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Last night I was all ready to try out the snow pea salad recipe. I’d bought the ingredients and planned to have it with steamed veggie dumplings. Unfortunately, the bamboo steamers I was using caught fire while I was in the next room watching television. Who knew that leaving flammable items unattended on a stove could be dangerous? By the time I smelt something funny the flames were big. I had a moment of thinking that I was going to burn down our apartment. And probably somebody else’s apartment. And we didn’t have insurance. I mustered my latent firefighter skills and threw a cotton teatowel on the burning mass. At least this dampened the flames enough to let me grab the saucepan handle, which fortunately had not heated up because the flames had grown upwards rather than outwards. I carefully maneuvered the now burning tea towel-steamer-saucepan to our sink and let the cold water run over it. This helped, along with cupfuls of water, and eventually the flames died. The whole experience only lasted a few minutes, but by the end I was shaking. It didn’t help that the house had filled with smoke - amazing how quickly it forms and spreads. Needless to say that my carefully rolled dumplings were ruined. Not wanting to push my luck I decided to stick with a cold sandwich for dinner. I might try again tonight.
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7 Comments posted on "Cooking 101"
Davo on May 9th, 2006 at 2:17 pm #
Oh no, that does sound traumatic!! Were you engrossed with Big Brother?!
The Editor on May 9th, 2006 at 5:53 pm #
I wish our smoke alarm was as relaxed as yours. All you gotta do at our place is boil the kettle before everyone runs around with blood coming out of their ears trying to beat the alarm off the roof with a broom. Glad everything’s okay at Castle KateNAndy, though.
kpounder on May 9th, 2006 at 7:13 pm #
…yes. I may have been watching BB Nominations. Thank God they only have two minutes these days. Unfortunately we don’t have a smoke alarm. I guess that’s pretty stupid when you take into account my lack of basic fire safety skills and not having any insurance…
grundnorm on May 10th, 2006 at 4:32 pm #
Get your landlords on the job! As of 1 May 2006, every NSW home has to have a smoke alarm.
Veggie Friendly » Chinese Noodle House - Chinese, Haymarket, VVV on May 12th, 2006 at 1:46 pm #
[…] The tofu was great – the sauce was thick, rich and savoury which suited the texture of the soft tofu cubes. The noodles were also good, although there were only a few vegetables mixed in. The highlight was the vegetable steamed dumplings, which more than made up for the loss of my dumplings on Monday. These were very fresh and filled with Chinese spinach and a little chilli. One of the best parts of the meal was that our three large dishes and tea came to $24. For great veggie options, tasty food and bargain basement prices, I’d rate Chinese Noodle House a very easy VVV. […]
jLo on May 22nd, 2006 at 6:36 pm #
Ohmygod, not a fire! Glad to hear all is okay - and that those latent firefighter skills came through when they were needed….! You realise you’re now winning the spotfire competition, Kate - though I’m not going to be making any special effort to try and match your record….
kpounder on May 22nd, 2006 at 8:45 pm #
Mmm. Fires bad. No question about it. Post a comment
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