I'm Still Shakin'!

 

hi!

 

this afternoon we had a fire in our oven...

 

 

it was 3 pm

&

i thought of the leg of lamb in the fridge

&

decided it was time to start cooking it...

a long slow roast

for dinner tonight.

 

i prepared it

put it in the roasting dish

and in the oven at 160 degrees celsius...

mr t says lamb should be cooked long and slow for max. tenderness.

 

i decided to wash a few glasses and bowls

to clear the benches.

 

about 10 mins after the roast was in the oven,

we noticed smoke building up.

i opened the oven door to see where the smoke was coming from

and thought that it was just a bit of spilled stuff on the oven floor

that would burn off.

 

next minute

flames were spotted inside the oven...

bright swirling and orange!

 

mr t tried to put it out with a teatowel

&

ms s yelled 'put salt on it'.

apparently that normally works

but i only had sea salt in crystals

which when i threw in,

exploded and cracked like mini firecrackers...oh dear!

 

i rummaged in the vacuum cleaner cupboard,

finding the old fireblanket

that we'd always had...just in case.

 

mr t quelled the flames...

meanwhile smoke had filled the kitchen

and the fire alarm had finally gone off

and the oven although switched off was still beeping...

 

i called 000.

i told them the fire was out...

but i wanted them to check that the surrounding cupboards

and wooden weatherboarding outside

was safe and cold.

i didn't want it gently smouldering,

to burst into flames in the middle of the night...

i've seen all those fire documentaries and movies!

 

three big handsome firies came out in their fire engine.

they switched off the oven fuse outside.

with their temperature sensor

they detected 800 degree heat still

so took the oven out so they could check the surrounding wood.

 

all was fine...

thankfully!

 

but

i'm still a bit shaky....

i've had enough adrenaline course through my veins for the whole year...

 

i hope your afternoon was pleasant and even a little boring...

in comparison!

 

naturally Carol xox


p.s..the lamb roast went into the fridge again...i think it will end up as dog food though..if it's good enough!