Comments | missauria: Exploding Salamandars

missauria

Exploding Salamandars

Oct 29, 2007 09:54

Have you ever thought- I'm going to die- why am I not dead? That was me, Saturday afternoon. I was cooking a pre-conquistodor lunch for 80 people, in a kitchen that I had never used before. We had sent out the first course of lunch, and had run into a techinical difficulty. The cornish game hens which were being roasted for the second course had ( Read more... )

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missauria October 29 2007, 17:29:43 UTC

And I now know how to light the salamandar at the mason's hall- aparenlty it steals facial hair from masons regularly. I told my students- this is why you always have to wear your hair back in lab, else you'll look like me!

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lonespark October 29 2007, 17:41:50 UTC

The site safety coordinator in me is running around in circles screaming.

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lonespark October 29 2007, 17:27:22 UTC

That sounds pretty damn scary. I have done that on a much smaller scale myself...no good. Your hair looks cute now, and the feast was sooooo delicious.

acecat13 October 29 2007, 19:35:42 UTC

holy shit! I'm glad you're ok!

I was there! tyrs_adherent October 30 2007, 02:09:27 UTC

And yes, quite disconcerting. However, after I realized missauria was not actually on fire, and the only long term harm was a haircut (and a short term sore hand), it was a quite a relief.

It was a solid 2 days of work, but it seemed to pay off quite well for those preparing and for those enjoying the feast.

random commenter rowanda380 October 30 2007, 13:32:31 UTC

wow, I am glad you are ok!