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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Originally Posted by Yamaneko
Yup and double yup.Quote:
Originally Posted by SammieBabe
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
You're kidding... right?Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris
Soda just makes my tongue sting.
Spicy is good.
But yes. Bread. Water
yep, I find this wicked effective [/not]Quote:
Originally Posted by bipper
Rice seems to work, for some reason.
Milk ftw! :D
Guu wins with his post. He totally stole my advice. :|Quote:
Originally Posted by cl_out
Dairy will save your life.
Lassi's are a good choice for anything, because they are the sex.
Milk. Nothing beats it.
Tough it out like a real man/woman/thing! Spicy food is awesome ;)
I second this.Quote:
Originally Posted by ^^~*M0oNLigHt~Rac00n*~<3
My dad always makes me put salt in my mouth whenever I'm eating something really spicy he's given me. It helps a little bit, but yeah milk is more effective.
Ice!
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Originally Posted by Chris
A guy that I work with was trying to tell me that celery works great for this. Boy did I feel like an idiot when I tried it and it didn't do anything at all! :mad2:
Celery fails at life. Milk, however, wins.
ha ha ha ha lolz...Quote:
Originally Posted by Kyono
i usually just eat a piece of fruit...or vegtables...but bread w/ butter works da best
bread worked for me.......never heard of the milk thing, ima try it :D
any kind of dairy really. Milk, cheese, sour cream, butter. it's all fairly equal
Milk is a base so it neutralizes the acid causing the burning. It doesn't absorb the spice like someone said earlier.
Bread. Milk is terrible for you.
milk or water, depending on what i'm eating :hot: . i wouldn't dare to cool off my mouth with a glass of water, from eating such foods as Hot Cheetos...
Thirded. :up: And lassi is sex. :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by Venom