Gloves for Chopping Vegetables

[EJ]

Tonight I used my rubber gloves to chop up a butternut squash for the first time. I felt pretty classy And it worked perfectly! Just a bit of a rubber/latex smell, but at least my hands were protected! I don't think I need to cover them every time I cook (that would get really old, really fast), but what other vegetables can mess with your skin enough to make you want to cover up?

[abtacha]

Beets!

[EJ]

Ooh thanks! And that would help with the discoloring, too Smart!

[GinaD]

Melons like cantaloupe and honeydew can cause me sensitivity; even burn underneath my fingernails if I don't wash right away.

[saraburns]

I just experience a severe reaction to chopping two bulbs of garlic for a group dinner. I have psoriasis and eczema on my hands and the allicin in the garlic burned my skin terribly. My derma recommended that I use gloves when chopping items in the garlic and onion family. Someone who knows more about food preps than I do told me that chopping these foods lengthwise instead of crosswise would release fewer irritants and give foods a milder flavor. Off to try some gloves. I've seen lots of recommendations to wear my cotton gloves under the outer gloves.