OldGardener for sharing your research and experience with us!
I love to eat them, and have also learned (the hard way):
Bigger ones--I roast them outside, hold my breath when I have to get in there to turn them or adjust something, 'sweat' them in a paper bag and double glove to peel and de-seed! I love them best fresh, but I freeze the bulk of them after roasting and then peel and de-seed under running water as I use them and that's pretty slick. The little ones--I dehydrate in the well-ventilated garage and grind, also in the garage, with a full-on-hard-core, facemask/respirator
Many years ago I spent a miserable night with buttermilk filled plastic bags rubber-banded and duct-tapped around my wrists--that helped my hands well enough, but I couldn't breathe in and that was a serious problem.
I'll bet that WD-40 and goop would have worked! I had that and diesel too, but it didn't occur to me to use a solvent or an astringent. I don't plan to take any chances to be without gloves again, but never say never I guess--Thank You, again!
