Tonight preparing dinner I took out of the refrigerator a bag of green peppers to cut up and put in the salad. However, I mistakenly took out a bag of Ghost peppers, one of the hottest peppers in the world. Getting suspicious I decided to taste a small piece. My mouth immediately went hot and although I spit up the small piece my mouth still was on fire. I tried washing my mouth out, brushing my teeth and drinking lots of water. Nothing worked. Then my friend Jerry, who was working in the kitchen with me, suggested I drink some milk. Desperate for relief I tried drinking a glass of milk. Gradually it started to work and before long the burn sensation worked. I asked Jerry how he knew about milk and he said he learned about it during his years living in the Southwest.

I very seldom drink milk these days. I think it was because my mother made me drink lots of milk when I was young, to build my bones, so now that I am an adult I feel like I have drunk enough milk for a lifetime.

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