Overheard In Providence » cooking http://www.overheardinprovidence.com A blog by EERac Thu, 03 Jun 2010 01:19:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Cooking Tip http://www.overheardinprovidence.com/2008/10/15/cooking-tip/ http://www.overheardinprovidence.com/2008/10/15/cooking-tip/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:00:31 +0000 eerac http://www.overheardinprovidence.com/?p=184 If you’re cooking a meal that includes both shrimp and genuinely hot peppers, make it a point to cut/handle the peppers before peeling the shrimp. Peeling a pound and half of shrimp, it seems, leaves microscopic abrasions on your fingers, making them particularly sensitive to the capsaicin in said peppers. Should you clean and cut your peppers after peeling your shrimp, the resultant burning sensation will significantly inhibit your ability to continue cooking and/or focus on enjoying your meal.

In truth, this is the second time I’ve made this mistake. The last time, which was about five years ago, I’m pretty sure I’d been sanding or scrubbing something earlier in the day. Regardless of the cause, putting your hand in water (or even better, milk) definitely helps, but who wants to sit around with their hand in a bowl full liquid. Holding a glass of ice water is a good compromise. I’ve also heard putting your hand in yogurt hand helps, but come on, that’s no way to live.

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