Of course, I went back to my office (the other end of the house) and started working on emails.
About forty-five minutes later my husband said, "What's that noise?"
"What noise?"
"The cats must be up to something. I go look."
Lorna goes back to work.
"ARRRRRGGGGGGGGG--the kitchen is full of smoke. The eggs have exploded! The pan is ruined!!!"
Uh . . . I guess I kinda forgot about my lunch.
And, thanks to hubby's scrubbing power, the (Farberware) pan was NOT ruined. It's once again shiny and back in the cupboard ready for it's next adventure.
Next time I make hard-boiled eggs . . . I'll set the timer on my desk. (Yes, I keep one there. Otherwise I forget cats out on the enclosed porch on winter days.)
Um . . . that is, I'll set the timer . . . if I remember.
Have you had any cooking disasters lately?
The same thing happened to me a couple of weeks ago and I did set the time, I heard the timer, but just couldn't recognize where that beeping was coming from, once it stopped. I only realized it when I went into thekitchen for water and saw the pot on the stove with barely a smigdeon of water.
ReplyDeleteMy excuse is that it was a
new timer and wasn't use to that beeping sound.
No, no, noooo!
ReplyDeleteHow to boil eggs, from the sister of an egg farmer:
Bring your eggs to a quick boil then shut them off and put a lid on the pan!
Wait twenty minutes, (or longer if you have writing to do and forget, which I often do... they'll be okay when you come back) run the eggs under cold water, drain and peel. That's it! No yucky gray ring and perfectly done eggs every time.
And it really reduces the chance of explosive eggs.
Hmmm... exploding eggs... weapon in a future book? Hmm.
I'm most likely to put the eggs on, go do something while I wait for them to boil, forget them and have no idea how long they have cooked.
ReplyDeleteYou really expect me to admit to a cooking disaster? I destroy all evidence!
ReplyDeleteAt least you put the Eggs in, I've put the water on to boil Eggs and gone on to the Laptop to look at something and then smelt burning Pan, so don't worry we all do it :)
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