I Got Spicy Food in My Eye! What Do I Do? Ignore the urge to flush your eye with water. Here's what really helps.

the take out ^

[mylife]

“Better than a sharp stick in the eye” is a useful adage. “I had to wrestle a frozen turd away from my beagle, but it’s better than a sharp stick in the eye,” you might say. “My breakfast burrito tastes disconcertingly gamey, but it’s better than a sharp stick in the eye,” you might also say. You know what’s worse than a sharp stick in the eye? A splash of jalapeño in the eye, that’s what. Even tiny amounts of spicy foods can cause blinding eye pain and injury. Fortunately, there are a few tactics you can try to ease the burn.

[silverleaf]

“Cue me screaming, my eye burning like Satan’s a..hole drenched in holy water.”

Excellent analogy

[mylife]

Dad? is that you?

[mylife]

perhaps a tad over the top, but the hurt is on fire!

[real saxophonist]

Yes. A true Chilehead must learn Discipline.

[mylife]

you must be careful even after washing your hands.

[TChad]

Wearers of either hard or soft contact lenses should have soaking/wetting solution available. It is sometimes called multi-purpose solution. Flood your eyes with the stuff.

DON'T PUT ANY CONTACT LENS SOLUTION FROM A BOTTLE WITH A RED CAP DIRECTLY INTO YOUR EYES.

I tried that once by mistake.

[Poser]

Full fat milk. If you have half and half that might be better.
The capsaicin is an oil. It mixes with the fat in the milk and washes out.

[Poser]

Best relish on hot dogs!

[BozoTexino]

Kitchen goggles. Git ya some.

[mylife]

there is an eye drop (or was, called welders friend) dang stuff had some kinda caine in it, and it by God worked!

[jonrick46]

I grew African Ghost Peppers (also called bhut jolokia) last summer with a Scoville heat unit rating of 1,041,427 SHUs. Once they were bright red; the size of walnuts, I strung them up to dry by a heat register. When crackling dry I put them in my coffee grinder and ground them to a fine powder. My eyes started to water, so I left the kitchen. I started again sealing a plastic produce bag over the grinder. That solved the problem of irritating my eyes. I placed my spice bottle and a funnel inside the plastic bag, sealing the open end of the bag. Inside the bag, I emptied the grinder into my spice bottle and sealed the bottle cap. I did the rest of my peppers, until I got about 4 ounces of fine powder.

I like to put 1/16th teaspoon of my hot pepper powder in spicy V-8 juice for a extra spicy Bloody Mary. Also, 1/4th teaspoon (more if you like) does wondrous magic to my chili con carne.

[mylife]

[mylife]

I just use chilepequins

[Poser]

“chili con carne”

That’s redundant.

[353FMG]

Drop of olive oil. Capsacin (the hot stuff) is soluble in oil but not in water. Using water makes matters worse.

[S.O.S121.500]

I just use chilepequins

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Chiltepin Peppers (Chili Tepin) are tastier and hotter.

[jonrick46]

The nice thing about chile pequins is they are a perennial that you can plant just once and enjoy the harvest for years to come. They are about 8 times hotter than a jalapino(30,000 to 60,000 Units). It would be nice if yours lasted through the winter. Enjoy.

I read that my African Ghost Peppers are also perennial in zones 8-10. I checked whether my plant is showing some life and it does not look like it did.

[telescope115]

It happened to me once. I was slicing some jalapeños and accidentally rubbed one eye. I laid down on the couch for about 30 minutes before it went away.

[rrrod]

Slam the door on your hand a few times...

[jjotto]

I used an electric blender to chop up horseradish root. Big mistake!