To avoid being burned
while cutting up a jalapeņo pepper: hold the pepper in one hand by the
stem and using cooking shears cut off slivers of the hot seeded pod.
Scrape seeds off the cutting board with a knife. Do not touch peppers
and rinse tools well.
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