When you eat something really spicy or use too much hot sauce, how to you stop or help alleviate the burning and pain your mouth and tongue?
2006-10-16 09:49:54 · 30 answers · asked by Josh 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
The common misconception is to DRINK milk, but that's not the case. Drinking milk alleviates some of the burn, but actually transports some of the capsaicin (the burning compound in peppers) down the esophagus. The burning is lessened, but not wiped out.
The best thing to do is to put cool milk in your mouth, hold it, and then spit it out. Do this two or three times BEFORE drinking milk to save your throat!
2006-10-16 10:01:16 · answer #1 · answered by illusivemuse 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd like to know too, since I'm very sensitive to spicy foods (although I like the taste of chinese chili- which is a dilemma) but my entire family likes spicy food.
I've found that milk works. When your mouth gets too spicy, take a swig of milk (plain) and swish it around your mouth to get your entire mouth. Swallow the milk. You'll notice you mouth isn'y burning as much anymore. Now, my mouth is very sensitive to spicy foods, so milk doesn't completely neutralize the spicyness for me- but it helps.
When there's no milk in sight, I eat something else that's not spicy. We have rice with almost every meal unless we're having noodles (we're Asian), so I'll start eating rice. It's just a way of salivating more to try and drool the spicyness away.
Don't use water or juice. They don't help, and may only make it worse. Holding ice in your mouth doesn't do much either (it'll temporarily numb your mouth, but the burning will come right back).
Anyone have any other ways of dealing with the burning from spicy foods?
2006-10-16 09:56:24 · answer #2 · answered by Temperance 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Crackers or milk or both. Yogurt drinks are also really good. There's a red wine called Shiraz that seems to amplify the spice in spicy foods, so if your mouth's burning, don't try to put the fire out with Shiraz.
2006-10-16 09:53:57 · answer #3 · answered by anyone 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
make sure I have a pice of buttered bread around or when I have a soup that is too spicy I like to put crackers in it. Never drink a glass of water unless the water is kinda warm, very cold water will just leave your tongue a blazin
2006-10-16 09:53:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alcohol actually neutralizes the burning compounds. That's why beer tastes so good with hot wings.
If you are too young to drink alcohol, just swish some alcohol based mouthwash and it will help.
2006-10-16 09:53:18 · answer #5 · answered by Gem 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A sip of milk or a piece of bread. It is capsasian that you feel burning your tounge. These will not totally stop the burning but they will definately reduce it. No water.
2006-10-16 09:52:40 · answer #6 · answered by moussesdad 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drink milk or eat a piece of bread.
2006-10-16 10:51:30 · answer #7 · answered by mrsreadalot 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A dairy product. i'm specific you have heard of warm wings with bluecheese dressing or ranch. it quite is to alleviate the burn. additionally, you may attempt some bitter cream. a pitcher of milk is somewhat over kill- who needs warm wings and milk. Or fantastically spiced curry and milk- yuk- yet I guess it could help.
2016-10-19 12:28:55 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drink milk or eat white bread.
2006-10-16 09:52:07 · answer #9 · answered by NYC Tim 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Either Milk or Bread!
2006-10-16 09:52:50 · answer #10 · answered by masterartist19 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋