I've grown them before and I know exactly what you went through. I'll never ever handle them again without wearing gloves. It was like having burning splints under my nails.

Since then I've switched to other varieties with less heat and more flavour.

Have a look at the Scoville Scale to see what heights you reached!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoville_scale

BTW if my memory serves me correctly I think milk is the best thing to treat it with.

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