O/S disasters.... let us share...

bluebag

How far back are we going here? In my past there has been 3 chip pan fires, several black pans that had to be binned (mushy peas, I buy then frozen now it's safer!)

Several cuts one of which required stiches, a few smashed things..plates mainly, although a pyrex plate just about exploded once leaving shards of plate stuck in the wall.
A large casserole dish that split in two shedding it's boiling contents inches from my feet.

Burnt toast on many occasions and lets please not go into the multiple savage injuries involving corned beef tins and their 'no way that passes health and safety' keys.

I nearly carked it tasting a piece of roast lamb which lodged in my throat and had to have several very hefty thumps on the back to dislodge it while I went very blue. My language was a similar colour after that.

Maybe I shouldn't go in there at all ?

Patchwork_Quilt

My best one was leaving the stopper out of the food processor lid when trying to blitz some hot stock and veg into gravy! The kitchen was covered. A very kind friend at church said 'You're not a proper cook until you've done that.'

The other big one was slicing through a swede from the allotment and my thumb at the same time. I saw the knife going in, managed to sink to the floor and call for help. DS came running, thinking he was in trouble and then had to cope with a very faint mother who was gushing blood. Should have had it properly patched up but I patched myself up and then got an infection under the skin that got me to A&E at five one morning with the pain and onto massive antibiotics.

Good thread!

vickyp81

siegemode wrote: »

Whilst washing up I knocked the largest sharpest knife off the draining board. I only saw it out of the corner of my eye and not realising it was the knife I gabbed it.

deja vu. ive done that apart from I didn't manage to catch it and went straight into my foot, and a evening spent in a&e


ive stabbed my hand before slicing a bread stick


burnt pasta many of time

pinkladyvenus

Was putting beaters into electric whisk when some how managed to switch it on luckily I didn't break my finger but it really hurt. Now I never plug it in till I have put the beaters in first.

moments_of_sanity

I ALWAYS manage to leave heated up food in the microwave, usually beans or peas and don't remember about them until I have a) finished my dinner or b) go to use the microwave again.

I think i need to staple a post it note to my head, I won't be able to see if but everyone else will know I have left food in the microwave :rotfl:

LandyAndy

I've left eggs boiling until the water boiled away and they exploded and I heard it (from another room) and it didn't register and eventually I noticed the kitchen was full of smoke. :eek: the circulon pan I did it in survived but it took about 36 hours to lose the smell from the house.

Quite recently I put some stock on to reduce, retired to the sitting room to read the paper, and only about an hour later registered the odd smell. All reduced to a crisp in my new Le Creuset aluminium pan. Again the pan survived.

Jinx

Broke my gorgeous Le Creuset heart shaped dish on the hob, didn't read the instructions Also forgot boiling potatoes, binned the pot!

Not strictly a kitchen disaster - a utility room one- does it count? Was staining the decking and put the stain in the utility room, went to pick it up again after lunch (a brand that does what it says on the tin) but having only one handle it unbalanced and COVERED me, the washing machine, tumble drier and floor in stain. Never seen my hubby come running so quick LOL

siegemode

purple45 wrote: »

The only time the pain nearly involved someone else was when I was marching enthusiastically from one side of the kitchen to the other holding the knife out in front of me (for some reason) and my other half walked in through the doorway and nearly impaled himself on it...of course it was his fault ;-)

Almost had my OH this way too:eek:

Patchwork_Quilt wrote: »

My best one was leaving the stopper out of the food processor lid when trying to blitz some hot stock and veg into gravy! The kitchen was covered. A very kind friend at church said 'You're not a proper cook until you've done that.'

I remember mum coating the kitchen making mayonnaise years back. I'm sure if I had a blender I'd have too many stories to tell :rotfl:

siegemode

bluebag wrote: »

How far back are we going here? In my past there has been 3 chip pan fires, several black pans that had to be binned (mushy peas, I buy then frozen now it's safer!)

Several cuts one of which required stiches, a few smashed things..plates mainly, although a pyrex plate just about exploded once leaving shards of plate stuck in the wall.
A large casserole dish that split in two shedding it's boiling contents inches from my feet.

Burnt toast on many occasions and lets please not go into the multiple savage injuries involving corned beef tins and their 'no way that passes health and safety' keys.

I nearly carked it tasting a piece of roast lamb which lodged in my throat and had to have several very hefty thumps on the back to dislodge it while I went very blue. My language was a similar colour after that.

Maybe I shouldn't go in there at all ?

I rarely cook chips but when I do I have to have the back door open as I live in fear of chip pan fires. I never leave the stove and remove the pan as soon as they are done.

As for corned beef tins, OH won't let me near them:o I'm told I'm a good cook:D However I rarely use the oven without at least one burn, have picked up baking trays without thinking to use the oven mits etc and rarely prepare veg without at least a small nic.:o

LandyAndy wrote: »

I've left eggs boiling until the water boiled away and they exploded and I heard it (from another room) and it didn't register and eventually I noticed the kitchen was full of smoke. :eek: the circulon pan I did it in survived but it took about 36 hours to lose the smell from the house.

Quite recently I put some stock on to reduce, retired to the sitting room to read the paper, and only about an hour later registered the odd smell. All reduced to a crisp in my new Le Creuset aluminium pan. Again the pan survived.

Aren't Circulon great like Denby they are known to be me proof they seem to be indestructible. I'm so dizzy and clumsy at times any other pans or crockery just wouldn't last well in my kitchen:o

I love cooking and my kitchen, I've had so many near misses that I barely bat an eyelid. My OH however is frequently stressed and worries about me bless him.

kezlou

I feel your pain! I'm officially a kitchen menace!

I murder rice on a regular basis, plates are broken and pans burnt to a crisp.

I have more burns on me that anyone I know. I mean who else dances and sings while chopping veg, then procedes to walk around with a knife and nearly impales they partner with it.

lets just say when im in kitchen the fire alarms and checked and 999 on speed dial. BUT I never had to call the fire brigade.yet lol

Remember once cutting a turnip in half and the knife ended up in, the ceiling and, the turnip in the door. Everyone just laughs, especially with blenders the amount of mess and broken blades is just not funny.