/ck/ - Food & Cooking

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OLIVE OIL
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GARLIC, UNPEELED
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Anyone started a grease fire before? How'd it go? Did you burn your tendies and your house down or did you get it under control?

I was doing some bubble and squeak tonight out of a bunch of veggies in my fridge that were due to expire soon. I'd steamed them and mashed them all together, and then heated up a large frying pan with about a centimetre of sunflower oil in it. I was tired and on autopilot, usually I put more thought into what I'm doing.

1. Too much oil. I don't know what I was thinking.
2. The mashed veggies had a very high water content, I should've let them sit in the strainer for 10 minutes
3. I let the oil sit there heating up for too long

I dropped my first patty in the oil and fwoosh, fucking fire blasting out of the pan, I stood there looking at it like a retard for what felt like an eternity. It's weird how the dumb lizard part of your brain when confronted with giant flames starts screaming at you to throw water on it, even though you logically know this is a fucking terrible idea. I turned off the stove, grabbed a dry towel, threw it on and then let it cool for a while.

I assume some of you have had experiences with fires before?