You would be wrong.
Here are two things you need to know before I share the story.
- I frequently turn on the wrong burner while cooking or heating up my tea kettle. Apparently, I am not alone.
- This is the real verbiage from the PYREX Safety and Usage Instructions Web page:
WARNINGS
FAILURE TO FOLLOW THE WARNINGS BELOW MAY RESULT IN PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, OR MAY CAUSE YOUR GLASSWARE TO BREAK OR SHATTER IMMEDIATELY OR LATER.DO NOT Use On or Under a Flame or Other Direct Heat Source, including on a stovetop, under a broiler, on a grill or in a toaster oven.
OK, now we can proceed. And you probably know where this is headed.
This is what my baking dish looked like before Joe decided to have a cup of hot chocolate:
This is what 1/4th of the dish looked like after he turned on the front burner instead of the back one:
Joe was standing by the stove when it happened and I heard it from our living room. Since I have an overactive imagination and fear for my family's safety about 99 percent of the time, I was sure someone shot him through the kitchen window and had my finger pressed on my phone's "9" button as I ran to the kitchen. (Any guesses what I was dialing??)I really can't describe to you the boom of the explosion, Joe's stunned expression, the glass shards melting into the linoleum floor, the walls literally punctured with glass, the glass slivers and chunks EVERYWHERE, my relief when I realized Joe was fine and my gratefulness that Madeline was in her crib.
If you look real close, you can see glass punctured in the sweet potatoes that were sitting in the dish before the explosion:
Joe swears his ninja-sharp reflexes kicked in during the explosion and this was his reenactment:
And yes, when glass explodes with the force of the atomic bomb, it will wake up your sleeping daughter. She was thrilled to be up. We weren't quite as happy with it.
Once the shock wore off, Joe started cleaning, I snapped pictures and afterwards we enjoyed our hot chocolate. By heating the water in the microwave.
9 comments:
Wow! Proof those warnings are very valid. Glad everyone is ok. Sad that you probably had to toss your potatoes in fear of biting into chunks of glass.
I love Pyrex, especially of the vintage variety, because it cooks everything so evenly. Back in my college days, when I was wreckless and did not heed warnings, I exploded a hot piece by running it under cold water.
I'm pretty sure that there may still be a piece or two adhered to the vinyl floor of that kitchen.
I know what I'm getting you for Chrismas...5 new pyrex dishes. I have turned on the wrong bruner before too. My incident resulted in a minor, MINOR fire. I had lemon bars in an 8 x 8 pyrex (go figure) covered with foil. The kitchen smelled burnt with a nice hint of lemon. I did in fact lose my damage deposit on the apartment I was in at the time :(
Wow...Joe's moves almost look as good as his popping dance moves :-)
1st: *somber mood* I am glad you all are ok
2nd: hahahahahahahahahaahahahaha
3rd: Seriously, you have the best stories!
4th: T-minus 3 days until Thanksgiving madness
Oh gosh. Way to have a humorous view of it. I would still be crying from the shock of it and the fear that my sweet husband could've been KILLED! :)
I would personally like to see a side by side comparison of ninja kicking forms from your State Fair Karate exhibition and my defense against the Dark Shards kicking. This is potentially some great blogging material.....
You should send those pictures into Pyrex. They can add it to their warning with a note that says "See, we weren't kidding."
Oh my gosh! I had a very, very similar thing happen just about a month ago when cooking salmon. I sprayed a little lemon juice on the fish and BAM! PYREX explodes in million pieces in the oven. I was in shock! Glad to hear I'm not the only one whose had a exploding PYREX incident.
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