super expensive and super rare, but some contain well over 1000 times more capsaicin than Tobasco sauce.
http://www.chez-williams.com/Hot%20Sauce/hothome.htm

2. “Think Hindenburg, except instead of a zepplin, Jesse’s face.”
HAHAHAHAHAHA, there are so many fat jokes in this sentence I’m going to need a new pair of pants.

]]> By: Jon Abad http://www.mikedidonato.com/2006/11/10/jesses-bout-with-habaneros/#comment-51512 Jon Abad Fri, 10 Nov 2006 19:02:34 +0000 http://www.mikedidonato.com/2006/11/10/jesses-bout-with-habaneros/#comment-51512 and this is why capsaicin is a controlled substance. and this is why capsaicin is a controlled substance.

]]> By: mike d. http://www.mikedidonato.com/2006/11/10/jesses-bout-with-habaneros/#comment-51511 mike d. Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:34:35 +0000 http://www.mikedidonato.com/2006/11/10/jesses-bout-with-habaneros/#comment-51511 if we want to get picky, he really should have put the water in a pot instead of just throwing it on the oven or the stove. Instead of cooking, all he really did was make a mess. if we want to get picky, he really should have put the water in a pot instead of just throwing it on the oven or the stove. Instead of cooking, all he really did was make a mess.

]]> By: Ryan Schenk http://www.mikedidonato.com/2006/11/10/jesses-bout-with-habaneros/#comment-51510 Ryan Schenk Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:30:16 +0000 http://www.mikedidonato.com/2006/11/10/jesses-bout-with-habaneros/#comment-51510 Snotty comments aside, my coworker tells this story of a friend who has an ongoing hot sauce/spicy food battle with his brother. Apparently for christmas one year, said friend received a hot sauce from his brother, that was mostly or entirely capsaicin and little else. Said friend dipped the tip of a toothpick into the sauce, and put the tiniest drop onto the tip of his tongue. Apparently, profuse sweating and convulsions followed for the rest of the night, and when they finally subsided, he had this white lesion on the tip of his tongue for the following few weeks. Snotty comments aside, my coworker tells this story of a friend who has an ongoing hot sauce/spicy food battle with his brother. Apparently for christmas one year, said friend received a hot sauce from his brother, that was mostly or entirely capsaicin and little else. Said friend dipped the tip of a toothpick into the sauce, and put the tiniest drop onto the tip of his tongue. Apparently, profuse sweating and convulsions followed for the rest of the night, and when they finally subsided, he had this white lesion on the tip of his tongue for the following few weeks.

]]> By: Roland http://www.mikedidonato.com/2006/11/10/jesses-bout-with-habaneros/#comment-51509 Roland Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:25:11 +0000 http://www.mikedidonato.com/2006/11/10/jesses-bout-with-habaneros/#comment-51509 Hahaha, oh man. Capsaicin is not soluble in water, hence the reason for milk/yoghurt being better for stopping the burning. Hahaha, oh man. Capsaicin is not soluble in water, hence the reason for milk/yoghurt being better for stopping the burning.

]]> By: Ryan Schenk http://www.mikedidonato.com/2006/11/10/jesses-bout-with-habaneros/#comment-51508 Ryan Schenk Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:24:49 +0000 http://www.mikedidonato.com/2006/11/10/jesses-bout-with-habaneros/#comment-51508 You might throw water on the oven, but it probably wouldn't do much. I would put it on the stove instead. You might throw water on the oven, but it probably wouldn’t do much. I would put it on the stove instead.

]]> By: Jon Abad http://www.mikedidonato.com/2006/11/10/jesses-bout-with-habaneros/#comment-51507 Jon Abad Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:08:21 +0000 http://www.mikedidonato.com/2006/11/10/jesses-bout-with-habaneros/#comment-51507 As Benjamin can testify, yogurt is one of the few things around the house that does a good job in calming the capsaicin "burn" that comes from touching peppers to the face. It kinda makes sense as milk is the beverage of choice in order to calm a burning mouth and throat after eating crazy peppers. As Benjamin can testify, yogurt is one of the few things around the house that does a good job in calming the capsaicin “burn” that comes from touching peppers to the face.

It kinda makes sense as milk is the beverage of choice in order to calm a burning mouth and throat after eating crazy peppers.

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