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>>> 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.
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>Oh, I was going to add, *never* use butter or grease. That makes it 10x
>worse. Neo-Sporin, or such, can be used *after* it's cooled down.
Unflavored meat tenderizer is the best dressing for a 2nd degree burn.