As per family tradition, I made Jello for Thanksgiving last week. I put a pot of water on the stove to boil and promptly got distracted (probably by kids). About a half hour later, there was a nasty smell because the water had boiled off so the pot overheated and scorched the scale left behind.
Cooking achievement unlocked: burned water.
Most geeks achieve this one in high school or college. I managed to boil all the water off of a pot of macaroni due to c64 distraction … burnt macaroni is pretty nasty.
At least you didn’t turn on the wrong burner and mistakenly heat up a broiler pan with leftover chicken. No one tells you that it’s not a good idea to dump an entire chemical fire extinguisher on a piece of flaming chicken… The firemen had a good laugh! Took a LOOOOOOONG time to clean it up! 🙂
Roger Sacilotto – nice!