Ok, I have an experiment for you. Go touch some really hot chili peppers, then wash you hands. With soap. Three times, if you like. Then rub your eyes. Then tell me that felt absolutely fine. Go ahead, I’ll wait.
I made a dish with habenaro in it, and quite a few. Washed my hands a few times during the cooking process after I finished handling the peppers. Then I went to the bathroom and had a rude awakening.
Capsaicin is non-soluble in water and basically doesn’t wash off.
Neither are oils, that’s why you use soap to wash. People don’t become spicy for life after touching peppers
Ok, I have an experiment for you. Go touch some really hot chili peppers, then wash you hands. With soap. Three times, if you like. Then rub your eyes. Then tell me that felt absolutely fine. Go ahead, I’ll wait.
I made a dish with habenaro in it, and quite a few. Washed my hands a few times during the cooking process after I finished handling the peppers. Then I went to the bathroom and had a rude awakening.
I saw a vid from Gordon Ramsey that using freshly squeezed limes to rinse your hands works against the spicy.