I think I remeber seeing a article that gave a common kichen remedy to completly get rid of the burning sensation in your mouth when eating cayenne pepper, but I can't find it. Does anyone know what it was?

-- Sean Cox (dasyure@freewwweb.com), December 10, 1999

Answers

The classic remedy is dairy products. Milk works best, I think, but any dairy product will do. That is supposedly why sour cream is used so much in Mexican cooking.

-- A. C. Green (ratdogs10@hotmail.com), December 13, 1999.

The chemical in hot peppers that gives them their burn is more soluble in fat or alochol than it is in water. Any dairy product with a high fat content will help to mellow out the heat. Real sour cream, butter, many kinds of cheese will do the job.

Or you could just have a beer.

...........Alan.

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-- A.T. Hagan (athagan@sprintmail.com), December 13, 1999.

I learned years ago in a tex-mex cooking class that the best way to remove the burning sensation is a spoonful of sugar ( just like in the song). Sugar also works if you make a dish too spicey hot, just keep adding sugar until you get the level back down to the level of hot you like.

-- diane greene (fgroeters@ulster.net), December 19, 1999.

Milk is best, but bread will help.

-- Cindy (cindyathomeonthefarm@hotmail.com), December 26, 1999.

The burn in peppers is oil based so use anything that will mix with oil to ease the burn. Banana works good.

-- Dean Clark (dclark@humboldtks.com), December 31, 1999.