My whole house smells like smoke!
By speakeasy
@speakeasy (4171)
United States
July 14, 2010 3:36pm CST
My husband decided to make a snack; so, he popped some corn dogs in the microwave and set the timer. Next thing I knew, I smelled smoke.
Come to find out, my husband misread the directions and set the microwave for 8 minutes instead of the minute and a half the directions said. This was actually the time it took to deep fry them from a frozen state!
Since, I knew he had made them before with no problem, I asked him if he didn't realize something was wrong and he said he "thought it sounded strange" but he was just "following the directions".
Now my house and everything in smells like burned corndogs! Well, I guess that is better than burned popcorn; but, not much better!
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12 responses
@Gorillafootprints925 (3586)
• United States
14 Jul 10
That is funny. I preheated the oven and I didn't know that there were things inside it. There were plastics and a bowl of leftover food. After a few minutes it started smoking. The plastic melted and got burnt, nothing happened to the bowl with leftovers. The hard thing is to clean it up. The plastic stinks and the oven smells like plastic.The plastic is very sticky and very hard to remove. Well, I learned my lesson. Check your oven for safety before preheating it.
@GardenGerty (157813)
• United States
15 Jul 10
I have not done that with plastics, but with pans either clean or with a little oil in them. I hate that when it happens.
@Gorillafootprints925 (3586)
• United States
17 Jul 10
It's not white people food so we don't put it the fridge. The plastics were food containers with food in them.
@speakeasy (4171)
• United States
18 Jul 10
I have occasionally left pans in the stove and forgotten; but, not plastic. How did you finally manage to get the burned plastic out and off the racks? That must have been really difficult!
@teenymarie (107)
• United States
15 Jul 10
Yuck! My husband doesn't know how to cook unless you give him step by step directions. When he was younger (like high school age) he used to call his mom to get instructions on making mac n cheese even though he made it almost every day for an entire summer. He just wanted to make sure he didn't do it wrong lol! Yesterday he was at home with the kids while I was running errands and he called to ask how to make tea. God love him. :)
@speakeasy (4171)
• United States
18 Jul 10
Normally, he can handle the simple things: salads, sandwiches, burgers, tv dinners, etc. This time, his brain just took a "time out" and we all suffered the consequences.
@coffeeshot (3783)
• Australia
15 Jul 10
Haha 'following the directions' hey. I think sometimes men can lack common sense in the cooking department. At least he was making his own snack instead of asking you to do it! I'm sure he will learn a valuable lesson from this. The smell of burned food can be so strong! It just sticks around for ages and all you can do is open all the windows and air the house out haha. Have fun!
@speakeasy (4171)
• United States
18 Jul 10
Unfortunately, I had to go to work just a few hours later and even though I showered; I was still smelling burned corn dogs my entire shift!
@woodman321123 (356)
• China
15 Jul 10
Your hushand is so funny . But I suggest he must read directions so carefully later or maybe bring a big trouble to your house again . Do you agree with my thoughts ?
@speakeasy (4171)
• United States
18 Jul 10
Well, I think I convinced him to double check the instructions any time there is any doubt in his mind. He has made them in the microwave before and he admitted he thought it was an awful long time; but, he didn't double check. Hopefully, he will in the future.
@edwardjoy2000 (2387)
• United Arab Emirates
15 Jul 10
hahaha...i think that will smell odd. Even Thomas Alva Edison tried some experiments like this. He put the his wrist watch in water insted of the egg and was waiting for it to boil. When his wife was back from market she saw the egg still on the table and his wrist watch in the pan.
@speakeasy (4171)
• United States
18 Jul 10
Well, hopefully, this is one "experiment" he will not try again soon!
@romartinez03 (94)
• Philippines
15 Jul 10
That's funny that he turned the whole house into smoke. We had that same incident before but it was popcorn. I really don't like the smell. We opened the windows and turned on the electric fans so that the smoke will get out.
@speakeasy (4171)
• United States
18 Jul 10
That is what we had to do. I also had to reshower because that smoke smell was all over me, in my hair, on on my clothes; and, even then, I still smelled smoke all through my shift at work!
@GardenGerty (157813)
• United States
15 Jul 10
He was so hungry he could not think straight.
It may take a day or two to get the smell to freshen up. At least he did not start a fire with them. That would be awful. I think all of us have brain farts from time to time.
It may take a day or two to get the smell to freshen up. At least he did not start a fire with them. That would be awful. I think all of us have brain farts from time to time.@speakeasy (4171)
• United States
18 Jul 10
Actually, I am still getting whiffs of burned corndogs and time I am close to the microwave; but, they are getting fainter.
Even, though he did not start a fire, there was smoke coming out of the microwave!
@GardenGerty (157813)
• United States
15 Jul 10
He was so hungry he could not think straight. It may take a day or two to get the smell to freshen up. At least he did not start a fire with them. That would be awful. I think all of us have brain farts from time to time.
It may take a day or two to get the smell to freshen up. At least he did not start a fire with them. That would be awful. I think all of us have brain farts from time to time.
and awful to get rid of.
@jennyze (7029)
• Indonesia
15 Jul 10
Men, you can't leave him for a second in your kitchen. Once my partner put a glass bowl of veggies on a stove and it broke to pieces. I asked him why did he do it. He said he saw in TV that you can cook anything in a glass bowl. I told him it's not just any glass bowl, but the one specially made to heat resistance.
@speakeasy (4171)
• United States
18 Jul 10
Unfortunately, I have to leave him in the kitchen by himself sometimes. Both of us work shifts and our days off don't always match. Most of the time he can handle simple things - tv dinners, sandwiches, burgers, etc. This time, he blew it!
@yasmine857 (2)
• Egypt
15 Jul 10
when your house got filled with smoke, just try to bring a wet towel, and start waving it in the air, it works vary nicely for me, I always forget my deep frier on, because I keep doing so many tasks togeather
@speakeasy (4171)
• United States
18 Jul 10
I have forgotten to turn off the deep fryer myself a time or two; but, I always discovered it before it started to smoke. I will have to remember your trick with the wet towel if it happens again.
@andrew88 (13)
• United States
15 Jul 10
well he must not know what ehe is doing you know how that goes but hell who cares really i just playing with you what you need to from now own is tell him that he do not know how to cook
and he needs to stay away from the kitecn for real this time dont let him slide
