Comments | caffienekitty: I'm a hazard to myself.

caffienekitty

I'm a hazard to myself.

Oct 24, 2009 23:19

It's a good thing that I am in the habit of filling the kettle whenever I boil water. The kettle's whistle doesn't work, but usually I end up over-filling it. It slops out the spout when the water boils and makes a big hissing noise upon it hitting the burner, thereby alerting me that it's boiling and I should shut off the stove. Apparently I didn' ( Read more... )

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lurkingwombat October 25 2009, 06:47:53 UTC

lol. thanx for the humourous picture. Good thing there is no need for a new kettle as well
L. Wombat

caffienekitty October 25 2009, 06:57:45 UTC

It hadn't even boiled dry yet, it still had enough in it for a cup of hot chocolate. I have a big kettle, apparently.

aescu October 25 2009, 07:28:37 UTC

Well, perhaps you feel better if I tell you how my husband tried to cook soup. He managed to burn water... More than 1 liter of water vaporized, only the chalk on the bottom of the pot was left and it started to make cracking noises. So about 1 hour after starting to cook soup he heard said noises while sitting at his computer and started to boil the water again. With the same result. Now we have an electric waterboiler that shuts itself off as soon as the water is boiling (after he nearly melted our first one that did NOT switch itself off).

You see, you are not the only person that hast troubles focusing on boiling water ;P

caffienekitty October 25 2009, 08:06:49 UTC

I haven't quite done one that bad yet, but nearly

phoenix_rose_up October 25 2009, 13:38:09 UTC

i have! i also have the auto-boil shut off ones..

yeah decided it was a good idea when i boiled a pot of water for cooking pasta bare... pan is still scorched ;)

aescu October 25 2009, 14:04:08 UTC

You see, there's still hope for you :)

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caffienekitty October 25 2009, 10:34:40 UTC

If we could focus, we could take over the world. *nods*

anniehow October 25 2009, 12:03:41 UTC

You use water? I heat up milk for hot chocolate :D

Ah, at least you had the excuse of not having the whistle! Once my mom put the kettle on and managed to ignore/block out the whistle for like, five full minutes. I was in the shower and ended up getting out, all panicky, and rushing down to the kitchen, where she was knitting, calm as you please, with the damn thing screaming five feet away!

caffienekitty October 25 2009, 19:44:46 UTC

You use water? I heat up milk for hot chocolate :D

I nearly burn water, I think it's probably best I leave milk alone. ;-) Besides, it's kind of an 'all in one' mix.

ficwriter1966 October 25 2009, 15:22:33 UTC

Eeeeek! Eeeeek! I'm glad that had a happy ending, CK. I've never done that with a kettle (or a soup pot) but I used to have a warm-air humidifier that didn't turn off when it was out of water. First time it worked itself down past empty, I FREAKED. Got rid of it asap.

Added note: I agree with Anniehow. MILK for the hot chocolate. Tastes so much better. *nods*

caffienekitty October 25 2009, 19:46:49 UTC

Added note: I agree with Anniehow. MILK for the hot chocolate. Tastes so much better. *nods*

I add milk after sometimes, but heating milk is rather beyond me. Also hot milk tends to give me heartburn, not sure why.