It's Not Burned...It's Cajun style...

I started a grease fire frying chicken when i was in my early twenties. I burned down the curtains and still have a scar on the inside of my right arm. I did know to put salt on it to get it out unfortunately by the time i got the stove out the curtains were in full flame! I did get it all out but to this day if I fry ANYTHING it is deep fried or bought because i still refuse to use a frying pan with hot oil. After all i still have that scar as a reminder of what a moments inattention can cause.

Thats funny...cajun style cooking....I've fed my husband cajun cooking a time or two..lol.. He doesn't ever complain tho, even when I burn the toast, he says he likes dark toast, its alright. He said he grew up eating burnt toast because his mom would always burn it, he said you could hear her in the kitchen scraping the burnt part off..lol. All I can say is NEVER leave the kitchen if your cooking, it never fails everytime, something will burn. I've never had a big kitchen fire, knock on wood, but I did catch my dishtowel on fire one time, when I was taking something out of the oven, it just started flaming up, and I dropped the pan I was getting out of there, and the flame getting bigger, I was hollering the whole time..lol. My husband finally came running in there to see what was going on, and he grabbed the towel from me and threw it in the sink..lol. He said thats why they make oven mitts and pot holders....haha.

I have not had any fires, thanks to God! I do have a fire extinguisher. I did hear for a grease fire you throw flour on it. Water will only make it bigger. But you got your out, good going. Thats funny cajun style cookies. LOL

I have had several kitchen fires, me and a stove just does not go together.

My former roomie twice ingnited something on a friend's range - I had to use her fire extiguisher to put it out! I'm not one to burn stuff willingly, I think it ruins food, but she is always wanting stuff burned. I've read that char can cause cancer, so burned stuff isn't on my list of things I want to eat....

Hey twoey! How bout some of those cajun style cookies! lol I always get confused about which fires you throw water on and which ones you don't! I know the electrical ones you'd better not throw water on! I think the grease ones too! But, when I see fire, I throw water! I have had my share of almost setting the house on fire! I'm either buring the towel that almost catches the cabinets on fire or the oven grease that makes the flames almost hit the cabinets! And I don't have a fire extinguisher! And you sure know that I should! I am dangerous in the kitchen! I am also the cajun cooking queen! And the funny things is that I have never been taught a thing about cajun cooking either! So move over Twoey, I got some nice cajun cake for your hubby!

Well I had never thought to look at it from that point of view..hmm.. I make Cajun cookies all the time then I usually burn or overcook my first batch every time. I put out fires with baking soda or salt. Usually baking soda though. It works well. I have a electric stove and would never throw water on it for fear of electrocution later when I had to clean it up.

Here is one tipe for you: Most kitchen fires start because of heating fat or oil. As oil gets hotter at first it smokes a bit, if it gets hotter it bursts into flame. To extinguish a fat fire cover it with a fire blanket or damp cloth and turn off the gas or power. You can use foam of powder extinguishers but NEVER use water. Do not try to carry the burning pan!

I am lucky that I have never had one! I think you put out a grease fire with baking soda or by smothering it with a lid or wet dishtowel....most people don't have fire extinguishers that I know of....but we probably should!

My son caught a eye on fire.It was a grease fire,I put it out by smothering it out with a dish towel.That is the only way I know to put out a stove fire.It is the only way I have ever used,and it worked.

I know enough to use baking soda to put out greese fires as water would cause them to just burn more fiercely. I know that turning off the power and covering things helps put out electrical fires and that water works well for most other fires. I told you about my worst fire experience in you other discussion.

I had a bacon grease fire once twoey. I also had the exhaust fan running and it sucked the flame up and shot it out the front! I always cook with a lid nearby and Thank God for that cause I put the lid on and was able to flip the switch on the fan. The lid put the flame out. When I opened it I was ready with salt and dumped it just to be safe. Never put water on a grease fire and always have a lid for the pan nearby

I had just had my second daughter and I was completely exhausted. My husband and I had been sleeping in four hour shifts through the night because she had a habit of quitting breating and we were terrified so someone was awake with her even if just watching her sleep 24/7. I was getting ready to boil some water and turned the burner on and sat back on the couch with her in my arms. Suddenly, hubby started yelling or my other daughter adn I looked up to see my stove in flames. I ran over there (baby still in arms) to assess the problem and saw that I had turned on the wrong burner and instead lit up my avent sterilizer for her bottles. There was melting plastic on fire all over the stove. We beat it with an oven mit for a minute then found some long tongs to grab it and put in the sink under some running water. We were very fortunate in that there was no real damage to anything but the steralizer but it sure was scary. I think I didn't cook on the stove for a few months and now I scrutinize everything. I still burn my food, but nothing else, so far... P.S. I think the cajun style everything is absolutely genious. I'll tell my hubby that if you don't mind... Maybe he will learn to like burnt food....

This is funny i love the whole it's not burned it's Cajun!And the cookie thing,ha ha,that's great!Oh, and your stove...very high tech!It puts it's own fire out!!Okay here is some advice,i too have done the Cajun style if you will,if it's a grease fire,never,never put water on it!Use salt,Lot's of salt!But if i were you,and me,we should have fire extinguishers in our kitchens.lol

Years ago I had a meatloaf in the oven when the heating element suddenly overheated, and I believe there were sparks and flames coming from my stove. I called the fire dept, and they came and disconnected the plug in the back of my stove and pulled out my burnt meatloaf which by that time looked like a big black lump. I was pretty scared, and made the kids all go outside, and I was afraid to get near the stove myself until the fire dept. came.

I do not have to do that! I would use baking soda if I did have to put out a fire. Barbecued foods also have burnt style covering on them.

I had a good laugh over this one. Cajun style cookies lol. Good one though. Cajun style sounds yummy, making me hungry. Making me think of blackened salmon salad or blackened fettucinni.

The worse kitchen fire I ever had was when I rented this great small apartment in the middle of Port of Spain with an old stove the landlord said was in good condition. When I decided to try it out I couldn't put up or down the burners all the lines from the gas tank had leaks and the only way I could get the fires out was to hurriedly disconnect the gas tank from the stove. I ended up with singed eyebrows and all the hair on my hands were burnt off. The stove was dumped and I used a hotplate for months. I had grease fires more than once and that scares the craps out of me because water and suchlike doesn't necessarily put out the fire which could be reaching high in the air. I wouldn't mind trying cajun cookies though. I have a liking for toasted bread-type things.

Hi ya twoey68 I can honestly say that I have never had to need to put a fire out in the kitchen as yet. I dare say that I have burnt food before now to the point that it is beyond consumption! I have 3 kids in the house and no other adult so I make sure I am extra careful!

Never had a kitchen fire... knock on wood.