Dave Smith wrote:
> I like to have Thai birds eye chili on hand but use the stuff only
> in small amounts.* Around here they sell them only in packages of
> 30 or more, so they go bad before I use them up.* I was watching
> Jamie Oliver a couple weeks ago and she showed a money saving trip
> for chilis. He claimed it was a cheap and easy way to keep them in
> good shape for months.* So I tried it.
>
> It has been a success so far. It's been about three weeks since I
> put them in* a bunch of them in a large plastic spice jar, the type
> that has a double cap, one for getting a spoon in and the other for
> sprinkling. I had cut up* half a chili very finely to add to a
> batch of avocado mango salsa. When I put it back I thought maybe
> it needed to be shaken up because the salt had settled on the bottom.
>
> I should have made sure the top was on tight. Some of the liquid
> leaked out of the flip top and ran down my hand. I washed my hands
> and went on with other things. That was about an hour ago. I have
> washed my hands three times since then and my left hand is on
> fire.* Heck, I just licked between two fingers and now my tongue is
> burning.

Master Doctor Druce will be here soon to sniff your ass hole!