rootofnewt | kvetchedables.

The lovely

redzshadow visited today with the darling Ms. Jazz. We went out for coffee and chatted and visited SammySnacks. Maya also brought us tons of vegetables, which I promptly portioned out and shared with

ez_mo (she wasn't home when we stopped by earlier). I have long beans, lemon cukes, yellow tomatoes, cherry tomatoes (gave most of those to Ali, as I have my own), zucchini, green peppers, tons of jalapenos, tons of banana peppers.

About those banana peppers. I'm accustomed to sweet, mellow banana peppers. These are a bit more like yellow wax peppers. Maya, are you being devious again?

explodingcat got chile burn on his hands. He has one hand that has some constant issues--rough and irritated. Not realizing that banana peppers *can* be a bit hot, he shredded four with his bare hands and a knife. And he's been whimpering ever since. Alcohol, vinegar, soap, milk, tomato juice--nada. Soaking in cold milk and ice water helped some, as did a first gen antihistamine (CNS depressant). I don't have chlorine bleach, or I'd have dunked his hands in it. This makes the earlier conversation about kvetch-t-ables even funnier.

On the other hand, the dish he put them in is quite good--chicken with fresh tomatoes, banana pepper, vidalia onion, garlic, fresh herbs, and marsala wine.