Irony is the Shackles of Youth

skylark97

I'm happy to say that the French Onion Soup was not a loss. Very sweet but good with some blue cheese and salt in it. Miome and I decided to toast some bread to go with our soup. We turn the oven on, pop the bread in, and are talking until it's done. It's time for the bread to come out, so my roomie grabs two oven mitts and attempts to take it out. She almost burns a finger, jerks back, and sticks the finger under cold water.

Now here's where things get interesting. When my roomie jerked her hand back she dropped the oven mitt she was holding into the oven and onto the hot coils. So of course it catches on fire. Nice bright orange flames about three inches high. I stare at it for a few seconds in shock, ask if Miome is okay, then promptly ask the stupidest question ever.

Tsaiko: Do you think I should turn the oven off?

Duh! Proof that Tsaiko does not do well in stressful situations. Miome made some affirmative noise then told me to shut the oven. I guess she thought that it would smother the fire. It didn't. Smoke started leaking out of the oven. I turn around and open the drawer. Tongs! We have tongs? Grab the tongs, open the oven, and grab the burning oven mitt. Then I tun to the sink and plunge it into the water. Beat it down for a few seconds to put out all of the fire. Fire iss out, crisis over.

At which point my roomie and I look at each other and promptly fall out laughing.

So now there is a wonderful picture waiting to be developed of me holding the burnt oven mitt triumphantly over the sink with the pair of tongs. When we get it developed I will scan and post this thing. I also swear up and down we are not usually this bad in the kitchen. Really. This is not normal behavior for us.

Now if you excuse me, I have to go burn some chicken nuggets in the microwave ^_^.