>So let's say, hypothetically of course, that during the making of some >curried shrimp, I ended up with capsaicin (from scotch bonnet peppers) >all over my face and in my eyes. Hypothetically only, you understand, since >I'd never be stupid enough to do this for real. What would be the best >way to stop the extremely painful (yet hypothetical) burning? Washing my >face with buttermilk (since I was out of hypothetical regular milk) and some >time in an air-conditioned room seems to have done the trick, but is there a >better way to deal with this? If, of course, it ever happens. > >thanks! > > >eric Rael <back online from about a month's hiatus due to a water main breaking and mild flooding of his apartment...and a stupid, inept, slow to do a Gottdam thing mofo LandWhore> sez: Simply, instruct the significant other to take alternating licks from an ice cream cone and your face. Or a bath in milk, literally. Again, the SO at your side, basteing your face w/the milk, taking your mind from the lucious pain... Or, if alone, dip face in bowl of water. Do not flush. I am not reading ahead before sending so if this is a repeat answer, my apologies. -- Peace, Hendrix, and Chiles....... Rael64 Monk of the TCS Order of Enlightened Twister [TM!]