Burnt lunch anyone?
@Anne88 (323)
Canlubang, Philippines
April 23, 2018 9:36pm CST
I forgot that I was heating our food for lunch a while ago. I went up to our room to teach English to my students while the stove was on. My son was knocking and said there was a bad smell coming from the kitchen. That was when I remembered what I have done.
I am getting forgetful these days. I am so busy. Because of that we will be having canned food for lunch.
Has this ever happened to you?
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
24 Apr 18
i'm glad he alerted you to it. it's going to be hard cleaning the pot or pan you used. try opening windows to air out the smell.
the worst i did was let a kettle of water boil and evaporate until it was empty.
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There is ni risk of spreading fire.
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
25 Apr 18
when i cook the rice for the dogs in the stove, sometimes i forget to lower the fire, and it gets a bit burnt. i have my first aid though so there is no burnt rice at the bottom of the pot
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
27 Apr 18
@Anne88 it is actually my sister's "first aid" when we know the bottom of the pot is already burnt or nearly charred.
i dip the pot on a basin of cold water, or tap water from the faucet, to cool down the hot bottom surface of the pot. there is the "ksssstt" sound of the water, and i leave the pot with the bottom submerged to the water. more often than not, the burnt rice won't be so burnt after all.
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@Anne88 (323)
• Canlubang, Philippines
27 Apr 18
@ridingbet I see. I tried soaking the insides where the burnt food was with water mixed with dishwashing liquid.
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we get distracted while waiting.
@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
24 Apr 18
Yes sometimes hahaha when we had heated something and we are busy with something, then we suddenly smelled something bad and we realized we heated something hahaha
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
24 Apr 18
Yes but it's been a long time, hehehe!!!!
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
24 Apr 18
@Anne88 hehehe!!! Yes that's true
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
24 Apr 18
Not yet coz probably I don't cook. I'm sorry you forgot that you were cooking. Sometimes we get so engrossed in what we're doing that we tend to forget things. However, you must be careful especially with cooking coz you might not only get burnt food, that might be the cause of something more dangerous. You don't want to burn down your whole house.
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@quantum2020 (12040)
• Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
24 Apr 18
It has happened to me and my mother. SOme food has not reached the good cooking time because of forgetting it while doing some other things
@Bhebelen14 (5194)
• Philippines
24 Apr 18
Yup, happened to me once and got busy watching TV series.
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@Anne88 (323)
• Canlubang, Philippines
24 Apr 18
haha. I hope that it won't have to happen to me ever again.
@anamika161088 (11868)
• India
24 Apr 18
I usually forget things like this... Especially when I am preoccupied
@dgobucks226 (34343)
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25 Apr 18
I have had that happen to me when trying to do to many things at once. Burnt food in a pot is hard to clean, ugh.
