Comments on: Hot Peppers - A Few Things to Know http://deglazing.com/2007/03/15/hot-peppers-a-few-things-to-know/ Helping You Get All of the Good Bits on the World of Food Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:34:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Terry B http://deglazing.com/2007/03/15/hot-peppers-a-few-things-to-know/#comment-1163 Terry B Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:32:52 +0000 http://deglazing.com/2007/03/15/hot-peppers-a-few-things-to-know/#comment-1163 Often when I'm cooking with chillis [the extra l does indeed look funny], I'll remove the seeds and ribs from half the chilli and leave it in the other half as I chop it up. That gives whatever I'm making a nice medium heat. And as Sang said, a good slurp of cold milk is a really fast way to cool the heat in your mouth. Often when I’m cooking with chillis [the extra l does indeed look funny], I’ll remove the seeds and ribs from half the chilli and leave it in the other half as I chop it up. That gives whatever I’m making a nice medium heat.

And as Sang said, a good slurp of cold milk is a really fast way to cool the heat in your mouth.

]]> By: Sang http://deglazing.com/2007/03/15/hot-peppers-a-few-things-to-know/#comment-1128 Sang Thu, 15 Mar 2007 20:26:39 +0000 http://deglazing.com/2007/03/15/hot-peppers-a-few-things-to-know/#comment-1128 Some more science to add. This spicy ingredient usually manifests itself in the form of an oil. So if your mouth is on fire, having something creamy like a glass of milk will help emulsify the oil and move it off your mouth and into your tummy. Whereas drinking water mostly pushes the oils around your mouth. Also one of the reasons why people enjoy spicy food, is because our body responds to the pain of the spiciness by releasing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endorphin" rel="nofollow">endorphins</a> which makes us feel good. Some more science to add. This spicy ingredient usually manifests itself in the form of an oil. So if your mouth is on fire, having something creamy like a glass of milk will help emulsify the oil and move it off your mouth and into your tummy. Whereas drinking water mostly pushes the oils around your mouth.

Also one of the reasons why people enjoy spicy food, is because our body responds to the pain of the spiciness by releasing endorphins which makes us feel good.

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