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No damage at all to the kitchen, other than the scorched olive oil in the pan. I doubt if the fire was burning for more than about 10 seconds.



Posted by Drew458    United States   on 01/17/2011 at 02:26 PM   
 
  1. So, if we send the police, we will NOT find the remains of Sam McGee?

    I first encountered the poetry of Robert W. Service way back when my ship anchored in Anchorage. Quite a nice town. A ‘young’ lady escorted us to several night spots. I came out of one of them at 2AM and the sun was still up. Scary.

    Posted by Christopher    United States   01/17/2011  at  03:27 PM  

  2. Think I should change my handle. No longer ‘Christopher’, but ‘Sordid Genesis’.

    Posted by Christopher    United States   01/17/2011  at  03:34 PM  

  3. No plate available? A box of baking soda dumped over the burning grease will extinguish it.  I’ve done it.

    Posted by Suidae    United States   01/17/2011  at  06:45 PM  

  4. I’ve heard that one, but never tried it. I do know that dumping a bag of flour on a fire is a VERY BAD IDEA. The Ka-Boom kind! A definite No-No.

    We do have a nice 15lb A-B-C fire extinguisher in the closet. Actually I think we have 2 of them. But by the time I could dig it out, the whole place would have been toast. I’m thinking we should re-think that placement, maybe put it out under an open counter or something. No room to hang it on the wall.

    Posted by Drew458    United States   01/17/2011  at  10:36 PM  

  5. Yeah - we just had a discussion as to where our Fire Extinguisher is (on top of the small pantry) - burnt the hell out of a couple of pans or two over the 36 years I’ve been a home cook - more than my share of burnt food (last, damn it all, was a batch of Gluten Free pretzels for the younger daughter - what a waste, for some reason the timer never started, talk about a DOH!). Any way - even though I’m not a real fan of gas (oldest son almost killed two families when a small child by just barely turning on a gas burner back in the days before carbon monoxide detectors) luckily - a whinny old cockapoo saved all of us. The thing I truly dislike about electric is the long time to heat up and cool down - and some of the older cheap stoves (which the military loved to put into quarters) did not have an ON light - I put second degree burns on one hand by putting it on a hot burner.

    Must run - errands to do today - which of course involve several stops. Oh well at least we have a few dollars left to do it.

    Posted by wardmama4    United States   01/18/2011  at  09:12 AM  

  6. Did that once. Dumped flour on the fire. I also caused the fire, trying to melt wax. Remind me to never melt wax in a single pan. Always use a double boiler. Always. That way you don’t have to replace the kitchen curtains. Mom was pissed.

    Posted by Christopher    United States   01/18/2011  at  02:15 PM  

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