Any Raw Habanero Eaters? - Page 2

OmahaJB · February 17, 2008

RosaDawn,

I've read posts on another forum where some people have irritated their eyes when taking out their contacts, even after washing their hands after slicing up hot peppers. So I guess even that doesn't always help.

Have to say that guy in Mexico didn't seem to be a scam, but it's always possible. If so, he fooled the journalist covering the story. They say he built up a tolerance to it.

BTW, welcome to Tomatoville! I see that was your first post.

Jeff

RosaDawn · February 18, 2008

Thanks for the welcome Jeff.Sorry if I sounded cynical about that guy....Yes,it is always possible,I just hope he is not ruining his eyesight...I am just a skeptical person...

epiphanista · February 18, 2008

Well, honestly, RosaDawn, you are not skeptical, you are practical!!!

Who in their right mind would bother making a spectacle of themselves with pepper juice in their eyes?!

There is so much more to life. The poor man must be terribly bored if he's gone to such lengths to impress the media.

I went to a restaurant with a friend once where the shi-shi spicy soup had a slice of habanero floating on top. He picked it up and licked it - and had to literally run outside the restaurant to finish crying!

Personally, I love hot stuff. But I like a little less heat with that flavor - I love Bulgarian Carrot peppers because they still have that citrus-y flavor, but aren't quite so lethal for me.

~Thalia

JimmyWu · February 18, 2008

I eat raw peppers at home seeds and all (not Habs). Last year at work, I was seeding/veining Japs. without gloves for a salsa dish. I usually never do this but it was for kids.

In a 14 hour shift I couldn't count how many times I wash my hands. But after 2 days the oil was still on my finger tips...LOL

pooklette · February 19, 2008

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Originally Posted by OmahaJB

I've read posts on another forum where some people have irritated their eyes when taking out their contacts, even after washing their hands after slicing up hot peppers.

That happened to me. I sliced up a couple of Jalapenos for DH and washed my hands twice afterward. Later that night...like eight hours later...I washed my hands one more time and tried to take out my contacts. I screamed like a banshee and both eyes immediately started streaming and swelled shut. I couldn't pry them open far enough to get my contacts out either, so the burning just kept going and going and going...

That was the one and only time DH ever took my contacts out for me. Poke me in the eye, jab me with your finger...I don't care. Just get these flamin pieces of plastic out of my eyes!

Lilypon · May 17, 2008

Reading poor ((((Pooklette's)))) post made me LOL as it reminded me of the first time I cut up some hot peppers. I didn't wear gloves and at some point I touched my eye. Well we had gone to the movie theatre and all I can remember is begging my husband to get me ice water for my flamming fingers (and napkins that I could soak to put on my poor eyeball). I doubt if I coherently saw more than 15 minutes of that movie.

Told a co-worker the next day and she said laughed and said something similar happened to her husband a couple of years back (only he went to the washroom shortly after cutting the peppers). He was in unbelieveable agony for quite awhile.

amideutch · May 18, 2008

Theres only one thing a person is going to say the next morning after eating Raw Habanero's. Ami

COME ON ICE CREAM

Tomstrees · May 19, 2008

We call my cousin Paulie "Paulie Peppez" because thats what he really excels at. He brought down a good bunch of peppers one time, and I thought to myself "why not try an Orange Hab" raw for fun....

Well once I got the feeling back in my mouth, & lips I vowed I'd only use em in chili from now on! Wow are they hot...

~ Tom

organichris · May 19, 2008

Yeah, I was seeding some hot banana wax peppers once and went to take leak. Dude! That was not a good idea.

February 17, 2008	#16
OmahaJB Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Toledo, OH Posts: 1,821	Any Raw Habanero Eaters? RosaDawn, I've read posts on another forum where some people have irritated their eyes when taking out their contacts, even after washing their hands after slicing up hot peppers. So I guess even that doesn't always help. Have to say that guy in Mexico didn't seem to be a scam, but it's always possible. If so, he fooled the journalist covering the story. They say he built up a tolerance to it. BTW, welcome to Tomatoville! I see that was your first post. Jeff

February 18, 2008	#19
JimmyWu Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: North Carolina Posts: 100	I eat raw peppers at home seeds and all (not Habs). Last year at work, I was seeding/veining Japs. without gloves for a salsa dish. I usually never do this but it was for kids. In a 14 hour shift I couldn't count how many times I wash my hands. But after 2 days the oil was still on my finger tips...LOL __________________ All Typos are Crappyrighted @

May 17, 2008	#21
Lilypon Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 303	Reading poor ((((Pooklette's)))) post made me LOL as it reminded me of the first time I cut up some hot peppers. I didn't wear gloves and at some point I touched my eye. Well we had gone to the movie theatre and all I can remember is begging my husband to get me ice water for my flamming fingers (and napkins that I could soak to put on my poor eyeball). I doubt if I coherently saw more than 15 minutes of that movie. Told a co-worker the next day and she said laughed and said something similar happened to her husband a couple of years back (only he went to the washroom shortly after cutting the peppers). He was in unbelieveable agony for quite awhile. __________________ "At the heart of gardening there is a belief in the miraculous" Mirabel Osler

May 18, 2008	#22
amideutch Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Germany 49°26"N 07°36"E Posts: 5,041	Theres only one thing a person is going to say the next morning after eating Raw Habanero's. Ami COME ON ICE CREAM __________________ Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘...Holy Crap .....What a ride!'

May 19, 2008	#23
Tomstrees Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Bayshore Posts: 3,848	We call my cousin Paulie "Paulie Peppez" because thats what he really excels at. He brought down a good bunch of peppers one time, and I thought to myself "why not try an Orange Hab" raw for fun.... Well once I got the feeling back in my mouth, & lips I vowed I'd only use em in chili from now on! Wow are they hot... ~ Tom __________________ My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~ H. Fred Ale

February 18, 2008	#17
RosaDawn Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 70	Thanks for the welcome Jeff.Sorry if I sounded cynical about that guy....Yes,it is always possible,I just hope he is not ruining his eyesight...I am just a skeptical person...

February 18, 2008	#18
epiphanista Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Santa Barbara CA Posts: 75	Well, honestly, RosaDawn, you are not skeptical, you are practical!!! Who in their right mind would bother making a spectacle of themselves with pepper juice in their eyes?! There is so much more to life. The poor man must be terribly bored if he's gone to such lengths to impress the media. I went to a restaurant with a friend once where the shi-shi spicy soup had a slice of habanero floating on top. He picked it up and licked it - and had to literally run outside the restaurant to finish crying! Personally, I love hot stuff. But I like a little less heat with that flavor - I love Bulgarian Carrot peppers because they still have that citrus-y flavor, but aren't quite so lethal for me. ~Thalia

May 19, 2008	#24
organichris Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 630	Yeah, I was seeding some hot banana wax peppers once and went to take leak. Dude! That was not a good idea.