[HN Gopher] Fermented Chili "Open Sauce" - My most starred repo ...
       ___________________________________________________________________
        
       Fermented Chili "Open Sauce" - My most starred repo has no code in
       it
        
       Author : axiomdata316
       Score  : 334 points
       Date   : 2022-07-13 05:57 UTC (17 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (github.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (github.com)
        
       | napier wrote:
       | Everything we observe and interact (procedurally or otherwise)
       | with is code, especially recipes. This looks like a great one to
       | try. I realize Github features also provide a 1:1 perfect match
       | for recipes now you've drawn my attention to it.
        
       | redeeman wrote:
       | its kinda interresting the kind of "github culture" that has
       | developed, as I recall, people did not do this kind of thing with
       | cvs or svn. I wonder if there is some kind of more specific
       | software/service/system missing for this kinda stuff
        
         | zdw wrote:
         | Github put the Readme and some code that makes up the repo up
         | front, and there's an outsized focus on making fancy landing
         | pages.
         | 
         | The downside of this is that because Github's methodology has
         | been so dominant, many don't understand that there could be any
         | other way to host code - tools that are primarily code review
         | focused like Gerrit require require a bit of "hey, imagine that
         | an aggregated PR page was the homepage" training for new hires,
         | for example.
        
       | jaggirs wrote:
       | Someone also made the "open source cookbook"
       | 
       | https://github.com/logicguy1/The-Cookbook
       | 
       | Seems like the ideal way to share and learn new recipes to me
        
         | AmericanChopper wrote:
         | I've got a private repo where I maintain all my recipes, and
         | only invite close friends/family as contributors. It's a great
         | place to store recipes in general.
        
           | dfxm12 wrote:
           | Is it at all feasible to export your repo to a cookbook? I've
           | been looking for software that makes it easy to input
           | individual recipes (locally is fine, on the web would be
           | better) and export them for desktop publishing. It looks like
           | git is perfect for the input part :)
        
             | AmericanChopper wrote:
             | They're all stored in markdown, so you could probably write
             | a Pandoc script quite easily to put them into a PDF.
        
       | nimbius wrote:
       | if you guys enjoy recipe repos, Hendricius maintains an entire
       | tome of knowledge on sourdough and bread baking!
       | 
       | https://github.com/hendricius
        
       | stavros wrote:
       | I can second the fact that Marie Sharp's is the tastiest sauce of
       | the tens I've tried. May not be the hottest, but I optimize for
       | taste.
        
       | disembiggen wrote:
       | this reminds me of the compsoc
       | cookbook(https://github.com/compsoc-edinburgh/cook-book), a git
       | based cookbook made by members of the university of edinburghs
       | computing society, it tends to get some new activity when a new
       | term starts
        
       | [deleted]
        
       | bradwood wrote:
       | Shit coder? /s
        
       | tpoacher wrote:
       | I loved the issue about the "sauce code", and "compiling the
       | sauce".
       | 
       | There's so many puns here waiting to happen:
       | 
       | - Finding 'bugs' in the 'sauce'
       | 
       | - Continuous testing and integration
       | 
       | - "Forking"
       | 
       | ... what else? Contribute your puns below :p
        
         | illwrks wrote:
         | If you're growing your own pepper you'll want to 'pull' them.
         | 'Merge' the ingredients in a pot. And I guess, once fermented,
         | the last stage is to 'solution-ise' it in a blender.
        
         | blueblob wrote:
         | Continuous tasting and integration
        
         | layer8 wrote:
         | I had to laugh at the "don't let it get hot" in the readme.
        
         | jmkb wrote:
         | The language of coding is almost all metaphorical, some food &
         | food-adjacent terms offhand:                 - bit, byte
         | - server       - curry       - salted hash       - spaghetti
         | code       - code smell       - syntactic sugar       - java
         | 
         | And the hardware world is full of fruit -- Adafruit, Apple, and
         | many flavors of Pi.
        
           | dmix wrote:
           | DRY the chilli, Beautiful Soup
        
           | carlmr wrote:
           | > - curry
           | 
           | Fun fact, this was named after Haskell Curry. Haskell is also
           | named after him.
           | 
           | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haskell_Curry
        
             | layer8 wrote:
             | It also works better as a verb than Schonfinkel or Frege:
             | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Sch%C3%B6nfinkel#Work
             | 
             | Although now I'm tempted to use more fregging in my
             | functional code.
        
             | knodi123 wrote:
             | Named after Haskell _Brooks_ Curry. The Brook programming
             | language is also named after him!
             | 
             | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BrookGPU
        
           | goldenkey wrote:
           | - 0XDEADBEEF
           | 
           | - 0xCAFEBABE
           | 
           | :-)
        
       | girishso wrote:
       | I'm getting more interested in fermented foods. Any good
       | resources on making them at home?
        
         | CuriouslyC wrote:
         | Buy a copy of https://www.amazon.com/Art-Fermentation-Depth-
         | Exploration-Es...
        
       | shreyshnaccount wrote:
       | Github is a very good blogging platform- easy access to all the
       | files, issues are the comments section, stars are likes, people
       | can fork and make PRs, mentions the date on top and uses
       | markdown. what more could you ask for?
        
         | usrusr wrote:
         | I'd say that it's about as much wiki as it is blog, because the
         | timeline feature that separates a blog from a pre-blog
         | "homepage" is hidden to the point of being missing.
         | 
         | Makes me wonder how an "alternate history wikipedia" would be
         | like, where pages had explicit maintainers and the cotton fork
         | model. The process for selecting the current leading fork would
         | obviously be a huge source of endless drama, but I'd expect
         | that this would end up a much better "reader experience" than
         | the current model of edit wars where the uninitiated can't
         | really tell an edit history with the occasional
         | trolling/untrolling loop from an outright battleground.
        
           | shreyshnaccount wrote:
           | would probably be a hellscape, filled with opposing "facts",
           | conspiracy theories and vandalism.. imo wikipedia is still
           | better as it atleast tries to be factual and neutral (ofc it
           | isn't perfect, but do you really want anti vaxers to show you
           | what they think is a credible source right next to an actual
           | credible source? why don't we let the baseless conspiracy
           | theories stay on facebook)
        
             | usrusr wrote:
             | The beauty in the fork/pr model would be that people who
             | claim that they would be better stewards of a given topic
             | could simply try to convince by example (in their fork),
             | even in the hottest edit war. The current wikipedia model,
             | as far as I understand it (which isn't far at all I admit),
             | is that if a battle gets too hot it ends with a competition
             | in pulling rank: escalating lockdown until only one group
             | remains (a group that may or may not be considered neutral
             | by others - certainly considers _itself_ neutral, but who
             | doesn 't...). Fork/pr could never have a problem editors
             | that are respected/neutral in one field but turn out to be
             | zealous in some other niche.
        
             | brigandish wrote:
             | > atleast tries to be factual and neutral
             | 
             | This isn't the Wikipedia I know, and hasn't been since long
             | before the pandemic. If you want credibility, go to a real
             | encyclopaedia like Britannica. Otherwise, let people fork
             | and edit and use stars to signal their opinion instead of
             | letting cliques control information based on their far too
             | obvious biases.
        
           | shreyshnaccount wrote:
           | I don't buy this, cuz like you mentioned itd be a source of
           | endless drama alright but it'll also be harder to keep track
           | of everything on Wikipedia if it were all a giant repo.. tho
           | having different repos about each page sounds more sensible
        
             | usrusr wrote:
             | Fork/pr would have to be per page, obviously, not per
             | wikipedia.
        
       | archi42 wrote:
       | Now all I need is a way to import this into my local Mealie
       | instance! :)
       | 
       | Self-hosted, FOSS recipe database: https://hay-
       | kot.github.io/mealie/ (Discussed four months ago:
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30623852 - mind that Tandoor
       | looks like a good option as well)
        
         | melenaos wrote:
         | Looks like a great project. I was about to install another
         | recipe web application in my nas but i will add yours.
        
       | odyssey7 wrote:
       | Not code, but perhaps an algorithm.
       | 
       | "The author has in fact barely resisted the temptation to name
       | the present volume 'The Programmer's Cookbook.' Perhaps someday
       | he will attempt a book called 'Algorithms for the Kitchen.'" --
       | Knuth, TAOCP
        
         | atwood22 wrote:
         | This raises an interesting question. Why is code copyrightable
         | and a recipe is not?
        
       | pleb_nz wrote:
       | I just did a batch of fermented hot sauce using home grown
       | chillis. It's only my 3rd batch. The first batches I left for 4
       | weeks, but I let this last batch ferment for 10 weeks.
       | 
       | The wait was worth it, it's a beautiful batch.
       | 
       | Love the idea of using carrots though. Going to try that next
       | batch.
       | 
       | Thanks for sharing
        
         | mrcms wrote:
         | Repo owner here - Can recommend adding carrots and maybe a
         | little more parsnip depending on taste. It gives the sauce
         | another "body" and I really enjoy it.
        
       | rpastuszak wrote:
       | I'm in the process of making Polish pickles in brine, and
       | normally share my recipes through google docs... or a blog on
       | which I had spent way too much time yak shaving, because there
       | are only 2-3 recipes in it (it was fun to code though(?)).
       | 
       | In other words, I might steal this format!
        
         | mrcms wrote:
         | As the author of the linked repo - You should! :-)
        
       | [deleted]
        
       | 11235813213455 wrote:
       | There are many "Awesome {something}" list-style repos with many
       | stars
        
       | mrcms wrote:
       | Author of the open sauce here. Coolt to see this on HN for the
       | second time(!) Still making fermented sauces and pickles. Set
       | Moroccan Salted Lemons this week actually. Happy to answer any
       | questions. :-)
        
         | wil421 wrote:
         | Do you always do a 5% brine? I usually do slightly over 4%. My
         | brother in law does them at about 3%.
         | 
         | I grow all my own peppers in a community garden. My favorite to
         | use for ferments are Buena Mulata. If you like to order seeds
         | check out rareseeds.com.
        
         | sharksauce wrote:
         | I love this recipe, I'm so happy you made it available. I have
         | made it multiple times. I might suggest you let potential chefs
         | know of possible increased gastric activity with fermented
         | foods, especially ones that like to give you painful reminders
         | on the way out. But I'm sure as hell not submitting a pull
         | request for that :)
        
         | morazow wrote:
         | Hey,
         | 
         | Thanks for the recipe! I am also into fermented recipes.
         | 
         | Quick question, where do you buy Habanero Chilis in Germany? I
         | somehow never saw them in supermarkets or "wochenmarkt"s.
        
           | walthamstow wrote:
           | Not in DE myself but scotch bonnet chillies are more easily
           | found in the UK due to the Carribbean/West African
           | connection. You may have a better chance of finding them
           | instead and I'm told they are quite similar.
        
           | sh4nks wrote:
           | I am growing them myself! Last year I grew some Reapers and
           | Scorpions for fun :-). I am from Austria though.
        
           | jarenmf wrote:
           | I'm buying them regularly from the Asian shop in my town.
           | They have fresh Habaneros, Jalapenos, and Thai peppers
        
           | evrflx wrote:
           | Usually you can find them at super markets (Rewe, Edeka)
           | sometimes Discounter have it as promotional item (Aldi). I
           | recommend growing yourself just use seeds from the bought
           | fruits. They are rather easy to grow. I can also send you
           | seeds, if you like.
        
           | discordianfish wrote:
           | I'm from Germany and while I grow some chilis, if I need more
           | I order from Westlandpeppers.
        
             | ShortStretto wrote:
             | I can second westlandpeppers.
        
           | wheels wrote:
           | Habeneros aren't common there, but in general for cheap
           | chilis, try the Turkish grocery stores (EuroGida or similar).
           | Basically for any Mexican / Latin-American stuff, they're
           | great for sourcing ingredients: chilis, dry beans, corn meal,
           | flour tortillas (durum) and will be a lot cheaper than
           | specialty shops. Chilis are also easy to grow (I'm growing 4
           | kinds on my balcony in Berlin), and one habanero plant goes a
           | long way.
        
         | mhb wrote:
         | Why chlorine free water?
        
           | detritus wrote:
           | Chlorine kills bugs = reduces scope for fermentation.
        
           | sramsay wrote:
           | This is really, really important for any kind of fermentation
           | (including things like sourdough starter). I believe it's
           | possible to get rid of some kinds of chlorination from
           | municipal water sources by boiling the water first, but it is
           | not possible to get rid of "chloramines," which are widely
           | used (at least in the US). The web page for your local water
           | supplier should be able to tell you whether they use
           | chloramines or not, but I pretty much always just use bottled
           | water that I know has nothing in it that would inhibit the
           | fermentation.
        
             | LurkerAtTheGate wrote:
             | You can also buy dechlorinator for use with aquariums -
             | super important to not accidentally kill the bacteria
             | maintaining your nitrogen cycle. A bottle goes a very long
             | way (ratio is drops per gallon of tap water).
        
             | ectopod wrote:
             | My sourdough starter is absolutely fine with chloraminated
             | water. I do use bottled water for pickles though because
             | each batch is starting from scratch.
        
             | wilburTheDog wrote:
             | It may be what's used in dechlorinator products, but
             | vitamin C (ascorbic acid, or Sodium Ascorbate) does a good
             | job of converting chloramines (or just chlorine) to salt,
             | NaCl. I used an ascorbic acid shower filter for years when
             | living in a city that used chloramine in their water. It
             | worked well and I could tell every five months or so that
             | it needed to be refilled because my skin started itching
             | from the chlorine.
        
       | dirkc wrote:
       | There is an argument to be made that a recipe is code, it just
       | runs on a different platform
        
         | JTbane wrote:
         | So why is code copyrightable and software patentable, while
         | recipes are neither?
        
           | ndsipa_pomu wrote:
           | Because corporations get to make money from software.
        
         | janfoeh wrote:
         | https://www.dangermouse.net/esoteric/chef.html
        
         | paskozdilar wrote:
         | I wish emacs would implement kitchen-sink support already.
        
           | thom wrote:
           | You will not be surprised to learn of the existence of org-
           | chef, a package to help writing recipes in org-mode.
        
             | kirubakaran wrote:
             | I've been using Emacs for over 20 years, and even I thought
             | you were joking before I web-searched org-chef!
        
               | thom wrote:
               | Oh ye of little faith!
        
         | alpaca128 wrote:
         | Or at least pseudocode - it fulfills the same purpose but is
         | less formal/consistent than for example the esoteric
         | programming language Chef.
        
         | kickling wrote:
         | Yes, that's how I usually explain programming to someone
         | unexperienced with it. A computer programming language is
         | usually more strictly defined, but depending on compiler and
         | architecture results can differ in computer progamming as well.
        
           | yesbabyyes wrote:
           | This is especially true with the programming language Chef:
           | https://esolangs.org/wiki/chef
        
           | brigandish wrote:
           | Speaking of which, a spec for recipes that was a previous
           | Show HN[1], Cooklang[2]
           | 
           | [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28997309
           | 
           | [2] https://github.com/cooklang/spec
        
         | npteljes wrote:
         | Works well when explaining open source too. Proprietary is when
         | the restaurants don't disclose the recipe, you just hope that
         | they'll do a good job like last time, or that your allergies
         | don't trigger. Government is forcing food products to disclose
         | at least parts of their recipe, making it partially open. GPL
         | needs you to include the recipe along with the food you serve
         | to people, but not when you cook at home. And so on
        
         | napier wrote:
         | Glad to see this already pointed out!
        
         | notjustanymike wrote:
         | Indeed, and just like code you hate the way it looks a few days
         | later.
        
       | Stratoscope wrote:
       | My most starred repo has no code in it too!
       | 
       | A few years ago I bought an AnyTone AT-D868UV ham radio. As with
       | any software-managed device, there were a few issues. I wanted a
       | place to keep track of these problems for my own purposes. So I
       | thought "GitHub Issues!"
       | 
       | https://github.com/geary/AnyTone-D868UV
       | 
       | I added a couple dozen of the problems I'd run into. And then it
       | took a life of its own. Some people thought it was an official
       | AnyTone support channel (despite my disclaimer). That's bound to
       | happen.
       | 
       | The fun part was when people started an issue on how to upgrade a
       | D868UV to a D878UV and get all the new features.
       | 
       | https://github.com/geary/AnyTone-D868UV/issues/59
       | 
       | Of course this was kind of an insane project unless you look at
       | it from the point of a ham operator: radio hacking is _fun!_
       | 
       | Now about the gloves and chili.
       | 
       | Around 1974 I decided to stir fry a very hot dish of chiles and
       | eggplant.
       | 
       | I didn't use gloves or a fume hood or any of those smart
       | precautions.
       | 
       | Midway through the stir fry I noticed my forehead was burning.
       | 
       | But I ate the dish and it was delicious.
       | 
       | The next morning I woke up and my fingers were numb!
       | 
       | I went into survival mode and quickly realized that what I needed
       | to do was eat a lot of yogurt, right then and there.
       | 
       | And it worked. I still have my fingers!
        
         | a_t48 wrote:
         | What would have happened if you didn't eat the yogurt?
        
           | WastingMyTime89 wrote:
           | To give you a serious answer in case you were really
           | wondering: nothing. Capsaicin stimulates the sensory
           | receptors used for evaluating temperature and makes them
           | react to temperatures under your body temperature. It tricks
           | your nervous system into thinking the part is burning. It
           | lasts as long as the intermediary protein used to transfer
           | this information is available. When it's depleted you just
           | feel numb which what happened here. It all goes back to
           | normal once capsaicin has been naturally eliminated by the
           | body and the intermediary protein stocks are restored.
        
           | Stratoscope wrote:
           | At the time, I felt that my fingers might be paralyzed and
           | they would fall off.
           | 
           | Luckily, I ate the yogurt and they were saved.
           | 
           | It is a testimony to the power of fermented foods.
        
             | Rodeoclash wrote:
             | I find no fault in this logic, it's watertight!
        
       | ComputerCat wrote:
       | Aahah this thread is so entertaining! Definitely a good reminder
       | to wear gloves when handling hot peppers.
        
       | libraryatnight wrote:
       | Holy crap - Marie Sharp's is my favorite hot sauce. I have to try
       | this!
        
       | kivihiinlane wrote:
       | Love the idea of using github!
       | 
       | I have one recipe that involves mango, pineapple, cinnamon,
       | ginger, garlic, etc. It comes out really sweet and cinnamon,
       | ginger and chilli combo plays nicely on the tongue.
       | 
       | My first home made sauce was done with tomatoes. Didn't really
       | like that as it was just hot ketchup.
        
       | undecisive wrote:
       | Someone with Microsoft's copilot: Does that mean if you write
       | "fermented chilli sauce recipe" in your IDE, it's now able to
       | generate you a boilerplate recipe?
        
         | sandgiant wrote:
         | I'm getting this:                 # fermented chilli sauce
         | recipe       #
         | https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/friedchilli_83671
        
           | zinekeller wrote:
           | _Recipe not found
           | 
           | Unfortunately, we can't find the recipe you're looking for.
           | This may be because it has been taken down from the BBC Food
           | website, which happens when our rights to publish a recipe
           | expire. To find an alternative recipe from our collection you
           | can search for the key ingredients in the search box or try
           | one of the recommended recipes below._
           | 
           | I know UK has stricter copyright regime, but seriously?
        
             | eunos wrote:
             | Maybe copilot just generated rather random BBC link. The
             | recipe never existed on the first place.
        
               | bartkmq wrote:
               | Likely true, none of the other recipes on that site seem
               | to have a number after the slug.
        
           | Filligree wrote:
           | Give it a bit more recipe in the prompt. You can force its
           | hand.
        
       | wffurr wrote:
       | Is this kind of like sourdough? Since there's no starter culture,
       | seems like it will ferment with whatever random yeast or bacteria
       | happens to land in it while you're preparing it.
        
         | giraffe_lady wrote:
         | Similar yeah. It'll be mostly lactobaccilus that's already
         | present on the vegetables. Probably will pick up some other
         | stuff from the environment and your skin but the dominant
         | strains will be from the product itself.
         | 
         | Similarly with sourdough, the main yeast and bacteria strains
         | are already present in the flour when you start and grow from
         | there. Some surely get introduced from the air as well but they
         | aren't that significant compared to the ones that "come with."
        
         | moring wrote:
         | I tried making sourdough without a starter culture several
         | times and it worked every time (1), so I suspect that having
         | the correct conditions may be sufficient depending on what you
         | want to ferment.
         | 
         | (1) to be precise, it looked and tasted the same every time,
         | and it was somewhat sour and not disgusting, so I just assumed
         | that it worked ;)
        
           | brigandish wrote:
           | Sourdough does use yeast from the air and feeds on the flour
           | (often with help from a sugary friend like an apple), but
           | fermentation of vegetables is usually from bacteria on the
           | skin of the veg, for instance in sauerkraut the bacteria that
           | kicks off fermentation is Leuconostoc mesenteroides which is
           | found on the skin of cabbage (and many other veg).
           | 
           | With both you can use a starter, often from the previous
           | batch but buying them works too. My first attempts at
           | sourdough weren't very successful at all and I wish I'd
           | chosen a famous starter to get that good taste, even once I
           | got it going okay it wasn't a great taste, the yeast strains
           | in my kitchen can't have been that good!
           | 
           | [1] https://olykraut.com/blogs/knowledge/the-stages-of-
           | sauerkrau...
           | 
           | [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leuconostoc_mesenteroides#E
           | nvi...
        
       | ac29 wrote:
       | What size jar is the ferment done in? I'm guessing a 1Qt/1L, but
       | the directions dont say.
        
         | bagels wrote:
         | I've used 1 pint up to 1 gallon depending on how many peppers I
         | harvest. Industry ferments in much, much larger containers.
        
           | ac29 wrote:
           | I meant specifically this recipe, which calls for approx 1kg
           | of chilis/vegetables + the brine. Maybe 64oz/2L is closer...
        
       | djxfade wrote:
       | Someone should port it to the Recipe JSON Schema
       | https://schema.org/Recipe
        
       | xchaotic wrote:
       | Almost any beginner programming course states that algorithms are
       | like recipes for a computer. Conversely a recipe is an algorithm
       | meant for imperfect humans. If a recipe isn't code then what is ?
        
       | stakkur wrote:
       | This is the same for me: my most starred repo has 220 stars and a
       | dozen forks--and no code. It's links about writing (prose) with
       | Emacs: https://github.com/thinkhuman/writingwithemacs
       | 
       | I think the idea that 'repos are just for code' hasn't been valid
       | for several years now.
        
       | Semaphor wrote:
       | 2018, 127 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17540401
       | 
       | I made this back then! It's what taught me to use gloves with
       | chili. The capsaicin managed to permeate my skin, and for around
       | 3 days my hands would start burning if they only got slightly
       | warm. I had to sleep with my hands slightly raised, so they
       | wouldn't touch either the mattress or the covers (or my own
       | skin). Nowadays, I always have nitrile gloves for any kind of hot
       | chili recipes ;)
       | 
       | I think it was great, I guess I'll make it again this year.
        
         | AmericanChopper wrote:
         | Use gloves if you're ever handling a lot of tamarind as well.
         | It's more acidic than you might think and it will burn your
         | skin.
        
           | goldenkey wrote:
           | Same thing with lemons, especially if you're in sunlight.
        
             | pc86 wrote:
             | Yeah I had to juice a bunch of lemons a few days ago (1/4
             | lemon just speared with a fork and juiced into a strainer
             | to catch the seeds, which is quick but also covers
             | basically your entire hand in juice) and I was surprised
             | how almost raw my hands felt after for basically the rest
             | of the day.
        
             | [deleted]
        
             | jwozn wrote:
             | Any citrus, and a few other plants as well:
             | https://health.clevelandclinic.org/lime-juice-and-
             | sunshine-c...
        
         | code_duck wrote:
         | Another thing to watch out for is opening the lid to a pot of
         | stewing chiles. I had a friend that made sauce like this often
         | and when she'd open the lid, it was like chemical warfare.
        
         | jwozn wrote:
         | I feel dumb, I just now rubbed my eye after eating hot sauce.
         | Senor Lechuga Hot Sauce .003 - very good but very hot and my
         | eye is on fire.
         | 
         | Avoid touching sensitive areas if you handle chili peppers or
         | hot sauce, eyes, nose, groin...
        
           | code_duck wrote:
           | Rubbing your eye after handling peppers is a definitely a
           | problem - I've had that issue when peeling roasted green
           | chile. Going to the bathroom can be risky, too. I had a vivid
           | experience with that after chopping up a couple jalapenos at
           | Taco Cabana one time...
        
           | Semaphor wrote:
           | That's the expected burn. What surprised me, was that the
           | non-sensitive area "hand" would burn, and that it would seep
           | below the top layer of the skin so you can't even clean it
           | off.
        
             | drjasonharrison wrote:
             | The nerves are below the skin surface so...
        
         | esaym wrote:
         | Similar story with me. I was at my grandma's house for the
         | holidays and wanted to can a bunch of jalapenos. I'd slice them
         | in half, rub the seeds/guts out with my thumb then slice them
         | into rings and throw them in a jar to boil. Did several
         | pounds... Night came and I couldn't sleep my hands were burning
         | so bad. Touching the sheets or anything would shoot pain. I
         | went and dug through her medicine cabinet and found some
         | tylenol with codeine pills. Took a couple and managed to go to
         | sleep but woke up in the morning and they were still burning.
         | Was like that for 3 days or so.
        
           | code_duck wrote:
           | I've had this from peeling roasted green chiles. My hands
           | felt chill-hot and tingly for 2 days. It seems like abrasion
           | cleans it off better than solvents or soap.
        
         | gilrain wrote:
         | "Wash" your hands in oil (capsaicinoids are most soluble in
         | oil), then wash off the oil with strong detergent like dish
         | soap.
         | 
         | It doesn't eliminate the heat, but it reduces it by (to my
         | perception) about 80%. Using gloves annoys me, and this method
         | allows me to skip them.
        
           | Semaphor wrote:
           | I got used to gloves, I use them for handling ground meat as
           | well, especially when making sausages.
        
         | dan_quixote wrote:
         | I've also had a similar experience peeling and crushing a
         | massive amount of garlic by hand with no gloves. Not as bas as
         | with chilis, but still caught me by surprise.
        
         | oakmad wrote:
         | Ha me too! I couldn't believe that burn and how long it lasted.
         | I soaked my hands in milk as placebo one day.
         | 
         | We had a kid just after making it and therefore loads of
         | visitors for meals - everyone commented on how good it was and
         | wanted some. I'm gonna make it again.
        
           | IanCal wrote:
           | I made some and loved it too, a few different various things
           | added but one I think was important was some fruit. An apple
           | or some mango or something adds something quite beautiful.
           | 
           | I really recommend trying some other lacto-ferments. Green
           | beans are great, as are tomatoes (those on toast are
           | fantastic). I make them with my 3yo as it's just "kinda chop
           | & add ~2% salt".
        
         | richardw wrote:
         | Contact lenses. No matter how much I cleaned my hands, put oil
         | on, butter...next morning putting my contact lenses in were 10
         | second of bleakness.
        
       ___________________________________________________________________
       (page generated 2022-07-13 23:02 UTC)