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To preface, I've been a Chef for YEARS. I absolutely should have known better.
This I was in a hurry to prep brunch specials and de-seeded and diced a bunch of jalapeños and poblanos without gloves on. (Yes, my hands were washed) I continued to prep, and washed my hands several more times, but those were some seriously potent peppers...
30 minutes later, I used a finger to rub/scratch inside my right ear. 2 minutes later, I was desperately rinsing water into my ear in an attempt to stop the burning deep in the canal. I finally had to have my cook pour cold milk into my ear while I held my head awkwardly over a sink to stop the agony. He laughed hysterically the whole time while my servers watched in confusion and barely contained amusement.
Yup. Not a scrap of dignity remains. But at least the pain stopped!
TL; DR- prepped jalapeños without gloves and accidentally burned my ear canal with capsasin.
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