Mubelotix to Showerthoughts • 19 hours agoPeople who say water doesn't help after eating piment are just wrongmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-squarePeople who say water doesn't help after eating piment are just wrongMubelotix to Showerthoughts • 19 hours agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish17•18 hours agoCapsaicin, the thing that makes peppers spicy, is an oily compound. Water will never remove this from your tongue and the temporary relief is so short it is effectively worthless. Drinking milk helps actually neutralize the best long term. Alcohol will also help.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•14 hours agoSomething sweet (acidic) will break it down too. I find fruit juice or a soft drink will work better for me than milk.
Capsaicin, the thing that makes peppers spicy, is an oily compound.
Water will never remove this from your tongue and the temporary relief is so short it is effectively worthless.
Drinking milk helps actually neutralize the best long term. Alcohol will also help.
Something sweet (acidic) will break it down too. I find fruit juice or a soft drink will work better for me than milk.
So what you’re saying is, the best solution to spicy is vodka
What if it’s spicy vodka?
Maybe make a white Russian?
A Belarusian, if you will