Mubelotix@jlai.lu to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days agoPeople who say water doesn't help after eating piment are just wrongmessage-squaremessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down120file-text
arrow-up1-3arrow-down1message-squarePeople who say water doesn't help after eating piment are just wrongMubelotix@jlai.lu to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square17fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarebranno@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·3 days 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-squareMr Fish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 days agoSo what you’re saying is, the best solution to spicy is vodka
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days 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.
just don’t drink dishwasher
So what you’re saying is, the best solution to spicy is vodka
Maybe make a white Russian?
A Belarusian, if you will
Down the hatch!
… after downing a Hatch
What if it’s spicy vodka?
Something sweet (acidic) will break it down too. I find fruit juice or a soft drink will work better for me than milk.
Lemonade for the win