Word to the wise

[unixronin]

This may come as an unexpected revelation, but when you're picking through and de-seeding a bunch of dried chile peppers, and you manage to drive a sharp shard of hardened dried chile up under your nail and into the nail bed, IT REALLY @&$#(*&$($#$%@$ HURTS, and continues to do so well after you dig the *@#&$*&%*&#$%% shard out.

Capsaicin .... the gift that just keeps right on giving.

Comments

[ilcylic.livejournal.com]

Yeah, don't peel fresh roasted green chile and then rub your eyes, either.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

I've inadvertently done that a few times after crumbling dried Thai chilis or after preparing fresh habañeros. AFTER having washed my hands with Simple Green.

As commented elsewhere, be careful of other tender bits too.