:talking to myself (again):

12.13.2005

Another Pot Gone to Pot

Take my wife's cooking, PLEASE!!! I did a post a few months ago about my wife's cooking. I use this term loosely. I called her today from work and having the keen sense a man gets from being married to someone for 16+ years, I knew she either smashed the car, or burned the hell out of something. She tells me that she was trying to steam veggies. Now, there are only two tings you need in order to steam veggies. One of them are veggies, the other is water. Oh, I forgot, you need to know how to boil water. So needless to say, she forgot to put water in the pot. Now Dana cooks at one temperature. FULL BLAST. There is no simmer, no moderate heat, only FULL BLAST. Needless to say, after some amount of minutes, she noticed that the house stinks of burning vegetable matter. She was only in the next room so I don't quite understand how the pot got so melted but here it is. The other photo is from her famous apple sauce recipe.
































































I wish I was reading someone else's blog sometimes
Exhibit C: Molten Metal from the bottom of the pan


posted by :phil: at Tuesday, December 13, 2005

18 Comments:

  • Oh Phil, you need to buy your wife a new set of pans. The current set are clearly not up to it. How can you expect her to manage with a pan that is prepared to melt?

    By Blogger kat, At December 13, 2005 6:38 PM  

  • Kat, These are Farberware. The one she burned was her favorite hammer too.

    By Blogger :phil:, At December 13, 2005 6:44 PM  

  • ROFL...you never fail to crack me up...

    By Blogger crazysilver, At December 13, 2005 6:56 PM  

  • I love the exhibit photos.

    By Blogger Lori, At December 13, 2005 10:49 PM  

  • Well Phil, you have to admit she has a gift, a gift to ruin and melt pots and pans. I didn’t even know that it was possible to do that :)

    By Blogger Dakota, At December 14, 2005 3:49 AM  

  • guilty as per all the exhibits. an iron-rich diet is suppose to be good for u. dunno about a steel-rich diet though. look at it this way, my best friend can make water taste burnt so i think Dana is one up on her :)

    By Blogger boo, At December 14, 2005 7:55 AM  

  • Wow, I didn't know you could melt steel on a stove top. What is that about a 1000F?

    By Blogger Yoda, At December 14, 2005 8:33 AM  

  • You never mentioned how the veggies tasted.

    By Blogger mr. schprock, At December 14, 2005 3:54 PM  

  • I looked in the splatter pan under the heating element today and I saw big liquid steel drips just like the bad guy in Terminator 2. Like Yoda said, I didn't know you could melt steel on a stove top either. The veggies, I'm sad to say, were vaporized.

    By Blogger :phil:, At December 14, 2005 4:22 PM  

  • Omigod! I have never seen such a thing! Burning veggies to the point of melting steel. Wow!

    Actually, you do have a fire extinguisher in the house right? I'm afraid for you my friend! LOL

    By Blogger Wendy, At December 15, 2005 2:13 AM  

  • I Googled it, You won't believe this. Steel melts at 2700 degrees Farenheit. Either that pot is a mixed metal or you have a really good stove, or your wife is magical. Seriously, how did this happen? Wow.

    By Blogger Wendy, At December 15, 2005 2:19 AM  

  • Omigod, I don't know what to say. The tears from the laughter... rolling down my face...

    By Blogger Sarah, At December 15, 2005 8:48 AM  

  • Blackened vegetables, sounds good!

    By Blogger PBS, At December 15, 2005 11:41 PM  

  • wow and I thought I was the only one who could mess up a perfectly good pan.

    By Blogger beadinggalinMS, At December 16, 2005 12:22 AM  

  • OMG ROFL! That is so dang funny on so many levels! I guess saying she over seasoned it is going a bit under the radar wouldn't you say!

    Yes I agree with everyone...she needs new pans! She needs ones that have either Teflon so she won't burn things, or Stainless ones with mirrored finish inside for the same purpose. I have ones with a copper core inside the bottom stainless to distribute the heat evenly. Quick...go get her some for Christmas! BUT Make sure they have a warranty....OH and you have a Fantastic excuse when you return them! LOL

    Thanks for the laugh I have had one of the worst days of my life and needed a giggle!

    Cheers!
    Molly

    By Blogger BallerinaGurl, At December 16, 2005 1:53 AM  

  • Yay! your back.

    Sorry about the pots gone to pot. Give Dana cooking classes for Christmas.

    On second thought, don't.

    By Blogger fugusashi, At December 16, 2005 10:45 PM  

  • We actually had a good laugh about it tonight. I said a watched pot may never boil, but neither will a pot with no water in it

    By Blogger :phil:, At December 16, 2005 10:52 PM  

  • LOL! Thts why I dont cook!

    By Blogger trish, At December 18, 2005 8:07 AM  

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