Don’t set your kitchen on fire
I learned a couple things today.
First, my wife is more scared of fire then entertained.
Second, an electric stove top can heat a cast iron skillet to the point where pouring corn oil into the pan, the oil will immediately catch fire.
I was making cast iron skillet steak, I had heated the cast iron skillet on high, and then added a little oil to the pan before adding the steaks. This tablespoon or two of oil immediately caught fire with a pop, which drew Brooks attention from the other room. She was not exactly thrilled to see things on fire in the kitchen, but being only a tablespoon of oil, it quickly burnt out on its own. Unlike alcohol, which has a low colorful flame, the oil had a very high bright yellow flame.
As I was finishing up dinner and setting things on the table, I notice the Home Depot list on the table now had a new item, Fire Extinguisher.
Made for an exciting Saturday night. Brook’s steak turned out to be the best she ever had.