Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Kitchen Nightmares

Gordon Ramsay has nothing on my nightmares.


Tuna Noodle Casserole...explosion. Yes, the dish actually forcefully exploded & no I did not cook it on the stovetop. What we think happened is we took the hot food out of the dish too quickly & it cooled on one half where the food was missing and was still 350 degrees on the other half where the food was still sitting. It basically FREAKED OUT from the uneven temperatures. The dish exploded right after I walked out of the kitchen to set the plates on the table. Glass flew about 10 feet!!!! Thankfully no one was hurt except my poor casserole...rest in peace tasty leftovers, rest in peace.

Steamed carrots via the microwave= zap fried carrots enveloped in FLAMES!

Um, mom my carrots are on fire...should I stop the microwave? WHAT?!?!

You've heard of "face-melting licks" when talking about awesome tunes right? How about "bowl-melting licks" when talking about dry oatmeal in the microwave?
Our sweet Dylan was being ever so thoughtful & let mommy & daddy sleep in then headed downstairs to make his own breakfast (how irresistibly cute is that?) The boy LOVES his oatmeal. I abruptly awoke to a burning smell & a high pitched tiny voice squeaking " It's smoking! It's smoking!" MOMMY PANIC MODE sets in! I ran downstairs & discovered this:
and this...
He wakes us up for breakfast now.

12 comments:

teresa said...

LOL! oh i have been there. okay, i havne't experienced the exploding casserole yet, but i have had the microwave fires. ah the adventures we have in our kitchen.

Eric and Caralee said...

Ahhh, that is crazy! (And hilarious) :)

Annette said...

Your kitchen sounds possessed! Good luck!

JaRele said...

So funny! Don't worry, we've all had our crazy kitchen moments!

mini-wheats said...

That is the saddest little face EVER!!!

Diana said...

Oh, I wanna hug him! Those stories are too funny! I don't think I can top that! We didn't have the new- fangled gadgets when my kids were growing up!

Aaron and Jaquelyn said...

so great to hear other peoples miss haps in the kitchen. I am terrible! Your little guy is too cute and sweet.

Valeri said...

I love this post! Absolutely hilarious. And that sweet face is irresistable.

Kara said...

Claira looks so grown-up! And poor Dylan, that little face breaks my heart. I ditto the possessed comment...good thing you guys are moving to a friendlier kitchen ;)

sara cardon said...

What the?!? Scary!! I remember exploding TWO pyrex casserole dishes one right after another while trying to make gravy over the stove. You'd think I'd have learned. Makes for a great blog post though!

The Favorite said...

Hey- I just found your blog from Naoma's. So fun to see you all again. That's great that you're out East. We moved just out here too about 3 years ago and live just outside of Buffalo. I hope you don't mind me checking up on you. Your children are beautiful!
~Eliza

The Feuerleins said...

Ahahahaha! So I did know about the carrots in the microwave thing, but I was not aware of what dry oatmeal does in the microwave. He is so sweet! This post was heart-warming, hilarious, and it taught me science all at once! Love you guys!