From Instagram adulation to a full-blown kitchen inferno: Discover my hilarious Thanksgiving baking blunder where chasing likes led to forgotten pumpkin, scorched syrup, and a fire brigade visit. A cautionary tale!
Oh David ! The Fire Chief didn’t know you are a well known person of infamous posts of YUMMY EDIBLES from many years of cultural experimentation & experiences & Successes ?!?!? “ STAY AWAY FROM THE STOVE!” LOL WINK WELL, he sure does now !!!
The best yet! I had tears ( of laughter) after reading this one. I ‘ll bet it wasn’t so funny to you and the One when it happened. Amazing how passage of time can make this absolutely hysterical!
Wow, now that was a shit storm of flubs wasn't it? But what a great story it gave you to entertain us in these challenging times. Thank you!! And I thought my year of roasting a 15 lb. turkey up-side-down and then panicking when I tried to carve the "missing" breast was bad enough. I thought I had a freak turkey until I realized what I had done. Yes, first time roasting one trying to be a grown up. Fails are always funny in retrospect......
My "almost burn down the house" moment was when I neglected to trim some very thick (and fatty) lamb chops before placing them a tad too close to the broiler. The end result was flames shooting out the top of my stove and baking soda being thrown into the flames. The house smelled like burnt lamb for quite awhile after.
I caught lamb chops on fire in a gas fired broiler ( under the oven ) That was a blast ! But since my Home had caught fire, from an illegal kerosene heater incident & my Dad was trapped & then burned trying to save the place ( the furniture & carpets & walls had some Smokey Coloring & Kerosene Smell that we didn’t even notice being so used to being exposed to that every winter, from November until March! Mom & I were fine just frightened & Stunned ,but we were evicted from the place because when I called the Fire Dept the Landlord was sited for 2 VIOLATIONS - causing a full inspection of the 4 unit building- my Mom was blamed for exposing his VIOLATIONS OF TENANTS OCCUPYING BUILDING CODES ! ) when I was a child - I didn’t laugh … you never know how these things will pop back up in your life!
We had some charred lamb that night for a romantic dinner at 8! with Mint Jelly - a true Irish Dish cooked by the me, the French / Portuguese Newlywed ! lol wink
Thanks for sharing. I have had a similar experience, although I (barely) managed to avoid the visit from the fire truck. It still makes me blush to think of it , almost 30 years later.
Michelle, you're welcome. The funny follow-up to the story is that our good friend Ellen went to a cocktail party that night. Sort of a Thanksgiving Eve mixer. And this guy started chatting her up. And she discovered that he was a member of the Roxbury Volunteer Fire Department. And to impress her, he went into an elaborate tale of this fat man in his pajamas who almost burned down his house while making a pie. It was John! She almost died laughing!
Oy
But thank you for entertaining me
Of course!!!
Oh David ! The Fire Chief didn’t know you are a well known person of infamous posts of YUMMY EDIBLES from many years of cultural experimentation & experiences & Successes ?!?!? “ STAY AWAY FROM THE STOVE!” LOL WINK WELL, he sure does now !!!
Wink LOL
My Online Name… wink lol …. You know me…. visiting Mom…
The best yet! I had tears ( of laughter) after reading this one. I ‘ll bet it wasn’t so funny to you and the One when it happened. Amazing how passage of time can make this absolutely hysterical!
Thanks, Barbara!!
Wow, now that was a shit storm of flubs wasn't it? But what a great story it gave you to entertain us in these challenging times. Thank you!! And I thought my year of roasting a 15 lb. turkey up-side-down and then panicking when I tried to carve the "missing" breast was bad enough. I thought I had a freak turkey until I realized what I had done. Yes, first time roasting one trying to be a grown up. Fails are always funny in retrospect......
Anne-Marie, you're a woman after my own heart! The same thing happened to me when I roasted my first goose. You could read about it here. https://davidleite.substack.com/p/the-goose-of-christmas-past
Oh my! I confess. I snorted with laughter when I read “ Hello?” I said, as if I were the top earner at a phone sex company.”
I can picture Alan giving you the patented look.
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Oy, he was livid, MaryKay!! Just livid.
OMG funniest story ever! Lauded food writers as top sex worker earners!
That's me, Trixie, food writer/sex worker!
I read this and then I read it again aloud to my husband. I don’t mean to laugh at your disaster but this here was funny!
Vevette, I posted just so people CAN laugh! Because, to me, a day without laughter is like a day without food.
I set a basket of yeast rolls on fire one year 😁
I like your style, Deb!
My "almost burn down the house" moment was when I neglected to trim some very thick (and fatty) lamb chops before placing them a tad too close to the broiler. The end result was flames shooting out the top of my stove and baking soda being thrown into the flames. The house smelled like burnt lamb for quite awhile after.
I caught lamb chops on fire in a gas fired broiler ( under the oven ) That was a blast ! But since my Home had caught fire, from an illegal kerosene heater incident & my Dad was trapped & then burned trying to save the place ( the furniture & carpets & walls had some Smokey Coloring & Kerosene Smell that we didn’t even notice being so used to being exposed to that every winter, from November until March! Mom & I were fine just frightened & Stunned ,but we were evicted from the place because when I called the Fire Dept the Landlord was sited for 2 VIOLATIONS - causing a full inspection of the 4 unit building- my Mom was blamed for exposing his VIOLATIONS OF TENANTS OCCUPYING BUILDING CODES ! ) when I was a child - I didn’t laugh … you never know how these things will pop back up in your life!
We had some charred lamb that night for a romantic dinner at 8! with Mint Jelly - a true Irish Dish cooked by the me, the French / Portuguese Newlywed ! lol wink
Oy!!!!!
Wow!! We should start a club!
Thanks for sharing. I have had a similar experience, although I (barely) managed to avoid the visit from the fire truck. It still makes me blush to think of it , almost 30 years later.
Michelle, you're welcome. The funny follow-up to the story is that our good friend Ellen went to a cocktail party that night. Sort of a Thanksgiving Eve mixer. And this guy started chatting her up. And she discovered that he was a member of the Roxbury Volunteer Fire Department. And to impress her, he went into an elaborate tale of this fat man in his pajamas who almost burned down his house while making a pie. It was John! She almost died laughing!
This was exquisite -- I had to read it twice. Oh my goodness...
Wow, you read fast, Barbara!