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deb cathey
Joined: 20 May 2007
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Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 3:27 am
Post subject: Teaching a 14 year old how to
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With all of my children, as soon as they are old enough
to stand at the stove for more than 5 minutes, I stared teaching them to
cook.
My youngest is 14 and today for lunch, he wanted to cook some
breaded chicken fillets. He didn't want them cooked in the oven, like he
normally does, he wanted to fry them like I do. So I preceded to explain to
him step by step on how to cook them.
Apparently I failed to remind him of one step: NEVER WALK AWAY FROM
A POT OF HOT OIL!!!! Guess what--- he walked away from the stove while the
oil was heating up. By the time I got in the kitchen we had flames shooting
up to the ceiling. Did you know a fire extinguisher made for grease fires
will spread the fire? Finally got it out with good ole baking soda. Smoke
was billowing out of all doors and windows after I got the fire out and
opened everything up to clear the house of smoke. One thing I did notice
though the fire alarm was going off but didn't hear it till after I got
calmed down.
Now I have to wash all curtains in the house,all rugs oh heck wash
everything to get rid of the smoke smell. But on the bright side, it didn't
ruin the stove and only bubbled the paint on the wall in one small
spot(easily fixed) made my wooden shelf above the stove look older than it
really is and most importantly NO ONE WAS HURT.
He didn't get his chicken for lunch, had to settle for pizza. 
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fiery
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Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 3:33 am
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OMG...the same thing happened to me the other day....
wonder if maybe oil is more explosive or something...
it is really scarey
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Ocean
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Joined: 20 Sep 2006
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Location: Oregon Coast
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Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 3:52 am
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When we moved to this apartment last week, the first
thing I wanted to do was cook, because before in the studio I didn't have a
proper kitchen. So I cooked a pot of spaghetti and made some bread. A few
minutes after pre heating the oven for the bread, I noticed a funny smell
but thought it might be something outside. Anyway the smell got very strong
rather quickly and I noticed it was coming from the oven. I opened the oven
to see flames billowing out of the handle in the lid of a pan the previous
tenants had left in the oven.
The place still smells like burnt plastic/tires, even though I have
cleaned even the walls with Pine sol and have used almost an entire bottle of
Febreeze.
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June
Joined: 20 Sep 2006
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Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 4:08 am
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I am glad everyone is ok.
Neighbors of ours who live in an apartment complex near us (it is
made up of buildings each with 8 apartments) burned theirs down about a
month ago. They were melting candle wax, had the flame too high and it was
a really bad fire. I think they had to move out but the other apartments
are back in commission now.
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snowhawkwoman
Joined: 22 Sep 2006
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Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 12:34 pm
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I rarely use more than a tablespoon of olive oil when
frying something on the stove. If hubby wants fried chicken or potato
wedges - we use a lidded deep fat fryer. (restaurant grade)
I've had two house fires in my life (the second one destroyed the
house) so I'm very very careful about fire (candles must be sitting on
large plates inside of glass holders and never left burning without someone
being in the room), I never walk away from the kitchen when cooking, and
I'm very careful about the containers that go into the microwave. Plus I
clean my lint filter on my dryer every time (and I wash the filter with a
toothbrush and detergent every month - if you use dryer sheets it causes a
film to develop on the filter that can decrease efficiency and cause fires.
Twice a year I clean the dryer hose out too.
Fires are scary things..............glad everything is
ok...........a little damage is better than the place burning down or worst
yet, someone getting hurt!
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fiery
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Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 12:51 pm
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i know you are going to think I am nuts but maybe the
lesson you were teaching was not cooking but how to handle an emergency and
to pay attention to what you are doing....?
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deb cathey
Joined: 20 May 2007
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Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 3:35 pm
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fiery, I think he learned two lessons: 1) don't walk
away from your cooking 2) don't panic.
At least now I can look at the mess I still have and laugh about it.
Oh well I didn't do a real through spring cleaning this year so I guess
I'll do it now.
Ocean- a little fresh lemon juice in your cleaning water works
wonders on getting rid of smokey smells. I've got to go and get a dozen
lemons so I can put some in the wash with all those curtains.
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Ocean
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Location: Oregon Coast
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Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 6:24 pm
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Thanks for the tip deb!
Your son will grow up to be a fine cook, and now he has an
interesting story to tell about the time he nearly burned his Mom's house
down.
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sammy
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Location: www.buddhasgarden.net
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Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 10:07 pm
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So, is that 4 of us?
Two days ago I accidentally left a pot of sugar water on the stove
and it caused a burned (white) kitchen cabinet door above and 2' of smoke
in the kitchen. The alarm went off and the house stinks. Had a pot full of
black sugar. I have cleaned everything twice.
and to think my friends house burned down 2 weeks ago. 
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fiery
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Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 10:28 pm
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so far....that's really weird...
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RyeLiz
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Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 11:46 pm
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yikes,
haven't cooked in 4 days, and don't want to after reading this!!!
Had same things happen to me years ago, hopefully I learned my lesson
then!!!
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Sharonywr
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Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 2:28 pm
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The very same day that Deb had that happen, I had to
rescue my kitchen from two teenage boys that were trying to cook breakfast.
The smoke alarm had gone off, the rooms were so smokey that I had to
open all the windows and turn on all the ceiling fans. They were trying to
cook bacon and pancakes and had gotten bacon fat on the burner and it was
almost in flames. The smoke was so thick you couldn't breathe.
Must have been the moon or something, huh?
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deb cathey
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Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 3:04 pm
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