On Sep 19, 9:34*pm, "Zootal" wrote:
I attempted to demonstrate my advanced (or lack of) intelligence today.....

I am growing some peppers. Actually, I have about 45 pepper plants, but
about 10 of them are these long green peppers. I think they turn red, then
you dry them and make ground up hot pepper for aisan cooking. This one was
green, maybe six inches long, and maybe 3/4 inch around at the base. I chop
it up. I put a very small piece, like 1/2 the size of a pea, in my mouth. I
immediately experience severe burning...my eyes cross, I can't see, my mouth
is on fire, I stick my head in the sink and pray for death....this was not
jalapeno ow ow hot gimme more, this was 911 take me to the hospital burning.


So, I rinse mouth, smear it over my face, and my face still burns....

So, my question...is it normal for hot peppers like this to do this? I've
eaten serrano and jalapeno peppers before, raw in salsa, but I've never run
across something this severe.

Lemon juice is a fabulous relief for burning from peppers. I
accidentally smoked a piece of the hottest pepper in the world & I
thought I was on fire from the inside out... it was awful! Lemon juice
was the one thing that just killed it enough so I could at least
breathe then continued to help lol.