OT: Authentic Texas Salsa and Enchiladas and OUCH!

In an earlier thread a couple of weeks ago I talked about how hubby and I make our own salsa. This morning we made 7 jars. 3 medium heat and

4 damn hot. I'm saving them for the church craft bazaar in December. Gonna sell salsa and quilted stuff. After making the salsa he was taking a shower and went to wipe his eyes and OUCH!!!! The Capasin (sp?) was still on his fingers from all the habanero's and other peppers.

Tonight he made Enchiladas and I made a corn casserole. I cut up a couple of jalepeno's and put the dish in the oven, then didn't wash my hands. Guess what happened a few minutes later? I rubbed my eyes! OUCH!!!!! I washed them out but they burned for about 5 minutes.

We learned our lesson! Wash our hands after cutting peppers!

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David & Barbara Schmidt
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You might try dedicating a pair of rubber gloves to that purpose too. I've done the same thing with my eyes and oooh ouchies!! The dance around, fan your face with your hands kind of ouchies ( for those not in the know ) TMI? lol

Elena

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Elena

Another tip from the kitchen. When preparing the wok for stir fry do not put chili oil in and let it burn, then breath in the smoke. It hurts. Breathing in the steam from cooking salsa can be a tad warmish too. Good when you have a cold tho. Im so sorry to hear about your eyes! Ouch! Do use rubber gloves next time, ok? Ya need those peepers for quilting! Diana

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Diana Curtis

I have a friend who also makes his own salsa and it wasn't his eyes he touched!!

He was doin' the earthquake dance for about 15 minutes!!

Smee

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Smee

Okay, please to be sending me your recipe please - I like the Dman Hot!

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Sharon Harper

Recipes, please?

-- Royce A day hemmed in prayer is less likely to unravel.

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Royce

Better his eyes than you know what.

Wives tales aside, Capsaicin is soluble in alcohol, not water so some alcohol gets rid of it the best.

Had to pour some Maker's Mark on a vital burning something one time to get some relief.

Pard>In an earlier thread a couple of weeks ago I talked about how hubby and

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rjwhite6

Not to worry, Ron, it's seldom TMI here! A bit of salt also helps calm burning mouths -would that also work on other places? Roberta in D

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Roberta Zollner

The question is, can I have the recipes?

-- Jo in Scotland

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Johanna Gibson

please do post the recipes. I've done exactly what you did and rubbed my eyes. OUCH!!

Anna in IL

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Qltanna

This is the recipe for the level 3 (out of 6). It is a mild to medium level.

1/2 rib celery 1/2 bell pepper 1/2 onion 1/2 tomato 1 serrano pepper 1 jalepeno pepper 1 tsp cilantro 1 cup water 1/4 tsp salt 1/4 tsp pepper 1/4 tsp garlic powder 1/4 tsp cumin 1/4 tsp oregano

chop celery, bell pepper, onion, tomato, and peppers. (we use a food processor and combine everything)

Saute in frying pan 5 minutes.

Add water, cilantro, salt, pepper, garlic powder, cumin, and oregano.

bring to a boil.

reduce heat to minimum. Cover pan and simmer 3 minutes.

  • This is the veggie version. You can also make this "Carne" by crumbling 1 slice of fried bacon and adding it.

This makes about 1 jar's worth.

**** for the level 5 (too damn hot) you would use 2 habenero's and 4 serranos in place of the 1 jalepeno/1 serrano combo in the level 3.

Babs

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David & Barbara Schmidt

Milk also works, as does bread. A paste made of milk and bread is wonderful!!

Don't ask how I know.

Smee

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Smee

OUCH!

My son, when he was about 2yo, played with pepper (from the shaker) and then rubbed his eyes. I had to try to rinse them while he tried also by crying like crazy. His face got REALLY red! Now I caution parents when I see their kids playing with the shakers at restaurants. That's no place to be when something like that happens!

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LN (remove NOSPAM)

This seems to be a common problem...we know what this feels like. We use a lot of peppers in our cooking, salsa and other food, and finally have learned to use gloves when using peppers. Took a few incidents to learn our lesson though.

leafyeb

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Leafyeb

In article , Bonnie Patterson writes

Did you try massaging something fatty into them? The "hot" chemical in peppers dissolves in fat but not in water. That's why you can't cool your mouth by drinking water, but you can if you drink (full-fat) milk. If you make a dish too spicy, you can cool it down by adding cream or cheese. I've never actually tried to remove chilli from my hands this way, but in theory rubbing in butter or olive oil or anything else greasy, then washing with soap (to wash away the grease), should work.

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Mel Rimmer

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rjwhite6

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julia sidebottom

i love his enchiladas. We cook a lot of mexican food, and like it spicy. I can't handle too hot a heat, but they were very good!

When we first met 7 years ago I wouldn't eat jalepenos! Now I love em, and have worked my way up to serranos.

Babs

julia sidebottom wrote:

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David & Barbara Schmidt

The hottest parts are the seeds and the white ribs that hold the seeds. Getting rid of those can cut the heat from any hot pepper. Mind you, now, it does not eliminate the heat. And take it from one who knows. Just washing your hands does not always remove the eye-ouching heat from your fingers. Wash at least twice, and then wait a while before touching your eyes.

Nell in Austin

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Nell Reynolds

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