I've cut both serrano and habanero peppers barehanded without issue. Of course you shouldn't lick your fingers or touch your eyes whilst doing so, but that goes for any food handling; the consequences are simply more severe.
My dad used to grow peppers and dry them when I was a kid. He would make an insanely spicy dust to put in his food. One year he had me chop them. My hands and everywhere I touched burned all day. I absolutely blamed my dad, but we were pre internet in the home at that time.
It was just peppers that had been dehydrated completely then ground until dust. He loved to make anyone that walked in the house smell it. They’d cough and cry for the next half hour.
Oh man… I’ve done that. I accidentally wiped my nose after cutting the habaneros… I thought I was going to die. I tried washing the area around my nose, milk soaked tissue, ice cubes. The only thing that worked was aloe. Got fresh aloe growing in my backyard. It was like instant relief.
I have had the spicy boy bits experience after making salsa and marinade for chicken/ beef taco meat. All of them had multiple varieties of peppers in them. I remembered pretty quickly that I should have washed my hands before and tinkle having a wee.
I made a similar mistake once. I knew what serranos were and what the spice level would be, but I made my salsa without gloves on and my hands were burning for probably a full 48 hours.
But I’m the idiot. That mistake was my fault. Trying to blame the recipe or the person who wrote it is next level delusion. You learn a lesson and you move on.
Can't Google how to get chili residue off hands, but can type out a multi-sentence review...
I’ve never had a super-spicy Serrano…
I bet they think black pepper is too much.
For real! We always make salsa with serranos. It’s delicious.
I've cut both serrano and habanero peppers barehanded without issue. Of course you shouldn't lick your fingers or touch your eyes whilst doing so, but that goes for any food handling; the consequences are simply more severe.
My dad used to grow peppers and dry them when I was a kid. He would make an insanely spicy dust to put in his food. One year he had me chop them. My hands and everywhere I touched burned all day. I absolutely blamed my dad, but we were pre internet in the home at that time.
We do this too!
How do you make the spicy dust?
Dry them out in a low oven and then pulverize them until they are dust. In my house we call it death powder.
It was just peppers that had been dehydrated completely then ground until dust. He loved to make anyone that walked in the house smell it. They’d cough and cry for the next half hour.
Oh man… I’ve done that. I accidentally wiped my nose after cutting the habaneros… I thought I was going to die. I tried washing the area around my nose, milk soaked tissue, ice cubes. The only thing that worked was aloe. Got fresh aloe growing in my backyard. It was like instant relief.
Or your genitals.
I have had the spicy boy bits experience after making salsa and marinade for chicken/ beef taco meat. All of them had multiple varieties of peppers in them. I remembered pretty quickly that I should have washed my hands before and tinkle having a wee.
Ouch!
Hahahaha
I made a similar mistake once. I knew what serranos were and what the spice level would be, but I made my salsa without gloves on and my hands were burning for probably a full 48 hours.
But I’m the idiot. That mistake was my fault. Trying to blame the recipe or the person who wrote it is next level delusion. You learn a lesson and you move on.
These people think yoghurt is spicy. There was no winning here for the author.
lol
Serrano isn’t even a particularly hot pepper