So...I'm a little accident prone :-) Here is what happened:
The scene opens with Ellie eating happily in her highchair, Tyler...doing something. I go to get something out of the oven and I drop the oven mitt in the oven! Much to my surprise, it bursts into flames!
Me: Tyler! Tyler! Come quick! Fire!!!
Tyler: (comes in and assess the situation, starts rummaging)
Me: What do I do?? (Closes the oven. Realizes that that doesn't cut the air off. Opens the oven back up to an even bigger fire)
Tyler: (Still rummaging)
Me: (Thinking about throwing water in the oven. Realizes that this is not a good idea.) Do I put flour on it?!?!? What are you looking for???
Tyler: The tongs!
Me: (Thinking, "I don't think the salad tongs will work in the situation!" Then realizes he means the grill tongs!) They are right there!
Tyler: (Extracts blazing remnants and tosses them into the sink)
Disaster averted.
Shouldn't oven mitts at least be flame retardant?? This one acted as if it were doused in gasoline! Truth be told, this isn't the first time I have caught an oven mitt on fire. I am thinking of investing in some of those silicone oven mitts :-)
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Oh dear! I'm glad everything is ok!
that is crazy! in WI i was boiling water to make some tea and after a while i wondered why i wasn't hearing the whistling from the kettle and i went in and saw a lot of smoke -- turns out i turned on the wrong burner and i had an oven mit on it that burned up as well as the burner cover turning black -- no flames thankfully -- just lots of smoke --
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