peppers and capsicums

[NEVCAR28]

Top tip when cutting peppers and capsicums - cut on the inside of the flesh rather than the shiny,waxy side of the flesh when you are chopping them - the knife goes through much easier without any resistance !

[Julia6]

Good tip.

[WendyS]

And if you're cutting chillies, always wash your hands immediately afterwards, and never, never, never put them near your eyes. Also, if you have a cut on your fingers and are handling chopped chillis, rub them with olive oil first, otherwise the juice from them will sting like crazy.

[theshedman]

Hi, just noticed this thread. Another good idea when using chillies is to rub a very small amount of vegetable oil or any cooking oil onto the fingers of the hand holding the chilli while you are cutting it. That way I have noticed you never get the stinging you get when touching things afterwards.