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Ptah

(33,032 posts)
Thu Oct 5, 2023, 08:56 PM Oct 2023

When I eat a hot pepper, I mitigate the burn with [View all]


23 votes, 3 passes | Time left: Unlimited
Milk
11 (48%)
Cheese
3 (13%)
Sour cream
3 (13%)
Bread
2 (9%)
Tortilla
1 (4%)
Popcorn
0 (0%)
I Call Robb, the dingbat
2 (9%)
Peach or Apple
0 (0%)
Yogurt!
1 (4%)
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does yogurt count as sour cream? DBoon Oct 2023 #1
I'll add yogurt to the choices. Ptah Oct 2023 #2
You left out avocado, works wonders tastes good TexLaProgressive Oct 2023 #3
Mitigate the hot spices burn from a hot pepper with an even hotter pepper. magicarpet Oct 2023 #4
I avoid food that HURTS me Skittles Oct 2023 #5
Yes. Why would one eat something that requires relief? TreasonousBastard Oct 2023 #9
when I first came to Texas Skittles Oct 2023 #11
Me too. Sometimes my peppers are hotter than I like. Ptah Oct 2023 #12
Cranberry juice. Works amazingly well. Scrivener7 Oct 2023 #6
Yogurt Effete Snob Oct 2023 #7
Cucumber sounds like the ideal remedy. Thanks, Effete Snob. Ptah Oct 2023 #13
Tzatziki! electric_blue68 Oct 2023 #16
There is a tzatziki-raita continuum Effete Snob Oct 2023 #20
You forgot Ice Cream RainCaster Oct 2023 #8
Why would I mitigate it? It's part of the experience... RockRaven Oct 2023 #10
Lots of cursing. Solly Mack Oct 2023 #14
...pre-emptive mitigation. (I.e. not eating it in the first place.) petronius Oct 2023 #15
Ha! Yup. electric_blue68 Oct 2023 #17
This. n/t Different Drummer Oct 2023 #28
I like the mild heat ones - anchos, poblano.... electric_blue68 Oct 2023 #18
Ah Janis from "Cheap Thrills" thanks R. Crumb justaprogressive Oct 2023 #19
For myself, ANY hot (spicy) food Pharlo Oct 2023 #21
More hot pepper Attilatheblond Oct 2023 #22
buttered corn tortilla works very well. yellowdogintexas Oct 2023 #23
My Solution Is Not On Your List ProfessorGAC Oct 2023 #24
There's a reason it helps to splash milk in your face after being tear gassed. Gidney N Cloyd Oct 2023 #25
cheese and tortilla or bread Kali Oct 2023 #26
This message was self-deleted by its author Different Drummer Oct 2023 #27
Guac. (n/t) Iggo Oct 2023 #29
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