In a message dated 6/00 5:04:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, chiles@flash.net writes: << Milk contains casein, a lipophilic (fat-loving) substance that surrounds and washes away the fatty capsaicin molecules >> No one can argue with the science. BUT David Rosengarten (FOODTV) did a program on beers that help, don't help, make the burn worse and concluded - Brooklyn Brewery Lager and (believe it or not) Rolling Rock markedly reduce the burn. We tested this at Mahar's in Albany with meatballs laced with tabasco and, of all 21 draughts available, those two reduced the flames best. My favorite, the estimable "Black and Tan" made it worse. Where's my yogurt, where's my ice cream, where's my milk? Gareth