Things you should not do...

Greenbuzby

Don't use a hand blender on butternut squash soup whilst wearing a white t-shirt ��

Teacher2

Don't put a Mr Kipling mince pie in the microwave for 10 seconds and press the 10 minute button instead! My children, ten years on, still cry with laughter as they remember the pyroclastic flow of black smoke that emerged from the microwave which ran out of the door and DOWN the side of the kitchen cupboard in a sooty stream.

fatpiggy

moments_of_sanity wrote: »

My disaster today was running the washing machine for almost a complete cycle before realising I hadn't put the washing powder in! :mad:

Don't worry, most dirt comes out perfectly well without any powder at all. Congratulate yourself instead for moneysaving!!

lulu_92

- Don't leave bread in a warm oven, assume it's off and go out. You will have put in on grill by accident and your house will be full of smoke!

- Don't put a plastic food basket in the microwave assuming it isn't plastic covered metal..

- Don't get oil on an electric hob that's on.

- Don't leave your phone in your back pocket then pull your trousers down to use the toilet!

lulu_92

lynsayjane wrote: »

This is an amazing thread!

My best one is probably don't get distracted by your mum on the phone when you've just put oil in a pan to heat up for cooking mince. She will likely panic when you say 'is it a wet towel over an oil fire, yeah? ok back in a minute'
BF at the time came home to the pan on the doorstep and a smell of smoke haha

Haha My dad was once frying chips and the pan caught fire, so he threw the lot out of the window.:rotfl:

PeanutButterSandwich

Don't try to separate frozen bacon slices under a cold tap with a sharp knife.

Don't mistake 'tsp' for 'tbsp' then wonder why the cake's gone funny.

Don't separate your washing into 'trousers' and 'not trousers' then get cross when your teenage daughter is upset all her blue jeans are now pink (thanks Mum).

Don't attempt to pump up a borrowed rubber dinghy with a metal footpump whose protective rubber feet are missing, from inside the dinghy.

Don't wriggle your finger underneath the safety guard of an industrial guillotine to flick off that tiny curl of paper that's stuck to the blade.

Sigh.

rach_k

Do not rest a just-boiled stove top kettle on a glass plate for a minute then pick it up and walk around with it with the plate stuck to the kettle. The glass plate may explode, showering the room with hot shards of glass. This is particularly fun if you're in a (large!) tent so it melts through the ground sheet.

squeekymoo

Don't pour the still hot milk you have poached the fish in into a Pyrex jug on the cold draining board - it will explode and trying to clear up fishy smelling milk with shards of glass in isn't much fun and will delay making the fish pie.

Don't 'just rest' your new leather handbag on the radiant ring of the electric hob whilst you answer the phone it had been turned off but was still warm enough to mark a concentric circle pattern on the base of bag.

Don't use a mandolin slicer - EVER!! Homemade coleslaw is not so nice with bits of fingernail or skin in it or the funny punk colour

Don't put the finished cake in the cold oven to keep it out of the way of the dog before icing for birthday party then deciding you really need to make some cupcakes as well - put oven on to heat up......

oldtractor

dont spend a fortune on made to measure door curtain and blinds for the kitchen , like I did, when a nice cheap blanket or material is so much better and a lot lot cheaper

squeekymoo

Don't empty the vacuum cleaner directly into the dustbin outside- the slightest breeze will guarantee you will be covered in grey dust