I was prepping homemade soft tacos (which were so delicious that it was almost worth the pain, BTW). And just before bed I removed my right contact lens... and immediately felt as if I had endured a direct hit from a bolt of lightning in my eye. Just to be clear, it had been TWO HOURS since I chopped the pepper, and I washed my hands about 40 times since then (but enough about my OCD). Apparently the oil in the pepper can withstand more than I thought! Imagine how thrilled I was about having to remove the second lens:
My eyes still burn, and the oil spread under my fingernails, causing them to burn. That must have been SOME pepper!
It looked so innocent, too.
Mmm... soft tacos with red & green chili salsas, souvenirs from New Mexico, and refried black beans. (I still maintain that they were worth the trouble of scalded corneas.)
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