Something sweet (acidic) will break it down too. I find fruit juice or a soft drink will work better for me than milk.
Comment on People who say water doesn't help after eating piment are just wrong
branno@lemm.ee 3 days ago
Capsaicin, the thing that makes peppers spicy, is an oily compound.
Water will never remove this from your tongue and the temporary relief is so short it is effectively worthless.
Drinking milk helps actually neutralize the best long term. Alcohol will also help.
Mr_Fish@lemmy.world 3 days ago
So what you’re saying is, the best solution to spicy is vodka
Fermion@feddit.nl 3 days ago
Maybe make it into a white Russian?
kambusha@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
A Belarusian, if you will
PiJiNWiNg@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
What if it’s spicy vodka?
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Down the hatch!
Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 1 day ago
… after downing a Hatch