Ok, help me out here. Surely all you kitchen-savvy types do really, really stupid things when no one but the cat is watching. Please share!
Why? Because I just exploded a hard-boiled egg all over my kitchen, that's why. Even worse was not realizing what I'd done for at least 20 minutes after said egg had exploded. Yes, I heard the poof-thwump of the egg chunks hitting the floor at high velocity, but I just figured my roommate had come home, put popcorn in the microwave, and had all the corn magically pop at once, boom.
Honestly, such was my thought process, and I should be condemned to a life of takeout pizza and Grape-Nuts just for that. it wasn't until the house began to smell like something burning on the stove that I recalled putting on an egg to simmer, oh, an hour or so ago. And then I remembered how yes, an egg will indeed explode if exposed to dry heat--the kind of heat you get when you let your pot boil dry for a long time. So, no hard-boiled egg for me, and lots of shell on the floor. Small rationalization: many deadlines, and typing madly on multiple projects! But still.
Damn. And you?
As Fluffy would say, "wow."
ReplyDeleteI spent a year as a cook in a frat and one night after I'd gone home the boys decided to boil eggs.
ReplyDeleteI came in the next morning to find egg bits sticking to the walls and ceiling...
Chrissy
Oh man, I've done so many stupid things. One thing that I do over and over again is to forget the popcorns in the microwave... until they are totally burned and the fire alarm goes off and the kitchen smells like h*ll for a day or so...
ReplyDeleteNever leave a raw chicken in the same kitchen as a cat. One of them is going to end up on the floor with teeth marks.....
ReplyDeleteAnd not the only one who blows up eggs.....