Chilli
I'm not the first, and I won't be the last this week.

When you've cooked with chilli, wash your hands. If you're cooking for an intimate partner, don't cook with fresh chilli. Even if you wash your hands well, it doesn't really all come off.

She leapt up, and headed straight for the bathroom. Five minutes in the shower, and everything was alright again. But I kept my hands, and everything else, to myself the rest of that evening....

Another friend who had a similar problem said that a little yoghurt applied in the right place helps cool it down, for anyone who finds themselves in that situation in the future.
(sabre-tooth monkey, Thu 6 Aug 2009, 15:46, 7 replies)

practical advice there


and duly noted
(The Cats Twat, Thu 6 Aug 2009, 16:46, closed)

disposable latex gloves
are the answer
(manwiddicombe is thinking of something witty to add here, Thu 6 Aug 2009, 17:33, closed)

wouldn't that
kill the mood a little

;P
(sittingduck Attention seeking, bullshitting fuck-knuckle, Thu 6 Aug 2009, 17:42, closed)

Not as much as
covering her genitals with capsaicin did.
(sabre-tooth monkey, Thu 6 Aug 2009, 17:48, closed)

Not really .. .. ..
:D
(manwiddicombe is thinking of something witty to add here, Thu 6 Aug 2009, 18:10, closed)

Easier still, a good trick without looking like a freak who keeps latex gloves around
Put chilli-steadying hand inside sandwich bag, chop with knife in other hand, swipe chillis into pan with sandwich bag hand, then gather up seeds and top etc as if using a glove, then turn bag inside out using other hand (like doggie-poo bagging). You now have a bag with all the chilli juice and seeds securely inside, and two hands entirely free of chilli.

And you do not look like a serial killer who keeps latex gloves around.

Experience taught me this method. BUT DON'T USE CLING FILM. Too flimsy and risky for tearing apart, endagering finger-chilli contamination.

As a girl, I would appreciate it if all men cooking with chilli learnt this trick.
(niceandwarmandhot vive la résistance, Thu 6 Aug 2009, 23:23, closed)

Have done exactly this...
...only my other half had made the chili the previous night and had washed his hands several times since. That stuff REALLY lasts - possibly because he is a hot fiend and likes to use scotch bonnets.
(solindiges Cheap - but not as cheap as your girlfriend., Fri 7 Aug 2009, 23:27, closed)