chillis - do you wear gloves when chopping?

[Mac]

A friend of mine phoned in tears looking for a remedy to having itched her nose after chopping chilli's 2 hours previously and several hand washes later! Passed on the tip about using the scissors (after I had stopped laughing and told her to put her hooter in a pot of yoghurt!), best tip I've ever got...

[PaulG]

Never used gloves before and for most i do not think i will but cut and used my first ever Bhut Jolokia the other day. As with all chillis i deliberately licked my fingertips after cutting just to get some idea what i was dealing with, might as well have just stuck the tip of my tongue directly on the hot hob, flavour was nice though on the back of my tongue, the bigger problem was that just having my fingertip close to my nose meant that after a few minute my nose also felt a little warm.. lol

[Pete C]

Never felt the need for gloves; I've always thought that incidental burning was a part of the price you paid for using fresh chillis.

I have heard somewhere that a light rubbing of olive oil on the hands forms a barrier, but with my luck I'd end up losing grip of the knife, which would squirt from my clenching fist to hit my other half, who would use the excuse to get me locked up, and I'd have to spend the next 20 odd years playing pick-up-the-soap with Mister Big in the showers.

That thought alone makes chilli finger a condition I will happily suffer!

[OllieMartin]

Never felt the need for gloves; I've always thought that incidental burning was a part of the price you paid for using fresh chillis.

I have heard somewhere that a light rubbing of olive oil on the hands forms a barrier, but with my luck I'd end up losing grip of the knife, which would squirt from my clenching fist to hit my other half, who would use the excuse to get me locked up, and I'd have to spend the next 20 odd years playing pick-up-the-soap with Mister Big in the showers.

That thought alone makes chilli finger a condition I will happily suffer!

It's an excellent point, I know 3 people who that exact thing has happened to...