hot, Hot, HOT

[Woody]

I have given a lot of thought as to weather or not I should share this story. First of all, it is rather embarrassing. Second, it relates to a part of the male anatomy that my mother taught me not to talk about in public. I decided however, as sort of a public service, health warning kind of thing, I could justify the sharing of this very painfull and embarrassing tale.


Last night it is was my night to cook dinner. No problem there, I love to cook, and I’m pretty good. I planned to go mexican, fajitas marinated in lime based marinade, grilled with vegetables over mesquite; fresh salsa, and guacamole. I poured a nice cold glass of Widmers latest creation, and started cooking. I cut up the meat and got it marinating. Next I began to prepare the salsa. I cut up 4 large tomatoes, 1 large vidalia onion, pour another beer, minced 5 or 6 cloves of garlic, and about a cup of finely chopped fresh cilantro, juice of 1/2 lime, salt and pepper to taste, mix it well and let it sit in the fridge for a while so the flavors will blend. I like my salsa pretty hot and my wife and sons do not. So, I just put my share in a seperate bowl and spice it up. To my salsa I added two finely chopped japeleno peppers. I then made the Guac. Simple, 4 ripe avacados, a little mayo, a little lime juice and a couple big spoonfulls of the fresh salsa, mix it smooth, set aside in the fridge til dinners ready. Pour another beer. The coals are ready now, so I throw the meat on. Well, by now, after what was it, three beers? Nature called.

I washed my hands several time while I was cooking, I always do. Apparently not enough this time though. Remember the peppers? After returning from the bathroom, I had a few minutes to kill before the meat was ready to turn, so I decided to log on to ifish for a bit. While I was waiting to connect, maybe 15 seconds, I began too feel a little burning, you know.......down there. Not too bad, just a little tingle. Another 10 or 15 seconds..........Wow! thats kinda hot. Another 10 or 15 second............ oh jeez!! Now it’s starting to hurt! Another 15 seconds, keep in mind, it’s still less than a minute...................OH MY GOD ...........My privates are on FIRE!!! I need a shower NOW!

The whole time this is happening, my wife and kids (three teenaged boys) are listing to me complain, and squirm. We all have a pretty good sense of humor around here and enjoy getting a laugh at someone elses expense. In this case, my expense. By this time, I’m really in pain, and they’re laughing their a**s off “Dad got pepper juice on his wedding tackle!!” My wife didn’t think it was quite that funny, for obvious reasons, but she was still laughing.

Well, I stripped down to my birthday suit by the time I got to the bathroom. After a 30 min. cold shower the pain began to subside. My wife finished dinner for me and had my plate ready when I got out of the shower. My kids stopped laughing at me by then. Dinner turned out great by the way.


The moral of the story, wear rubber gloves when you prepare hot peppers. Trust me.

[ 07-16-2003, 10:34 PM: Message edited by: Woody ]

[Mr. Carp]

That was hilarious, touching, and made me hungry all in one.

Sorry about the accident, but you lived to tell about it......

[The Bad Fish]

you ain't the first and probably won't be the last.

[happybrew]

I won't divulge how I know this, but it's definitely worse than you have described when working with cayenne pepper. :shocked:

happybrew

[happybrew]

Oh, yeah, the stuff that makes peppers hot isn't water soluble, hence the 30 minutes in the shower. Perhaps the hand cleaner that mechanics use would take it off faster. Not that I will ever make that mistake again, but in case anyone else ever does.

happybrew

[The Fishing Geek]

Sounds about as bad as misplaced Icy Hot on a groin injury. Or so I've heard.

[FallRiverGuy]

Don't rub your eyes after opening a bottle of Tabasco sauce that has residue on the lid. And definitely don't use visine to try and stop the burning. My eyes were watering so bad I had to crawl to the sink to run water over my eye for 10 to 15 minutes.

[Woody]

Sounds about as bad as misplaced Icy Hot on a groin injury. Or so I've heard

<font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica">We had this stuff called "Atomic Balm" in the High School football locker room. It was like 10 times as powerfull as icy hot. The practical jokers on the team would smear this stuff inside others guys cups. I couple of us defensive linemen had a little vigilante justice and put a stop to that.

[Woody]

This thread has got me thinking about how painfull pepper spray must be. That stuff is pure capsaisin(sp)(the active ingredient in peppers). Oh, man, that's gotta hurt.

[Birdnest]

I know this sounds goofy, but you needed to neutralize the acid from the peppers. Just try to explain to your wife why you are soaking Mr. Happy in a glass of milk (base). Maybe that will be the next milk commercial, some guy jumping around...Got Milk?

Joe

[Miss B Haven]

Woody- you're not the first! Happened to a friend of mine, his wife won't chop the peppers cause she wears contacts. He was bein' pretty macho about it and givin' her a bad time saying his eyes weren't even watering.
He just gave a quick rinse before he went to the head. :shocked:
Seems his eyes started watering pretty quick after that!

[RvW]

No warning on the peppers? Sounds like a product liability lawsuit to me.

Milk is good, sour cream is better. Theres a good reason its used in mexican foods. Though Im not sure it has anything to do with an injury to "woody".

[Woody]

Though Im not sure it has anything to do with an injury to "woody".

<font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica">Oh, man, I was hoping no one would pick up on that one.

[ 07-17-2003, 09:51 AM: Message edited by: Woody ]

[AtWorkALot]

I had an "atomic balm" incident while pitching in high school. I lubed up the old string bean (left arm) before a game and hit the head. Never touched the stuff after that.

Pepper spray is no joke. When I was in the Marines, stationed in Quantico, my barracks was next door to MSG Battalion (Embassy Duty Marines). They used to make students stand at Parade Rest and douse them in the face with pepper spray. Then, they'd have to use their batton and fight their way through a little obstacle course. Even the hardest Jar-Heads were crying like babies. I'm glad I was a computer nerd...

[Firedog]

One of the guys I work with did about the same thing at the Station. He was chopping Habeneros for a dish he makes and went and used the restroom. Big mistake, and the more he scratched the worse it got. So one of the other guys told him to go take a hot shower(knowing the hot water would make it worse) and he did. He finally managed to get the burning to stop, don't remeber how though. we got some good laughs out of it.

[Bait O' Eggs]

Firedog - a whole station of fireman and the fire couldnt be put out

Get the firetruck pulled around here by the kitchen, "Joes" got a little fire that needs some water. :shocked: :shocked:

[Bendman]

I got so tired of trying to wash pepper oil of my hands after making salsa I started wearing plastic food gloves. Works great!

[Pyramid]

Mental Note: Keep icewater around at all times..LOL

Ouch!

How are you doing Woody?

[Woody]

I'm doing fine Keta. How 'bout you? As far as the pepper incedent, everything was "cool" after the shower :shocked:

[Bill Monroe]

I'm gonna need the spelling on your name, Woody...Oh, wait a minute. I did that once with turpentine while bow hunting for elk and trying to mask my, umm, scent...not fun...hope you're feeling better.

[RvW]

I'll avoid the mental image of Bill Monroe standing in the woods, pants around his ankles, an open gallon of terpentine set beside him, hands busy...
but I wonder how the elk reacted to his "bull suddenly out of rutt" call

[Bill Monroe]

Actually, the screams were remarkably similar to a bugle...

[Myles]

Woody said "quick give me some ice!!"

Woody's wife said "no, then the swelling would go down!!". [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img]

myles

[Woody]

OK Myles, that's going to far. [img]graemlins/berry.gif[/img] I should have known somebody would drag this thread in the gutter. :blush:

[ 07-21-2003, 05:05 PM: Message edited by: Woody ]