20230914-1920. I cannot recall exactly what happened but I was trying to cook something and heated extra virgin olive oil, which is supposed to be healthier than any of the other vegetable oils.
I was distracted in finding and preparing the ingredients, which is supposed to have been completed before firing up the stove for cooking. Lo and behold, I heard and saw huge licks of orange flames rising out from inside the tall stainless steel cookware!
I stood transfixed momentarily, watching the flames beating down its heat upon my face, and thinking quickly what to do next: I had an incoming thought that I should use a metal lid to snuff out the oxygen! (I barely recall from a YouTube video that this is the best method.)
So I opened the wooden cabinet and looked hurriedly for a metal like and thankfully found one and grab it to quickly place it on the growing flames that refuse to be snuffed out!
That’s one fail that I won’t forget. Other cooking fails would be putting too much ground black pepper in my dad’s soup that he coughed. Sometimes, I made his soup too salty and he also coughed. But adding spicy ingredients to his food is a no-no because NOT only did he cough but that gave him pain, like acid reflux.
Another fail would be a Pryex baking dish that exploded inside the oven. I cannot recall what recipe but I should NOT use that OLD glass bakeware for temperatures over 350ºF, for example. I believe it exploded at a higher temperature of 450ºF.