[CH] First aid report

Riley J. McIntire (Riley@ChileGarden.com)
Mon, 3 Feb 2003 10:13:52 -0800

Hi Pods,

Someone here said that a fresh (presumably canned would work?) tomato would
sooth the effects of too much heat (an oxymoron if I ever heard one)--or at
least misplaced heat (in the eye of the beholder, eh Rael?).

At any rate, DW Mary was chopping some chiles last night for dinner.
Roasted poblanos, nothing that hot, so she didn't pay much attention when
she rubbed her eye.  Mistake.  She was sittin on the kitchen floor crying so
I grabbed some kind of yellow tomato and cut her a slice.  She put it over
the eye and voila! Immediate relief.  She then tried it on a cut thumb and
said it helped.  The rest of the tomato was quite tasty with salt, pepper
and Jim's Chipotle powder.

This has tasty implications in other areas, imho. (Ouch!  Damn that
knuckle!)

Hot regards,

Riley

Where there are too many policemen, there is
no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers,
there is no peace. Where there are too many
lawyers, there is no justice. 
-Lin Yutang-