Burnt Eggs??!!
Okay, so I’m trying to eat enough protein lately (to keep up with Joey44) so I was boiling some eggs the other night to have for the next day. I put them on and set the timer on my oven. I decided to go ahead and take a bath while I waited. In the meantime, my husbands notices the timer on and turns it off (the cooktop is separate from the oven and he thought it somehow got left on for no reason) About an hour later, I’m already in bed and hear some popping noises (sounds like someone hitting the window) So, I try to get my hubby to go check. He, of course, says Oh, its nothing just the kids in the kitchen. So, I wait a little while and hear it again. I decide to go check myself … then, he gets up cause he can’t let me go alone lol Yeah, you guessed it… eggs all over the kitchen! Have you ever smelled burnt eggs? Took me 30 min to clean it all up and the whole house smelled like burnt eggs the next morning! ugh!!! It’s really hard to eat them after that smell!! Guess I am now officially the worst cook ever!!!
September 11, 2008 at 9:48 am
When I was a kid, this happened to one of my Aunts and I was there to see it. She started to boil eggs for a picnic, then decided we’d go to Mickey D’s and the zoo instead. Well, she forgot to turn off the stove and all the water boiled out. When we got home after being out for over two hours, the entire house was full of smoke/smell and there were only pieces of egg shell left in the pot! Stink, stank, stunk! Almost 30 years and I still remember that funk!
September 11, 2008 at 10:00 am
I had to laugh when I saw your blog. Tho I’m sure it wasn’t funny at the time. Same thing happened a long time ago and like you I was in the tub. I remember hearing the popping noises and thought my husband was making popcorn. The sound continued too long so it hit me that wasn’t popcorn. I peaked my head out of the bathroom and lo and behold, pieces of eggs were flying in all directions! Literally! The aftermath…I let him clean it up!
September 11, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Oh yeah, been there done that. Been burning a lot of chicken lately, because I keep forgetting about it.
Your problem: I have a voodoo doll of my own.
September 11, 2008 at 5:36 pm
Well I guess you now know you can’t do both,lol.
September 12, 2008 at 6:26 am
ROFL!!!
So, you and my wife would get along great! She burns stuff all the time! But I don’t understand the whole getting in the bath thing… I mean, what - it takes like 12-15 min to boil eggs? You can’t wait that long? And then I saw the comment from momof8…. what is it with you women taking baths while you cook? maybe your busbands should install a tub in the kitchen! LOL - wait, actually, that could be kinda sexy…
September 27, 2008 at 5:44 am
LMAO!!! Hilarious.
September 30, 2008 at 10:40 pm
I did the same thing one year around easter time. It was horrible, egg in the celing, under the exhaust hood in every crack….absolutely every where! The smell took weeks to completely go away… I am actually glad to hear that it has happend to others. Take care! Good luck with eggs in the future
October 21, 2008 at 10:45 am
Have to say….never burned boiled eggs b4, but I did almost burn the house down cooking some bacon….I had to go to the bathroom, so I turned the eye until it clicked (thought I had turned it off, but instead turned it on HI)….Came back from the bathroom with flames to the ceiling!! Wife won’t let me live that one down - I think I’d rather clean up eggs than black soot for months!! I guess that’s what I get for trying to eat porK!
October 22, 2008 at 11:40 am
to continue w/ Joey44’s comment - yeah, bathtubs in the kitchen, as long as no salads are made in the shower (see Kramer on Seinfeld - lol)
October 24, 2008 at 6:41 pm
lol. I’ve burned waters, so don’t feel to bad
October 31, 2008 at 7:11 am
interesting, i’ll be back later
December 9, 2008 at 7:36 am
I did this once….under some different circumstances..
The smell is really bad…glad you caught it before a fire started!
December 26, 2008 at 11:29 pm
Trust me, I win hands down as the worst cook. I’ve burnt bread, fish fillets (someone thought they were roof shingles), rice….
Fortunately, I can’t smell (or is that unfortunately?)