My father, started growing Habenero peppers in his backyard, and gave me a bag of them yesterday. Now I like hot food, and I took a couple of them, sliced them open, and stuffed them with pimento cheese spread. The first one went down fine. I had a real good mean burn to it, and a good flavor. The second one, I assumed since it came off the same plant, would be similar. No, this one kicked my ass. Two glasses of milk, some heavy cream, and a big glass of tea later, I finally had the burn under control. I was just starting to feel my lips again, and was sitting there watching Judge Judy when I made my second big mistake of the day. I’ve had this rash on my ear for a while, not even visable but it does itch. I had washed my hands right after cutting up the pepper(I’ve lived in Texas most of my life, so I know that much), but apparently I should have used industrial had clearer cause I scratched my ear and now I’m just sitting here waiting for the habenero spudge to burn my ear completely off. Any one know how long this will take? Will it stop at my ear, or is it going to burn all the way through my head? Man, tomorrow morning is going to suck…
Been there done that way too many times. I learned the hard way that the only safe way to handle them is with rubber gloves. The burn will go away eventually, but not as fast as you’d like. But give it the same treatment as your tongue. Milk. Dairy products cut the heat of peppers and washing your hands and whatever ails you with milk will help a lot more than soap and water. Soak a cloth in it and wash up and when it starts to flare up some, put the cloth to it. It will at least make it more bearable.
Boxes of surgical gloves can be found in most pharmacies for a couple bucks per 100. They come in handy if you love Habaneroes. 
That I understand. Those peppers have quite a large range of heat, I grow my own, and most of them have a nice make you feel alive kind of heat. One time however,i sliced one up and put it on my Pizza. I placed one slice near the end so I could grab it with the first bite. It was an experiance virtually identical to chomping down an a lit cigarette( As a side note of advice, never smoke and eat french fries with the same hand). This was not a little tinge, growing into a cresendo of beautiful spice, like most Habs. This was a near flesh searing ,stick your head into the ice drawer and hope to die kind of pain. Maybe I had an unnoticed irritation in my mouth or something, but even a small dap of Pure Cap didn’t kick my ass near as bad.
At least you didn’t scratch your balls. That is an attention grabbing sensation. From my experience with Habaneros You cannot wash the oil off, you simply must wait for the effected skin to die and fall of on it’s own. I have a nice little box of rubber gloves that I use now.
Yeah, I knew to use milk. I had to resort to tea when I started getting close to draining the milk jug. Id rather suffer with the burn, than face Mrs. Bdgr in the morning when the kid can’t have his cereal.
I feel your pain Bdgr…
After my first, uninformed experience with the habanero, I found out on the pepper scale of 1-10, this evil creation was a solid 10.
After ingesting a bit more habanero than is wisely advised, the only thing you can do, from what was told to me, is to eat a whole box of Popsicles or a large Shlurpee.
That way, in a few hours when you’re shittin’ your guts out and the habanero is tearing up what’s left of your lower digestive tract, you can grit your teeth and hope that the Popsicles or that ice-cold Shlurpee aren’t too far behind!
Just wait until tomorrow and you will wish you had posted in this thread:
Geography has nothing to do with habanero heuristics…
But you got THAT right…
Damn…That just made me realize how much I miss Inor.
I remember when I first started college in orientation they made a point of warning non-texans about washing thier hands before they go to the bathroom as well as after. Those of us who grew up here already know this
As I type I am trying to ignore the burn in my hands. I just made up some fresh salsa, with tomatoes from my very own garden and, among other ingredients, jalapenos from my garden. I chopped up the peppers really fine, and there was no problem(or so I thought). But about ten minutes later my hands, which I HAD washed thoroughly, began burning like they had been seared in the sun. I washed again, have taken some ibuprofen, and have several times dunked my hands into a pail of ice water I now have in the fridge. The latter helps the most, giving temporary respite from the irritation. I only hope this goes away, or at least ratchets back a notch, before work tomorrow. I’m a baker and work with my hands, and flexing them seems to be huring them. I’ve got to get off and go dunk again.
Yep. I kinda know what you mean.
I bit into one once and there was this FLASH OF LIGHT and my tongue flopped out of my mouth and I got the damn hiccups and my nose was running and I couldn’t even close my mouth…WOW!!! and OWW@!!!
There is now a new Habanero and Scotch bonnet hybrid that is supposed to be a full 50,000 Scoville units hotter than the Habanero’s rating of a mere 250,000-300,000 SU.
All I can say is that you would have to pay me substantial quantities of money to eat one.
I remember when I first started college in orientation they made a point of warning non-texans about washing thier hands before they go to the bathroom as well as after. Those of us who grew up here already know this **
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Maybe they should have warned the Texans to wear gloves when handling habanero’s… I’m from Illinois and had that one figured out… That’s the problem with Texans - you just have to get 'em riled up a bit first so they start thinking straight on their own… Once ya get 'em in that agitated state, then they’re just fine (e.g., the Alamo and whatever brand of whupass they uncorked on Santa Ana)… I’m sure the habanero’s will lose round two… And for your own sake, make SURE you wash your hands before you go to the bathroom as well as after… If not, I’ll probably be able to hear the screams from here…
A friend of mine made a curry with some really hot Indian peppers, I had a shaving cut next to my lip, I got some in it, and the whole side of my face got swollen! It didn’t go down so I went home and took an antihistamine and it seemed better in a few minutes.
Anyway, my preferred rinse for killing hot pepper aftertaste is a stiff whiskey. It will dissolve much of the hot oil, and you won’t care about the burn so much after a couple of drinks.
The first time that happened to me I was out to Mexican with my family. I was the only one who received one as a garnish on their plate. WHY ME??? Anyway, I soon understood why the cartoon characters ran twenty times around the globe and drink all the water in the entire ocean after eating a single pepper. :rolleyes: MAN! Quite possibly THE WORST pain I have ever experienced.