Kitchen Mishaps Usually Mean Fires, a Mistake that Reveals A Memory Lapse!
Posted: Friday, December 23, 2011
by elle kynzer
Over the past two years there have been plenty of kitchen mishaps, some involve fire, and some involve wrong ingredients. Jack sent me the weekly topic and I laughed, because my kitchen takes a beating on a daily basis. Needless to say I am quite a haphazard cook, and I do a lot of multi-tasking in a day's time. People call in the middle of my preparing dinner, or the smoke detector goes off for the least little thing. My galley kitchen is just the right size, but requires only one person, and when things get hectic, then all hell brakes loose in there.
I had some oil in the pan, and a nearby kitchen towel laying on the stove edge. My baking soda was on the left side near the wall past the stove, and I heard something I wanted to catch the 'gest of'.. on the news, so I 'just for a second' turned away and stepped over to see the 'breaking news'.
Everything on or near the stove went up in flames, and I had to get to that baking soda to put out the fire. My cabinets were scorched, my microwave above the stove was no longer white, and the lighting was burnt. Within seconds there was so much black smoke, which was backed up by two smoke detectors screaming out my mistake, that I forgot about my husband.
In a few more seconds hubby comes stumbling out into the smoke coughing, and heads out onto the deck, so he can breathe. Of course, I had the fire out in just another minute, and what was left was the clean up, and no fire department needed. I've learned my lesson about 'just a second', and now remove all articles from the stove before allowing myself to leave the area, if I can't stay stay focused on the cooking.
Now one puff of smoke and....I may never live it down. Looking at the kitchen you can't tell it ever happened, as I made sure of that. I think the smoke detectors are nervous though, because now they come on at the least little excessive heat or trickle of smoke. The one in the bedroom came on for no reason once, as I was cooking breakfast, and there was not any smoke...crazy. However, I will not be getting a maid, so the Ginko will have to keep me alert. That was my most recent kitchen mishap, let's hope it's the last.
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Top-level comments on this article: (3 total)Good one! I think we've all done something similar- I thought we weren't rating stars anymore- thanks for the last one- I owe you this onePlease log in to respond to this comment.Oh I missed the ratings of stars things, so should I not use those. Thanks Jack.Please log in to respond to this comment.no- it's just that sometimes 5's are not deserved, but some take offence if 5's are not given. I just usually don't bother with them.Please log in to respond to this comment.
Good article. And let's not talk about my experiences in this regard!Please log in to respond to this comment.Yes, let's talk about your experiences...maybe you should write an article. My kitchen is getting more unfriendly.....Please log in to respond to this comment.
In my Willington house, I had sensitive smoke detectors. I'm not a cook that enjoys the task and do like to keep an eye in a book or on the tv when I have to cook, so there might be a buildup of smoke or steam if I wasn't quick enough. So the darn detectors would go off. Annoying to say the least. I can tell you they worked well though. This could have been harrowing but you had everything under control thank goodness. I read a book that had a serious grease fire in the kitchen from fat rendering and she through water on it - poof, it was like an explosion. I learned that you should never ever use water to put out a grease fire. Instead you have to remove all oxygen from getting at the grease. Scary.Please log in to respond to this comment.
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