What's the worst you've had?

Today, I made a buffalo burger and oiled it and tossed it on a teflon pan on
high heat (wasn't thinking) and sat to watch the tube. Even with two exhaust
fans running, it stunk up the place in a minute. Probably two days of stink
left to go.

Your most recent?

Andy

Andy <q> wrote in message
...
> What's the worst you've had?
> [snip]
> Your most recent?

This morning's breakfast of cinnamon toast in the oven. My
"bagel toasting" Hamilton Beach gave up its ghost after a
measly 6 months of moderate use. Ever adaptable, I turned to my
GE Profile double oven and cranked up the broil to high.

As the oven heated, I prepped the slices of bread and popped
'em in, closed the door, and set the time for "3 minutes." I
then went over to the dining room table and started reading my
latest "Food&Wine."

I was pleasantly sipping at my coffee, totally engrossed in the
article, when the fire alarm started to blare... Smoked
billowed throughout the first floor and siphoned up the stairs
to the second...

I pulled the unrecognizably charred remains of bread out and
pulled open the front door to allow some air to circulate in
and smoke to escape out. I looked at the time and saw that it
was still flashing "3 minutes" -- because I'd forgotten to
press "start" afterwards. <sigh>

It's now 2:00 PST and I can still taste the smoke from that
experience.

Yuck!

Thank the gahds they enjoy a good laugh and thus protect those
futures so nicely...

The Ranger

Andy wrote:
> What's the worst you've had?
>
> Today, I made a buffalo burger and oiled it and tossed it on a teflon pan on
> high heat (wasn't thinking) and sat to watch the tube. Even with two exhaust
> fans running, it stunk up the place in a minute. Probably two days of stink
> left to go.
>
> Your most recent?
>
> Andy
Andy: Cut thin slices of onion, put them on a piece of aluminum foil and
set around where needed. Seems to take the stink of burned food and/or
paint right out of the air.

George

George Shirley said...

> Andy wrote:
>> What's the worst you've had?
>>
>> Today, I made a buffalo burger and oiled it and tossed it on a teflon
>> pan on high heat (wasn't thinking) and sat to watch the tube. Even with
>> two exhaust fans running, it stunk up the place in a minute. Probably
>> two days of stink left to go.
>>
>> Your most recent?
>>
>> Andy
> Andy: Cut thin slices of onion, put them on a piece of aluminum foil and
> set around where needed. Seems to take the stink of burned food and/or
> paint right out of the air.
>
> George


George,

I'm game. Any onion or whick kind?

Andy

Andy wrote:
> George Shirley said...
>
>> Andy wrote:
>>> What's the worst you've had?
>>>
>>> Today, I made a buffalo burger and oiled it and tossed it on a teflon
>>> pan on high heat (wasn't thinking) and sat to watch the tube. Even with
>>> two exhaust fans running, it stunk up the place in a minute. Probably
>>> two days of stink left to go.
>>>
>>> Your most recent?
>>>
>>> Andy
>> Andy: Cut thin slices of onion, put them on a piece of aluminum foil and
>> set around where needed. Seems to take the stink of burned food and/or
>> paint right out of the air.
>>
>> George
>
>
> George,
>
> I'm game. Any onion or whick kind?
>
> Andy
I always just used a white onion, the bigger the better.

George

George Shirley wrote:
> Andy wrote:
>> What's the worst you've had?
>>
>> Today, I made a buffalo burger and oiled it and tossed it on a teflon
>> pan on high heat (wasn't thinking) and sat to watch the tube. Even
>> with two exhaust fans running, it stunk up the place in a minute.
>> Probably two days of stink left to go.
>>
>> Your most recent?
>>
>> Andy
> Andy: Cut thin slices of onion, put them on a piece of aluminum foil and
> set around where needed. Seems to take the stink of burned food and/or
> paint right out of the air.
>
> George

Does it leave the smell of onion in its place?

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

Janet Wilder wrote:
> George Shirley wrote:
>> Andy wrote:
>>> What's the worst you've had?
>>>
>>> Today, I made a buffalo burger and oiled it and tossed it on a teflon
>>> pan on high heat (wasn't thinking) and sat to watch the tube. Even
>>> with two exhaust fans running, it stunk up the place in a minute.
>>> Probably two days of stink left to go.
>>>
>>> Your most recent?
>>>
>>> Andy
>> Andy: Cut thin slices of onion, put them on a piece of aluminum foil
>> and set around where needed. Seems to take the stink of burned food
>> and/or paint right out of the air.
>>
>> George
>
> Does it leave the smell of onion in its place?
>
Strangely enough it doesn't. I think the odors neutralize each other.

George Shirley wrote:
> Janet Wilder wrote:
>> George Shirley wrote:
>>> Andy wrote:
>>>> What's the worst you've had?
>>>>
>>>> Today, I made a buffalo burger and oiled it and tossed it on a
>>>> teflon pan on high heat (wasn't thinking) and sat to watch the tube.
>>>> Even with two exhaust fans running, it stunk up the place in a
>>>> minute. Probably two days of stink left to go.
>>>>
>>>> Your most recent?
>>>>
>>>> Andy
>>> Andy: Cut thin slices of onion, put them on a piece of aluminum foil
>>> and set around where needed. Seems to take the stink of burned food
>>> and/or paint right out of the air.
>>>
>>> George
>>
>> Does it leave the smell of onion in its place?
>>
> Strangely enough it doesn't. I think the odors neutralize each other.


Thanx. I'll try that tonight. I'm making stuffed peppers.

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

"Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
> What's the worst you've had?
>
> Today, I made a buffalo burger and oiled it and tossed it on a teflon pan
> on
> high heat (wasn't thinking) and sat to watch the tube. Even with two
> exhaust
> fans running, it stunk up the place in a minute. Probably two days of
> stink
> left to go.
>
> Your most recent?
>

2 pounds of jumbo shrimp - the shells. Left them in a plastic bag and
tossed them into the trash and forgot about them. Whew! Even the cats were
holding their noses.

Paul

Andy wrote:
> What's the worst you've had?
>
> Today, I made a buffalo burger and oiled it and tossed it on a teflon pan on
> high heat (wasn't thinking) and sat to watch the tube. Even with two exhaust
> fans running, it stunk up the place in a minute. Probably two days of stink
> left to go.
>
> Your most recent?
>
> Andy


Not the most recent, but the most memorable: Burnt broccoli. Cabbage
is pretty bad too, and easier to burn.

Bob