Kitchen Calamities
I have always thought of myself as being pretty good in the kitchen, but after burning myself twice in the last couple of years I am beginning to question my skills. The first time I burned 70% of my hand when making a congealed salad. How hard could that be??? Let me warn you--I put water in the microwave to boil it and after removing it from the oven, poured the Jello directly into the water, which caused volcanic action to occur directly onto my hand, resulting in 3rd degree burns. So, lesson number one is: be careful when heating liquids in the microwave, because it is definitely one of the most painful things that I have ever experienced. Most recently, while frying bacon, the handle on my Cutco carving fork caught on fire without me knowing it and I picked it up, burning the palm of my hand and a blister formed that was the size of a quarter. So, I guess the second lesson is: don’t pick up a utensil that has caught on fire … or maybe a better lesson would be: just don’t cook baco...