I managed to make a tomato sauce too spicy again today and I was wondering; what do you do to reduce the burning in your mouth due to overly spicy food?
I use tap water, or if its really hot, cold milk. Works wonders.
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I managed to make a tomato sauce too spicy again today and I was wondering; what do you do to reduce the burning in your mouth due to overly spicy food?
I use tap water, or if its really hot, cold milk. Works wonders.
I always thought that water made it worse. Of course, I always drink water when I eat spicy food. xD I know putting a bit of bread in your mouth helps for some reason. I was just eating spicy food before reading this. :D
A spoonfull of sour cream. Tasty, refreshing, and spice-killing!
Milk is supposed to do the trick but I never really tried it. I'd just run around fanning my mouth and drinking heaps of water.
Milk's always worked perfectly for me. I wouldn't be surprised about sour cream though ... maybe I'll try that sometime.
Water just spreads the spiciness. Milk and bread absorb it or something.
Drinking milk helps me. So does eating a slice of bread...
Beer.
Milk helps a little, also the potassium in a banana is supposed to kill the spice as well.
Screaming like a frantic idiot helps a lot too.
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Bread is one of the best, as it absorbs the spicy oil as you eat it. Of course, the best thing I have found to work, although not very polite, is to stick your tongue out as far as it will go and wipe it off with a napkin.
milk!
~ oh! okay then, a jalepeno ^_^
Soda have always helped me in such situations.
Dairy products like milk/cream/ice cream (especially ice cream :D ) work best, since the fats in them remove the hot substances :p Lassi's a good choice too, also being milk/yoghurt based :p
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Soda just makes my tongue sting.