I have the same issue. Fried some tofu a few days ago with a ghost pepper coating, and wow – I had the evacuate the kitchen for half an hour!
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Gullible@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
I’ve eaten nearly exclusively spicy food for many years and have only been eye spiced once. I generally don’t even wash my hands after, and often touch my face and eyes while cooking because of my hair. It almost feels like a fairy tale to me, the idea of getting eye spiced. Like, are people irritating their eyes with peppers spicier than serrano, arbol, and pequin peppers?
But I would like some advice for an ongoing issue, I still can’t figure out how to prevent my home from filling with painfully spicy air when I stir fry. Any advice on that front?
Uebercomplicated@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2 days ago
You and I are on two different ends of this spectrum cause I also eat almost exclusively spicy food, but never get bothered by anything airborne. Anything I handle something fresh my fingies are all up inside those guts, but a lot of what I deal with is dried so that’s really only jalapenos and serrano.
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
That’s hilarious! I usually eat the seeds or gut the peppers halfhazardly with a couple of knife sweeps through the flesh. I guess my hands only get a small coating by comparison.
But what are you cooking on? I’m usually on a cast iron with olive/canola oil on medium to medium high
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2 days ago
A rip roaring hot wok or the exact same, and neither are ever covered. Only thing I ever cook covered is rice usually.
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
My only remaining guess is that you weren’t badgered into getting a hood with only clean aesthetics in mind. We might just need to get a stronger motor