Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 / ST 1.0; site saber.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!decwrl!pyramid!nsc!saber!turner From: turner@saber.UUCP (D'arc Angel) Newsgroups: net.cooks Subject: Re: Tongue on a Hot Tin Roof -- how to kill the flames Message-ID: <1822@saber.UUCP> Date: Wed, 30-Oct-85 08:44:20 EST Article-I.D.: saber.1822 Posted: Wed Oct 30 08:44:20 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 31-Oct-85 08:07:42 EST References: <163@msunix.UUCP> <1581@uwmacc.UUCP> <12570@rochester.UUCP> <906@burl.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: The Houses of the Holy Lines: 20 > Do NOT drink water to douse the flames in your mouth from that jalapeno > you just munched -- drink milk (REAL milk, not low-fat). I know this > works VERY well. > > I don't know the reason, however, but a friend seems to think that it is *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** its the same reason some people drink their coffee with cream, the butterfat in the REAL milk/cream coats the tongue and protects it from the acid in coffee,jalapenos etc. -- god bless Lily St. Cyr -Rocky Horror Picture Show Name: James Turner Mail: Imagen Corp. 2650 San Tomas Expressway, P.O. Box 58101 Santa Clara, CA 95052-9400 AT&T: (408) 986-9400 UUCP: ...{decvax,ucbvax}!decwrl!imagen!negami!turner