Kitchen mishap.
October 8th, 2006
The recipe said “keep the steaks warm after cooking.” So we placed a casserole on top of an extremely low flame, ready for the meat when it came out of the pan.
A few minutes later we were greeted with an impossibly loud BANG, and several hundred tiny blocks of blue Pyrex™ scattered around the kitchen. The casserole dish had diced itself from the heat.
Our entire kitchen—the floors, countertops, mixing cups—looked a bit like the bottom half-inch of an aquarium, filled with decorative blue glass pellets. (Sorry, no photos of that; we had to clean quickly to avoid spoiling the meal.)
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5 Responses to “Kitchen mishap.”
Holy crap! Are you guys okay? No cuts etc? At least the thing was clean and dry, no foody bits flying all over.
(Dan Aykroyd? Ghostbusters II…?)
comment posted at 12:25 am on 09 Oct 2006
Yeah, we’re fine, no cuts. I was in the blast-shadow of the large saucepan that sat on the burner between me and the site of the explosion.
And, no, Dan Aykroyd, President of Mainway Toys (including “Bag O’ Glass”).
comment posted at 6:58 am on 09 Oct 2006
Pyrex does that?! OMG, all the years I thought I was safe in the kitchen with Pyrex at least!
(Gawd, a math question?! Hope I got it right. :p)
comment posted at 1:44 am on 12 Oct 2006
Well, real pyrex is borosilicate, which changes shape less under heat and is therefore safer to use over open flame (remember chemistry class?). Apparently consumer products currently marketed under the Pyrex brand aren’t borosilicate anymore, so they (like this dish) are unsafe for use on a burner.
comment posted at 10:16 am on 12 Oct 2006
Well, on the bright side, you can make extra-special “Shards O’Glass” popsicles, using your everyday ice cube tray, or a special freezer form from Tupperware. http://www.shardsoglass.com/
comment posted at 9:23 am on 26 Oct 2006