Food safety
Instead of buying potato chips I usually make popcorn at home, not in the microwave but from the kernels. I make a big bowl and we sit around the table, trying to find the most interesting popcorn shapes, like the cloud game on a long journey. When we first started this custom we were not very creative,
“This one looks like a cloud, this one looks like a pillow, here is a….um….. popcorn shape!”
Now we are a team and nobody can beat us (thinking of a challenge?), together we come up with the most extraordinary shapes.
“Here is an owl! Let me see, wow! yeah! This is a penguin, look at this dog, an Australian sheep dog, I found a robot, I found a dozen jellyfish! Very nice, but here is a….. super nova! and a space ship! Wow! how come you are finding all the good ones! I found a toilet bowl, here, you eat it. “
It is fantastic fun and all at the cost of a handful of popcorn kernels.
I am not sure exactly what went wrong last time I made popcorn. I filled the specially designated popcorn pot with a bit of oil and kernels and set it on the range. After a few minutes I heard the typical popping noise and waited for it to stop before closing the gas.. pop……pop……………….pop………………………………….pop when, BOOM! in a magnificent popcorn explosion, the lid went flying at turbo rocket ship speed hitting the ceiling, ricocheting to the floor, where is bounced and clanked for half an hour before tiring out. The popcorn flew out in a stream of fireworks decorating the entire kitchen with popcorn confetti.
My oldest son who was standing next to me reacted by laughing his guts out, doubling over and telling me to do it again.
My oldest son who was standing next to me reacted by laughing his guts out, doubling over and telling me to do it again.
My other son ran in after hearing the blast and was told by his brother,
“You should have seen it! hahaahaha, it flew to hahaha the ceiling, haaahahha, rocketship hahahah, blast, hhheeheheheHAHAHA, popcorn all hahaha over the place!!”
“Mom! I want to see it to, do it again, that’s not fair!”
I told them, forget it, it was lucky the lid did knock me unconscious. What would they say in ER, women attacked by high speed aerodynamic lid? I still make popcorn but now I try not to overfill the pot and never, ever (ever) use a tight fitting lid.
Please don’t tell me that I am the only one making stupid kitchen mistakes. I think, however, mine was the most magnificent.
Please don’t tell me that I am the only one making stupid kitchen mistakes. I think, however, mine was the most magnificent.
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Great post. From a mother’s perspective, how scary was that? From a kid’s perspective.. COOL! Let’s do it again!
As for kitchen mistakes, well anyone who says they don’t have any either A. Doesn’t cook. or B. Is lying.
love your blog, your pics are great.
yvonne
editor, my halal kitchen
http://www.myhalalkitchen.com
Hilarious! My boys would have been thrilled at such a display of defiance coming from the stovetop. I’ve never heard of this happening, I wonder if it’s a sign of something good to come?
Oh my God!! Popcorn confetti all over the kitchen floor! You should have made colored popcorns!
As tweeted earlier, I did have an explosion in my kitchen too. I don’t know if I’ll ever use my pressure cooker again!! *scared, scared, scared*