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dagmargoodboat
Though a few weeks ago I grabbed a skewer of scallops from the barby
that slipped off my tongs :-(
Discovered an interesting thing... the only cold water available was
salted water sitting there with green onions in it. Threw them aside
and stuck my finger in... immediate relief and the blister that had
started, subsided. Over the next week it became leathery and flaked
off... but no pain or rawness that often results from such a burn.
Cooling the burn within roughly a minute does that. I slipped and
burned a serious trench in a fingertip working on a delta Vbe
thermometer. Dunked it instantly in the icebath, and it never even
really hurt, just healed up like it never happened.
Apparently it takes time for the heat to penetrate, and to cook your
meat dead. Quick cooling minimizes the damage.
I've used the same trick several times since. Handy. Just yesterday,
in fact.