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I’m an idiot.

I was cooking and I was using lemon extract and I wondered, “does this taste the same as a lemon?” So I poured some on my hand and licked it and no, it tastes nothing like a lemon. I burned my tongue. I can’t get rid of the burning. I tried water, I tried bread, I tried milk. The burning won’t go away, what should I do?

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Z-Anonymous offline Verified User (3 years, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 2 months ago (14 minutes after post)

i looked up the material safety data sheet for lemon extract….

the only thing i could find was to flush with water for 15 minutes….so i would set the timer on the stove and then let faucet run cold water into/out of my mouth to rinse tongue.

15 minutes is a long time to wait…but it really will help

if you still have troubles..you might call your local poison control number…they should have some ideas

and here is the link to the safety data sheet
http://www.sciencelab.com/msds.php?ms…

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SlightlyUnique offline Verified User (4 years, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 2 months ago (16 minutes after post)

technicly you neutralise the acid in the lemon with something alkaline. Apparently carrots are!

http://thealkalinefoods.com/

Of course, your body will neutralise it soon enough :)

UNLESS - whats burning isn’t acids from the lemon extract and is some sort of chemical reaction with the other stuff they put in extract - in which case off to the doctors with you!

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Siren offline Verified User (4 years, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 2 months ago (3 hours, 8 minutes after post)

lolololololololololololololololololololol seriously, i woulda done the same lmfao!!!

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Yunikat offline Verified User (2 years, 6 months) Long Term User Shouts: 4 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 2 months ago (9 hours, 3 minutes after post)

I don’t have an answer, but your NOT an idiot. I would have done the same!

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