December 30, 2007 - 1:18 pm
I was bouncing around reading bits and pieces of interesting news today and came across this gem.
Six people were injured in Shedfield, Southampton by EXPLODING FONDU. I kid you not.
Apparently, the oil in a gas powered fondue set exploded on Thursday evening seriously injuring three people on their hands, faces and arms while three others suffered minor injuries.
As sad and unusual as this story is, I have to confess that on some level it makes me feel a bit better. Misery does love company and it’s encouraging to know that it’s not just me. Other people are just as disastrous in the kitchen as I am.
In fact, this story proves that some of them are even MORE disastrous than I am. To the best of my knowledge, while pizzas and blenders have sustained serious (sometimes fatal) injuries in my kitchen, people have always walked away relatively unscathed. Hungry in body and disappointed in spirit perhaps but completely physically intact. And that just has to count for something.
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OMG. I wish they would explain exactly WHAT did happen. I think you have a lot going for you if people do leave your dinner table without serious injury and the need for 911. They should be VERY thankful for that, and stop being so picky about the food!
January 2nd, 2008 at January 2, 2008 - 9:38 amWeird. This is the second post I’ve read today about exploding cuisine. Moosh in Indy just posted about her hubby’s near-disasterous experience with a pressure cooker. It makes me want to stay away from the kitchen even more so than usual.
January 2nd, 2008 at January 2, 2008 - 2:42 pmOther than a seriously painful exploding sauce burn I suffered the other day, I can say the same as you. Extremely hungry and disappointed family… extremely messy mess left. No one extremely injured.
January 6th, 2008 at January 6, 2008 - 4:56 pm