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Cures for Chile Hands

On what happens when you don’t wear gloves when cutting lots of chiles.

Nicholas Gill
Oct 07, 2024
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“Chile Hands” Illustration: Nicholas Gill.

About a month ago I had an explosion of chiles in my garden. Mostly hot Mexican chiles like habaneros, tabascos, serranos and jalapeños, plus a few others form various parts of South America. There were more habaneros than anything else, at least a kilo. I decided to make a few different hot sauces with them (in…

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