[CH] Hot Stuff Trivia
Myron Menaker (myronm@bellsouth.net)
Mon, 12 Apr 1999 12:34:38 -0400
This was on "Trivia-a-Day:"
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Question:
Why doesn't drinking water cool your mouth after eating
spicy food?
Answer:
The spices in most of the hot foods that we eat are oily,
and, like your elementary school science teacher taught you,
oil and water don't mix. In this case, the water just rolls
over the oily spices.
So what can you do to calm your aching tongue? Try one of
these three methods. Eat bread. The bread will absorb the
oily spices. A second solution is to drink milk. Milk
contains a substance called "casein" which will bind to the
spices and carry them away. Finally, you could drink
something alcoholic. Alcohol will dissolve the oily spices.
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I wondered why Margaritas always seem to work!
Myron in Florida
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