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Another burn!
"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> Although this did leave a hideous mess, I don't think my body sustained
> too much damage. Could have been way worse! I can't even begin to
> explain how this happened either. Except that I know that I was trying to
> do too much in a short amount of time.
>
> Person who lives here had oral surgery on Friday and is not progressing as
> we had hoped. Can't open her jaw due to the swelling so most of what is
> on the list of suggested foods will not work. And is having stomach
> issues from the pain meds. Then to top it all off, husband was having
> some sort of car trouble that turned out to be really nothing. He didn't
> tell me what it was that Les Schwab found to be the cause but bottom line
> is that due to that, he didn't bring home the promised milkshake for
> toothless.
>
> So... I had to go get the milkshake. Came home and all seemed calm. Went
> out to the garage to get things ready for the guy who is coming later this
> week to do a dump run for me. Things like the broken artificial Christmas
> tree and many Styrofoam coolers and ice packs from my insulin. And while
> I was finishing this up, I began to get dinner started for husband.
>
> Put three breaded chicken breasts (Schwan's) in the freezer, put the water
> on to boil for pasta, in my large, oval, Rachael Ray pot, then put the
> Marinara on to heat. And no, he did not eat all three.
>
> Things seemed to be going well until I took the chicken out. I had
> already moved the pasta over to the pot of sauce when husband began asking
> about dinner. And once again, I didn't listen to that little voice in my
> head that told me that I should have dumped the hot pasta water down the
> sink and left the pot there while I put the Provolone on the chicken. And
> that's where it all went wrong.
>
> Although the oven was off, I didn't feel like sticking my head in there to
> put the cheese on because I was feeling a bit warm from all of the garage
> activity. So I removed the pan and set it on top of the pasta pot.
> Should have been fine as I didn't really take the time to get the correct
> sized pan and had used a large, lipped cookie sheet because it was already
> sitting in the dish drainer.
>
> I turned to get the cheese. Turned back when three slices of the
> Provolone when it all went very badly. Happened so very fast! Saw the
> Rachael Ray pan come flying at me along with the pan that the chicken was
> on. This is what I do not understand. What would have caused that nearly
> full pan of water to come off of of the stove? Now I suppose it is
> possible that in my haste, I somehow didn't have it squarely on the burner
> but I can't see how. I have a big scoop that I use to remove the pasta
> from the water so the pan never left the stove.
>
> Anyway... The upshot of this was that my feet, legs and the floor became
> drenched with near boiling water. I knew that Jazzy (cat) was in the
> kitchen on a barstool but didn't know where Jetta was and I didn't want
> them getting into the boiling water.
>
> I think what saved me was that I had on my Daniel Green slipper boos that
> I am not supposed to wear. They are thick and lined with faux fur. I put
> them on because I felt cold but my podiatrist said I shouldn't wear them.
> I won't bother to get into why but I am sure glad that I had those on now!
> Also a very thick and very loose pair of sweat pants. So the thick fabric
> and thick boots seemed to keep most of the water from my skin. Of course
> I leapt to dry floor and stripped the pants and boots off right away.
>
> I also have three throw rugs in the kitchen and the two largest ones
> soaked up most of the water. And thankfully each one had a dry end so
> they could be grabbed and hauled outside quickly.
>
> Although my feet feel like they have been burned, I don't see any damage
> to the skin and the skin feels cold to the touch. Most likely that
> sensation is due to my neuropathy or something.
>
> I am beginning to dread the oven! Thankfully the toothless one was able
> to help me for a few minutes to make sure the cats didn't get burned and
> to get the mess cleaned up.
>
> I guess on the plus side, I won't have to use the floor steamer on the
> part of the kitchen! But what in the heck!? This is three burns I have
> gotten in about a month's time! And I am not usually one who gets burned.
> I am just glad that I was dressed as I was. If my husband had brought the
> milkshake home like he was supposed to have, I wouldn't have bothered to
> get dressed and I would have just had a knit nightshirt on. That would
> have been bad!
>
> And thankfully I had more chicken in the freezer.
>
> Now off to the kitchen to make some rice. Hopefully I can do that right.
> I am going to have to really overcook it and put a lot of extra liquid in
> there because poor toothless can't seem to manage anything that requires
> any amount of chewing. She was able to do chicken and noodle soup after I
> took the immersion blender to it but her poor stomach can't seem to handle
> much in the way of food right now.
OMG!!!!
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