| Advice on "Chilli Fingers"?
Posted: 1/20/2008 7:53:25 AM | I've just been chopping, and deseeding chillies. I've washed my hands a few times, but I can feel the acid on my fingers and I know that, sooner or later, I'll forget and I'll rub my eyes or, worse, go to the loo (the bloke way) and it'll sting!
Is there a way to get the chilli off your fingers when you've finished the cooking? | |
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| Advice on Chilli Fingers?
Posted: 1/20/2008 8:16:36 AM | Only way to remove the oils from the chili peppers on your hands, is continued hand washing...
...Wish I had some magical cure to tell ya' 'bout. Ole' wives tales include tomato sauce/juice, or aloe vera gel/juice. So much for ole' wives...
In the future if you're gonna peel/de-seed chilis wear disposible gloves. | |
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| Advice on Chilli Fingers?
Posted: 1/20/2008 8:20:52 AM | Oh I thought this thread was about fingers in your Wendy's chili.
But I digress...
Try rubbing your hands on stainless steel. | |
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| Advice on Chilli Fingers?
Posted: 1/20/2008 8:26:04 AM | | Salt will absorb the oils off your fingers or washing dishes in a very hot sudsey water like was said above always use rubber gloves when working with peppers. | |
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| Advice on Chilli Fingers?
Posted: 1/20/2008 8:26:21 AM | Wash your hands with booze. The chili oils are soluble in alcohol.
(I reccomend cheap booze for this. If I find out you've been washing your hands in a 12yr scotch, I may have to kick your ass!)
;-)
J | |
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| Advice on Chilli Fingers?
Posted: 1/20/2008 8:56:44 AM | | Capsaicin can slowly diffuse through latex gloves, but it's much better than nothing. Maybe nitrile would work better, if you're processing serious amounts of peppers. | |
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| Advice on Chilli Fingers?
Posted: 1/21/2008 2:35:13 PM | Thanks folk, I'll try some of your ideas out.
Not the booze one, though, I only ever buy 12-year-old whisky! | |
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| Advice on Chilli Fingers?
Posted: 1/22/2008 2:46:02 AM | dang I thought this was going to be about chili fingers , like steak fingers . I was thinking wow chili fingers hmm how would this work ..
A friend of mine works at a place that makes fried food such as tater tots , fries , fried cream cheese , etc for restruants and they are trying out a new thing chili cheese fried of course with peppers , he brought me some they are rather good actually .
I have found lemon works rather good removing it also .. | |
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| Advice on Chilli Fingers?
Posted: 1/22/2008 6:46:37 AM | I would wash with soap and very warm water, then pour rubbing alcohol over your hands, followed by washing with baking soda and water, then soap and water. That will dry your hands out, so you may need you use skin lotion afterwards.
You need to get the oils off your hand, then neutalize any residual acids.
Milk will work as well, but a baking soda solution will neutralize more acid.
FYI: Milk will help stop a mouth bleed. After your kid loses his tooth. Use pressure to stop the bleeding, then have him rinse a couple of times with milk. | |
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| Advice on Chilli Fingers?
Posted: 1/22/2008 7:10:46 PM | Capsicum is an oil; before you start seeding them use a good hand lotion. It makes getting it off easier. This works equally well when you work on cars, too.
Without it, the oils from chilis or cars sink right into your skin. But with it, they sit on top of the hand lotion and chili oil and motor oil/grease comes off easily with just soap.
Dishwashing detergane, specificallly "Dawn" has the strongest surfactants and removes oil and grease better than any other. It's also used, and I mean just that brand, by car guys to degrease engine blocks. | |
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| Advice on Chilli Fingers?
Posted: 1/23/2008 11:14:35 AM | And if you DO forget and touch "Something" important, nothing beats sour cream to put out the fire!!!!
Woot?
Not like that ever happened to me or nothing....  | |
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| Advice on Chilli Fingers?
Posted: 5/26/2008 10:19:56 PM | | Just read this Guernsey, Sorry I didnt see it earlier, but soak your hands in Orange Juice for a little while. That will take the burn out very well. It also works if you eat some of those chili-s that are just a bit too spicy..hehehe, Also Some gloves work well before you peel them. I use latex gloves every year and I freeze 2-3 bushels. Also, latex gloves are cheap and disposable so use 2-3 pair if you need. Have fun and enjoy. | |
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| Advice on Chilli Fingers?
Posted: 5/27/2008 3:05:50 PM | Next time use latex gloves...can find them at Pharmacies.
or chop in food processor...seeds wont kill you.
When I make my "Pico de Gallo", I slice my chillies thinly and leave seeds in... | |
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