Blog about it, of course!
So yesterday, I got two of what I thought was Jalapeno peppers. I never used Jalapeno peppers before, and I remember reading that they were supposed to be flavourful peppers that's low on the spice. I thought that was perfect for the pasta I wanted to make.
As I chopped away, the capsaicin got to me and I was coughing all the way. My roommate was laughing at my thinking that Jalapeno peppers not being hot. Okay, so I was wrong.
I started cooking. My roommate started coughing her lungs out also. I told her that I will not cook like this again.
And then, after eating some of my spicy pasta and doing some internet research, I realized that what I bought was probably Habanero peppers, something that's about 40x stronger than Jalapeno peppers. Jalapeno peppers were supposed to be green and elongated. Habanero peppers are bright orange, fat and wrinkly. I am also learning now, the hard way, that these peppers are not safe to handle by hand, and that the burning is likely to stay for the next few days.
(Yes I tried washing with oil and soap... it made it worse -_-'... I was touching it all the way while cooking and putting it in the pot...)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalape%C3%B1o
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habanero
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