That's what I though, I think he was showing you with the latex gloves because he had too for the show?Here is where I disagree with most on food safety. The next thing you know if you bought it at the store and brought it home in your car you will need to sterilize your car. Really simply wash your hands with plan old soap and water rinse and dry them should be enough. If it is so bad you need rubber gloves to protect against some bio contamination then simply don't buy the crap, kind of like cooking with lead pans.
The only time I've put on latex gloves is cutting up habanero peppers. These can and will blister your fingers and god forbid you touch your eyes with the oil on your fingers. It is also almost impossible to wash off and only goes away with time, lot of it. Anything milder than the habanero doesn't seem to bother me at all and a little soap and water will take off most of it, followed buy a little alcohol on the hands when done again followed by soap and water.
Never had a problem cutting up habenero's However I do have coughing fits when I cut up habs but then they go away.The only time I've put on latex gloves is cutting up habanero peppers. These can and will blister your fingers and god forbid you touch your eyes with the oil on your fingers. It is also almost impossible to wash off and only goes away with time, lot of it. Anything milder than the habanero doesn't seem to bother me at all and a little soap and water will take off most of it, followed buy a little alcohol on the hands when done again followed by soap and water.
The only time I've put on latex gloves is cutting up habanero peppers. These can and will blister your fingers and god forbid you touch your eyes with the oil on your fingers. It is also almost impossible to wash off and only goes away with time, lot of it. Anything milder than the habanero doesn't seem to bother me at all and a little soap and water will take off most of it, followed buy a little alcohol on the hands when done again followed by soap and water.
Agreed!
Never had a problem cutting up habenero's However I do have coughing fits when I cut up habs but then they go away.
About Habaneras, when I had problems with them I noticed it was because I was washing my hands constantly which removes the natural skin oils. Once that layer of protection is gone, the Habanero oil easily seeps in and burns. And God forbid you have a small paper cut or something!!!
agreed
agreed
i have coughing if the peppers are good. from the time i start with a pile of habs to the time i grind them to cooking them..cough cough cough..lol
wear gloves always, dont buy the cheap ones
se we all agree..lol
I'm immune to that I guess? And I haven't had an issue with the paper cuts yet, And I don't want too LOL.About Habaneras, when I had problems with them I noticed it was because I was washing my hands constantly which removes the natural skin oils. Once that layer of protection is gone, the Habanero oil easily seeps in and burns. And God forbid you have a small paper cut or something!!!
Then I mustbe getting so awesome habs, they seem to clean out everything and make my running nose gone LOL.agreed
agreed
i have coughing if the peppers are good. from the time i start with a pile of habs to the time i grind them to cooking them..cough cough cough..lol
wear gloves always, dont buy the cheap ones
se we all agree..lol
Ah you haven't mastered the wet and dry hand technique yeti like to wear them if i am battering or breading food to
fry .. one hand in latex .. the other wrapped around
an ice cold aluminum can ...
Agreed!
Try to use Germ X after you wash your hands, That's what I do.My problem with habaneros is the oil that gets on my fingers from them while handling. It stay there not matter how many times soap and water is applied. It just doesn't seem to make that much difference only a day or two will make it go away. Now it doesn't blister me but having only one eye, if I rub it you can image what that is like. Other than that it doesn't bother me but flat pisses off my wife if I touch her with my fingers she is super sensitive to them except eating them, go figure.
Try to use Germ X after you wash your hands, That's what I do.
Sorry about that Kelt, I should read it before I post, I'm guilty of that at times.Just remember that the pepper burn is oil based, and many cleansers won't remove that kind of oil. Alcohol is a good way to cut it though, and Joe has already mentioned that. And Joe has also mentioned how dang resilient that stuff can be. It just hangs on.
Sorry about that Kelt, I should read it before I post, I'm guilty of that at times.
Oh wow I forgot I have pickled habenero's in the fridge YUMMMMMMY.
Not sure how many comes in a jar, but I have around 5 or 8 left.Oooohhhhh! I'll take one. How many you got?!?!?!
Other than that it doesn't bother me but flat pisses off my wife if I touch her with my fingers she is super sensitive to them except eating them, go figure.
Allen, I've all ready had jalapeno sauce in my eye once and it wasn't funny.I am constantly washing my hands at work. The only time I wear gloves is if I have a cut on my finger, and need a bandage, or if I'm dealing with a food product that I don't really want on my skin to start with, like capsaicin, beer batter, fried chicken breading, etc.
Just don't rub your hand over the toilet seat after prepping some peppers!
Lime juice really freaking hurts as well. Small cuts and lime juice DO NOT MIX! I've even been squirted in the eye with lime juice once, making a limeade. That FRAKKING HURT!
I wear the gloves purely for selfish reasons...I don't like the way it feels. However if I didn't have the gloves at home because I jack them from work, I wouldn't wear them.
Absolutely, they are getting carried away with precautionary kitchen measures lately........ why worry unduly about contamination when practices in the fields and processing plants are the culprits lately.Here is where I disagree with most on food safety. The next thing you know if you bought it at the store and brought it home in your car you will need to sterilize your car. Really simply wash your hands with plan old soap and water rinse and dry them should be enough. If it is so bad you need rubber gloves to protect against some bio contamination then simply don't buy the crap, kind of like cooking with lead pans.
Sorry, but "open kettle" processing is not "canning" and since no effort is made to kill bacteria spores that could grow in the sealed jars, they are not safe. And just arbitrarily adding hot water bath times, without actually being tested by a food scientist, is not safe either.