Prism99

I honestly don't think this flour idea will work. Flour *would* work to put out flames.

What I do that does work is put ice on a burn immediately. It cools down the skin so the damaging heat does not penetrate as deeply. Found this out by accident at a hair dresser's salon. Was drinking coffee and accidentally spilled it over my arm. The receptionist got me some ice, which I put on only one portion of the arm. The next day the burn was *much* worse on the area that hadn't gotten the ice.

Love angels

The other day I was in the checkout at the store and the checker proceeded to tell me all this nutritional info about tomatoes. He also said to put a tomato on a burn. His friend did it,he worked at McDonalds. he burned himself and grabbed the some sliced tomatoes. He was thinking they were cold so it was worth a try. guess it worked.

CloverPatch

Do not put flour on flames! It will ignite. Flour is flamable.

Prism99

Oh, my! Sorry about that! Is it baking soda that is used to smother flames?

LucyInTheSky

I like lavender oil. It has to be pure oil (so not the stuff you get for a few dollars at any store), but pure 100% lavender. A drop of that is amazing for burns. When I'm cooking and come in contact with boiling water/edges of the frying pan/etc, a drop will immediately soothe the burn and help it heal

BizzyBee

LOL! I just got this same "Burn Remedy" e-mail this morning and I was Googling Fact or Fiction, couldn't find it, went to Snopes and low and behold our thread was right under it! We Rock!