go ahead and laugh at me!

RRP

Go ahead and laugh at me - I don't care! I was working with some jalapenos today which I knew a few were going to be hot by their smell. Just breathing the fumes off a few while de-seeding and de-veining gives me a sore throat for hours. So here was my battle gear and it worked!

Photo Egg

What ever works.
The first time I made ABTs my fingers burned for hours.
I always wear gloves now.
D

BigA

might be hard to eat them through that though!

Village Idiot

Mainegg

hmm I would have gone with green gear

Spring Chicken

Why do I have the urge to say:

"Danger Wil Smith!!!"

Spring "Lost On Earth" Chicken
Spring Texas USA

Carolina Q

Will Smith?

Ron, I'll bet Hoss didn't wear all that! hahaha

egret

Hahahahahaha!!!! :laugh: :laugh: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker

Will Robinson, more likely....

Spring Chicken

Oh yea... We didn't have TV back in those days so we had to watch the show on the radio. Lost something in the translation.

Thanks for reminding me how old I am LOL

Spring "Crystal Radio Hound" Chicken

FlaPoolman

:laugh: :laugh: Really Ron :laugh: I'm :laugh: :laugh: ,,,I'm not laughing :laugh: :laugh: really :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

TNmike

Maybe 'work with' a bell pepper next time??? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Mike

lowercasebill

ok rrp [aka double nut] i am laughing at you ..





me dressed to make paprika from smoked ADP's, out side with a fan blowing away from me,, and my exposed cheeks still got "the burn "

Dnorman

Thats great...I have learnedover the years to wear protection. Gloves are the best because it never fails no maqtter how well you wash your hands you always find out there is more there when you have your hand on the important stuff.

Hoss

I NEED ONE!!! :laugh:

Carolina Q

See? I told you Hoss didn't use that stuff! hahaha!

pci

Dnorman wrote:

Thats great...I have learnedover the years to wear protection. Gloves are the best because it never fails no maqtter how well you wash your hands you always find out there is more there when you have your hand on the important stuff.

Margie

I know who to call to help with deseeding :laugh:


Margie

Eggsakley

Excellent resolution to the problem. What canisters were you using in the respirator?

BobS

If you are that sensitive to cutting them, I really cannot imagine that you want to eat them.

If it works it's great.

I usually do not have problems, but I use gloves for habaneros.

RRP

They are AOSafety brand R51HE-P100 cartridges designed for organic vapors and P100 particulate with a 99.97% efficiency. I still need it when I cut cedar for instance in my workshop in spite of having a central vacuum attached to my stationary power tools plus running a Jet brand air filtration. If I don't use all I pay the price for a week! I've tried 3M masks over the years when cutting jalapenos with mixed success, but this thing works. Only problem is my dog barks at me when I have it on - which made me think maybe he's just laughing - not barking which prompted my subject topic!

Little Steven

Ron,

OMG! Laughin' big time here. I did some Indian chilies tonight and the little bits between my fingers are on fire. I'm manning up though :laugh:

Steve

eenie meenie

:laugh: :laugh: :woohoo: :woohoo: :silly: :evil:

elzbth

:laugh: :cheer: I learned a lesson with jalapeno peppers a few weeks ago. Probably won't dump the stems/seeds in the disposal again! I got a breath of pure fire - literally took my breath away.

2Fategghead

I touched my lip and my mouth got numb... i'll wear gloves next time. :ermm: Tim

Lawn Ranger

You handsome devil, you! Can't hide it even behind a gas mask. It's a curse, I guess, huh?

LR

Hoss

I did move it outside! I feel ashamed! :laugh:

Hoss

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

JLOCKHART29

Don't pay bill no mind. His sensitive skin gets red and irritated setting to close to the pepper shaker at Wendy's!! :P

The Naked Whiz

In that photo, it looks like you are surrendering to the peppers. Never give in! :-)

Boilermaker Ben

I had mine on yesterday...annual training and fit-testing at work. Both the full-face purifying respirator, and the SCBA.

I burned my fingers last week, working with peppers. I had about 10 pounds to process, and started with the bells and mild chiles first. When I got to the habaneros, I put gloves on, but the damage was done. I think the culprit were the mis-identified red peppers, that I thought were supposed to be sweet red roasting peppers...turns out they're chiles, and pretty hot. After roasting, peeling and bagging a dozen of them, my fingers were burning. When I woke up the next morning and got in the shower, the hot shower water was very painful...just like a bad sunburn. You'll get no mockery from me for being cautious.

See you in just over a week! You weren't prepping peppers for Eggwegofest, were you? That would be something to look forward to.