Lola, the author of Lola's Diner has chosen one of my ideas for "If I could blog back time" Thursdays, so I better get typing. I've seen it all week, the topic there looming at me. for the life of me i have no ability lately, maybe even ever, to write or speak funny, you know with humor. i used to tell a good story, it seemed like i had them for any topic. then i get writing block. i see the topic and my mind goes blank. some people think my mind is already blank. it's actually usually in the gutter.
it was a hot summer evening, and my kids were young. they were all in bed sleeping and i decided to make freezer jam. i never made jam or jelly before. i can cook, and make awesome gravy, but jam--never tried it. too lazy to deal with sterilizing jars and boiling water and that whole process, i buy pectin and read the back of the box for the recipe. i had turned the stove on to (heat up water?) as i read the directions with my back to the stove, i hear the smoke alarms go off (lots of them in my previous 2 story house) and i turn, to see the kitchen and high ceilings flooded with white smoke, and there it was. the wooden chopping board on the burner smoking away. it still has the burned rings from the electric stove on the back of it. aired out the house and went to bed, never did make that jam. maybe this year.
Write your worst cooking disaster and send the link over to Lola's Diner and join the fun! thanks Lola!
it was a hot summer evening, and my kids were young. they were all in bed sleeping and i decided to make freezer jam. i never made jam or jelly before. i can cook, and make awesome gravy, but jam--never tried it. too lazy to deal with sterilizing jars and boiling water and that whole process, i buy pectin and read the back of the box for the recipe. i had turned the stove on to (heat up water?) as i read the directions with my back to the stove, i hear the smoke alarms go off (lots of them in my previous 2 story house) and i turn, to see the kitchen and high ceilings flooded with white smoke, and there it was. the wooden chopping board on the burner smoking away. it still has the burned rings from the electric stove on the back of it. aired out the house and went to bed, never did make that jam. maybe this year.
Write your worst cooking disaster and send the link over to Lola's Diner and join the fun! thanks Lola!
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Great topic. Lots of participants this week.
At least it was a wooden cutting board and it's still usable. My ex-husband (during a very unstable period) for some reason put my very expensive Tupperware steamer in the oven. Note to anyone who hasn't figured this out yet, melted blue Tupperware cannot be removed from the racks and bottom of your oven. Duh-oh, it's for the microwave oven, not the gas range. Well, I did end up getting a brand spankin' new gas range. (Still wishing I would have taken it when we sold the house.) But yeah, he would do stuff like that and I would have to ban him from the kitchen. Fun times...NOT!
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