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38. Speaking of cooking fires

Sat Jan 4, 2025, 09:24 PM

Jan 4

One night I was up late watching a movie when I heard the fire alarm go off at the apartment next to mine. I went over and knocked on the door in case the tenant was asleep.

The apartment doors open onto the kitchens in my building. He let me in and I saw small flames in a frying pan on the stove. He had a pitcher ready to fill with water. I stopped him. Fire in a frying pan most likely meant grease. I grabbed the lid and put it on the pan, turned off the burner, and used a pot holder to drag the pan off the burner. Then I flipped on the stove hood fan.

He had come home hungry after a night out drinking and tried to fry some shrimp in oil. He dozed off in a kitchen chair until the alarm woke him.

Still intoxicated, he kept thanking me for coming over to check on him. Said I was a "real neighbor" to be so concerned about him.

Him? I didn't say it, but I was as much or more concerned about ME and the rest of the building as about him. His apartment and mine had common walls! I had lived through a house fire when I was 14. Did not want a repeat.

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What cooking or baking mistakes have you made? [View all] wnylib Jan 4 OP

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Yes spooky3 Jan 4 #10

Ugh. wnylib Jan 4 #11

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I am a supertaster. Discovered that in a college biology class. wnylib Jan 5 #60

I ordered one of those test strips and had a similar reaction. spooky3 Jan 5 #61

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Haha! I'm sure it wasn't funny when it happened, though. spooky3 Jan 5 #49

after it had been in the oven drmeow Jan 4 #2

Clever fix. wnylib Jan 4 #7

Just goes to show you drmeow Jan 4 #25

Adding chocolate chips last is pretty important tho FullySupportDems Jan 5 #55

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I use plain yogurt instead of sour cream whenever I can. wnylib Jan 4 #8

I make a lot of cooking mistakes, but they usually aren't fatal Ocelot II Jan 4 #4

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It wasn't. rsdsharp Jan 5 #45

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Oh no. But thanks for the idea. I might try it. wnylib Jan 4 #18

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Thanks. I'll try it. wnylib Jan 4 #31

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