In the kitchen there are several things that a cook can feel threaten by, the obvious are sharp knifes, boiling water, fire and also natural fire; “chilies” . If you are a self-taught cook, maybe you learned the hard way about handling chilies. You wanted to do some salsa for your corn chips, or green chili. The recipe asks for dice jalapenos. Therefore you as fearless as a rookie cook starts washing the chiles and putting them on the cutting board and then pulling the stems off. You cut the chiles jalapenos in half and then longwise and finally you cut them into small dices. When suddenly you notice a burning on the tip of your finger and under the nails. You have been victim of the chile burn. At this moment DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT touch another part of your body. If you do this, then it will burn as well. At this time the only thing you can do to alleviate the burning is to put some yogurt or milk and the best of all; time. The most practical thing that you can use to prevent the chile burn is to put some disposable gloves. I personally do not like them, therefore I started asking for another way to prevent the chile burn. My mom told me to rub some oil on my finger tips and hands before I start cutting and handling the chiles. I tried this technique and it worked perfectly. Until now I have handled God know how many chiles and I had never been attacked by the chile burn again.
