> Unfortunately, our dishwasher was not working so I had to wash > everything by hand in hot soapy water. > > In the past I had always washed my > salsa-preparation dishes in the dishwasher, which must have had the > right kind of detergent to remove the "hot stuff" from the dishes. > Apparently the dish soap I used when I washed the dishes by hand > didn't remove the capsaicin from the plastic of the bowl. It might be the heat of the dishwasher more than the detergent. I'd bet it gets quite a bit hotter in there than what your hands could handle washing by hand. Just a thought. -Mike