Yee-owch!

Ugh, ever burn your mouth? Not just your tongue, but your mouth. I shudder just thinking about it.

I just did it.

And man, does it hurt! Pizza is the #1 culprit for a mouth burn. You bite into that first slice, thinking it has cooled sufficiently, and nope. It hasn't. The sauce oozes in between each of your teeth and collects in your palate. You can't open your mouth and breathe out hard fast enough. It's almost enough to make you swear off pizza. (Not really.)

I think I burn my mouth on pizza about 8 out of 10 times that I eat it. I can only recall one time that I burned my mouth on something other than a piece of pizza. It was a chicken sandwich. I took a bite, no problem... but as I was chewing, it started to burn my gums on the inside of my back teeth. I drank a lot of water to try to cool it off. It was terrible.

No more pizza for me for awhile. I think I'll stay away from the hot chocolate till this heals, too. I don't want a burned tongue to match.

:(