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How Not to Kill a Pet Rat
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The French Fries Experience
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The French Fries Experience

2008 Reader Submission
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A 31 year old man from Wismar Germany obviously wanted some late night french fries. Around midnight he set up a pot filled with oil to cook. The unfortunate made his first mistake when he fell asleep thus being unable to attend to his prospective meal. His second mistake was, when having been woken up by his pot smouldering he tried to extinguish the burning fat with water in the course of which action he burned his face and his hands. So this story just qualifies for an honorable mention. A couple of years ago my family and me had made a similar experience when our Christmas goose (the dish for Christmas in Germany) caught fire in our gas oven because of dropping fat. Since some photos sent to us by a friend some time ago has made us aware of the result of the unfriendly coexistence of burning fat and water, we turned off the gas put a kitchen towel on fire and goose and were able to devour it unscathed (the goose and ourselves). I would have liked to include one of the photos that had taught us a valuable lesson, but that does not seem to be possible. It shows German firefighters demostrating the effect.

Submitted on 03/09/2008

Submitted by: Dr. Beate Kramer
Reference: www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,540332,00.html

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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
This story sounds very familiar to me but given the date of the article it looks like this is a new one. It sounds like your own experience in cooking with fire turned out ok thanks to the way your family handled that situation. But that fellow from Wismar sure sounds like he deserves an HM to me. Thanks, Beate!


James said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
Glad you & your family figured out the fat-water thing, Beate! The bloke from Wismar obviously didn't, and burning fat CAN do much harm! He too is lucky, but definitely gets a nomination for an HM! Thanks!


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