| modom |
But a stupid one.
At lunch today, I got a yen to smoke something. In the smoker. Not a
pipe. So shut up.
I picked up a chicken at the market and set it into a bowl with lemon
juice, soy sauce, and ginger. Then I made a fire in the pit with
pecan twigs that have fallen from the trees in my yard. I got it good
and hot. 475F by the thermometer in the cooking chamber. Hot, like I
said. Then I dumped most of a 10-lb bag of lump charcoal into the
fire box and adjusted the air baffle. When the temperature had
settled at ca. 250F, I set the chicken on the (wiped down) grill in
the cooking chamber and did some yard work. It was about 3 p.m. when
I started cooking the bird.
I covered the chicken neck, the gizzard and the heart with water and
began simmering them on the stove.
I set out some portulacas, I hauled some weeds to a remote corner, I
hung a basket with a bougainvillea (and some volunteer shiso plants),
I sorted through a horrible tangle of four garden hoses (don't ask), I
moved a stack of landscaping bricks, I sprayed the weeds next to the
deck, I hung a hummingbird feeder, I watered the potted plants, I
watered the herbs, I watered the day lilies. Then I stoked the fire
with more twigs and charcoal and went for a swim. It's hot in Cow
Hill. We topped the century mark today. Again.
Again.
After almost cooling down in the pool (water temperature is 78F
today), I peeled a Vidalia onion and sliced some summer squash, salted
them, and set them in the smoker. After they'd smoked at 250F or so
for a time, I hauled them inside and set them in a skillet with fresh
oregano, fresh thyme, olive oil, and the stock from the chicken parts.
I set the pan in the oven at 400F and started a stock again with the
chicken neck. The heart went to the rat terrier; the gizzard to the
dachshund. They were delighted.
I minced three cloves of garlic and about 1/4 serrano chile and put
them into a ramekin with olive oil. I nuked the ramekin on high for
30 seconds. Nuked it again. Then I added the nuked "Mikey-mojo" to
some lemon juice and yogurt, gave it a whisk and called it a sauce for
the smoked chicken. When the squash was done, I hauled the pan out of
the oven, added the second stock, and set it on the biggest burner on
the stove to reduce the stock and cook the onion more..
That's where the stupid part comes in. As I was slicing an avocado, I
noticed that the liquid was about to boil dry. So...I dropped my
knife and grabbed the pan's handle.
It was HOT. Most of its 400F degrees were still present and currently
accounting for themselves.
I had it about three inches above the burner when the pain kicked in.
I couldn't drop it. It would ruin the dinner. Somehow, I was able to
haul it back to the stove top and let it fall. I turned off the heat
and ran cold water over my scorched hand. The cold water came out of
the tap tepid. Hot weather does that, you know. So I got some ice
and plunged it into a bowl in the sink (the one that used to have
chicken and soy sauce in it). I held my hand in the bowl till the ice
melted. I did it again. Again.
Dinner was really good. the chicken was delicious with the sauce and
alone. The avocado and cherry tomatoes in lemon juice and salt were
fine. Especially the avocado. The herbed, smoked and roasted squash
and onion were pretty good, too.
No blisters so far.
I'm going to ice my hand now.
modom
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| Debbie |
modom wrote:
>> But a stupid one.
>>
Not stupid.. but painful. OUCH!
Debbie
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| Puester |
modom wrote:
> But a stupid one.
>
When the squash was done, I hauled the pan out of
> the oven, added the second stock, and set it on the biggest burner on
> the stove to reduce the stock and cook the onion more..
>
> That's where the stupid part comes in. As I was slicing an avocado, I
> noticed that the liquid was about to boil dry. So...I dropped my
> knife and grabbed the pan's handle.
>
> It was HOT. Most of its 400F degrees were still present and currently
> accounting for themselves.
>
> I had it about three inches above the burner when the pain kicked in.
> I couldn't drop it. It would ruin the dinner. Somehow, I was able to
> haul it back to the stove top and let it fall.
>
> I'm going to ice my hand now.
>
>
> modom
OUCH! I have done similar things. Not stupid, just preoccupied.
I hope the pain goes away soon. Benzocaine/lidocaine would help.
gloria p
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| D.Currie |
"modom" <modom@nonkoyote.com> wrote in message
news:p479c15tuosqdpkpegdg36n34lhb67lr38@4ax.com...
> But a stupid one.
>
> No blisters so far.
>
> I'm going to ice my hand now.
>
>
> modom
You were lucky. I managed to dump a pot of boiling water and noodles onto my
foot. The pot missed, but the boling water was a direct hit. Time did this
odd slowing-down thing as I backed up, watching the water coming at me and I
was simultaneously thinking that I didn't want to step in the hot water and
burn the bottom of my feet, and I didn't want the dogs to get to the boiling
water/noodles and I'd better do something about the burn.
And then time was normal again and I was yelping an hopping, and my DH asked
what he could do. I gasped something about cold water, and as he starting
fumbling around looking for a foot-sized bowl, I realized this was going to
take waaaayy too long, so I dashed to the bathroom and momentarily thought
of just plunging the foot into the toilet but had second thoughts about
germs. So I put my foot in the bathroom sink and started running water. Nah,
I didn't blister. Not really, I just peeled layers off. Gawd, did that hurt.
And it was mighty ugly, too. I didn't even notice the little blisters from
splashing water until days later.
I sat for most of the evening dipping my foot in a bowl with ice water. The
humorous moment came when one of the dogs sauntered over and started
drinking from the foot-bowl.and I cracked a few jokes about human-foot soup.
Mmmmm...yum.
It was a long, long time before I could wear a shoe.
Donna
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| Thelma Lubkin |
D.Currie <dmbcurrie.nospam@hotmail.com> wrote:
: You were lucky. I managed to dump a pot of boiling water and noodles
: onto my
: foot. The pot missed, but the boling water was a direct hit. Time did this
<snip>
: I didn't blister. Not really, I just peeled layers off. Gawd, did
: that hurt.
: And it was mighty ugly, too. I didn't even notice the little blisters from
: splashing water until days later.
<snip>
I did essentially the same thing, but instead of lots of little
blisters, I got one *huge* monster. It impressed the staff at
the hospital emergency room. I cut up an old shoe and treated my
fellow employees to my new fashion-accessory for several weeks.
I thought it amusing at the time, but in retrospect I'm afraid
that I must really have grossed out a lot of innocent people.
--thelma
: Donna
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| cathyxyz |
modom wrote:
> No blisters so far.
>
> I'm going to ice my hand now.
>
>
> modom
Ouch! (or to use the local expression - Aaay-naaaaa!) Did something
equally thoughtless once, so don't feel alone... I was heating oil to
make fries and got chatting to the next door neighbor... then I smelt
that "smell" of too-hot oil about to burst into flame and said to him
"Oh sh*t, I left the oil on the stove". So I dashed back into the
kitchen to move it off the stove - only to slop really hot oil all over
my hand as I moved the pot too quickly. Now that was stupid. <this was
where I started using the F-word a lot, while hopping from one foot to
the other> :) Luckily said neighbor was a paramedic on one of those
emergency response teams, so when he heard my screams he came running
into the kitchen to see what the hell I had done. He ran back to his
apartment and got his "kit". He swathed my hand with something he called
"paraffin-gauze". Worked like a charm. Killed the pain. No scars.
Hope your hand is ok.
Cathy
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I don't suffer from insanity - I enjoy every minute of it
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| jmcquown |
cathyxyz wrote:
> modom wrote:
>
>
>
>> No blisters so far.
>>
>> I'm going to ice my hand now.
>>
>>
>> modom
>
>
> Ouch! (or to use the local expression - Aaay-naaaaa!) Did something
> equally thoughtless once, so don't feel alone... I was heating oil to
> make fries and got chatting to the next door neighbor... then I smelt
> that "smell" of too-hot oil about to burst into flame and said to him
> "Oh sh*t, I left the oil on the stove". So I dashed back into the
> kitchen to move it off the stove - only to slop really hot oil all
> over my hand as I moved the pot too quickly. Now that was stupid.
> <this was where I started using the F-word a lot, while hopping from
> one foot to the other> :) Luckily said neighbor was a paramedic on
> one of those emergency response teams, so when he heard my screams he
> came running into the kitchen to see what the hell I had done. He ran
> back to his apartment and got his "kit". He swathed my hand with
> something he called "paraffin-gauze". Worked like a charm. Killed the
> pain. No scars.
>
> Hope your hand is ok.
> Cathy
Interesting. I got into a huge debate at a party once (at a doctor's house,
no less!) when someone burned their hand. I was probably about 25 or so. A
woman twice my age said put butter on it! NO! Old wives tale, you don't
put butter on already heated blistering skin! Run it under cool water.
I'll have you know she told me I didn't know what I was talking about, she
always put butter on burns. Ah well, here comes the doctor now, shall we
ask him? Cool water. The woman got upset and left. Don't let the door hit
ya, lady.
Jill
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| -L. |
jmcquown wrote:
>
> Interesting. I got into a huge debate at a party once (at a doctor's house,
> no less!) when someone burned their hand. I was probably about 25 or so. A
> woman twice my age said put butter on it! NO! Old wives tale, you don't
> put butter on already heated blistering skin! Run it under cool water.
> I'll have you know she told me I didn't know what I was talking about, she
> always put butter on burns. Ah well, here comes the doctor now, shall we
> ask him? Cool water. The woman got upset and left. Don't let the door hit
> ya, lady.
>
> Jill
Geez! I wonder who came up with the butter thing anyway? Just seems a
little weird.
-L.
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| Doug Weller |
On 1 Jul 2005 01:53:14 -0700, in rec.food.cooking, -L. wrote:
>
>jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> Interesting. I got into a huge debate at a party once (at a doctor's house,
>> no less!) when someone burned their hand. I was probably about 25 or so. A
>> woman twice my age said put butter on it! NO! Old wives tale, you don't
>> put butter on already heated blistering skin! Run it under cool water.
>> I'll have you know she told me I didn't know what I was talking about, she
>> always put butter on burns. Ah well, here comes the doctor now, shall we
>> ask him? Cool water. The woman got upset and left. Don't let the door hit
>> ya, lady.
>>
>> Jill
>
>Geez! I wonder who came up with the butter thing anyway? Just seems a
>little weird.
I thought that was the remedy for years. Maybe related to putting oil on
your skin after sunburn?
Doug
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| jmcquown |
-L. wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> Interesting. I got into a huge debate at a party once (at a
>> doctor's house, no less!) when someone burned their hand. I was
>> probably about 25 or so. A woman twice my age said put butter on
>> it! NO! Old wives tale, you don't put butter on already heated
>> blistering skin! Run it under cool water. I'll have you know she
>> told me I didn't know what I was talking about, she always put
>> butter on burns. Ah well, here comes the doctor now, shall we ask
>> him? Cool water. The woman got upset and left. Don't let the door
>> hit ya, lady.
>>
>> Jill
>
> Geez! I wonder who came up with the butter thing anyway? Just seems
> a little weird.
>
> -L.
Yes, it does seem weird. Must go back a ways, when salves were a common
analgesic of sorts. That woman was so put out at being contradicted, it was
pretty funny!
Jill
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| jmcquown |
Doug Weller wrote:
> On 1 Jul 2005 01:53:14 -0700, in rec.food.cooking, -L. wrote:
>
>>
>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>> Interesting. I got into a huge debate at a party once (at a
>>> doctor's house, no less!) when someone burned their hand. I was
>>> probably about 25 or so. A woman twice my age said put butter on
>>> it! NO! Old wives tale, you don't put butter on already heated
>>> blistering skin! Run it under cool water. I'll have you know she
>>> told me I didn't know what I was talking about, she always put
>>> butter on burns. Ah well, here comes the doctor now, shall we ask
>>> him? Cool water. The woman got upset and left. Don't let the
>>> door hit ya, lady.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> Geez! I wonder who came up with the butter thing anyway? Just
>> seems a little weird.
>
> I thought that was the remedy for years. Maybe related to putting oil
> on
> your skin after sunburn?
>
> Doug
Which is also a bad idea! Cool water, cucumber or aloe after sunburn. Not
oil!
Jill
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| widewoman |
On Fri, 1 Jul 2005 04:05:58 -0500, "jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net>
wrote:
>-L. wrote:
>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>> Interesting. I got into a huge debate at a party once (at a
>>> doctor's house, no less!) when someone burned their hand. I was
>>> probably about 25 or so. A woman twice my age said put butter on
>>> it! NO! Old wives tale, you don't put butter on already heated
>>> blistering skin! Run it under cool water. I'll have you know she
>>> told me I didn't know what I was talking about, she always put
>>> butter on burns. Ah well, here comes the doctor now, shall we ask
>>> him? Cool water. The woman got upset and left. Don't let the door
>>> hit ya, lady.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> Geez! I wonder who came up with the butter thing anyway? Just seems
>> a little weird.
>>
>> -L.
>
>Yes, it does seem weird. Must go back a ways, when salves were a common
>analgesic of sorts. That woman was so put out at being contradicted, it was
>pretty funny!
>
>Jill
>
Butter was thought to be the thing to do in days gone by, and some of
that no doubt holds over generation to generation. The idea was to cut
off the air to it ..stopping the pain. I had an aunt who swore by egg
whites rubbed over it. And for minor burns, it did work fairly well
until it wore off..based on experience, better than butter.
However, they've determined if you get some cool/cold water onto the
burn fast it reduces the damage.
I also had an aunt who when I cut myself slicing cheese when I was
probably 7 or 8 grabbed my hand and dumped black pepper into the cut,
saying that it would take all the soreness out of it. Well, it never
did get sore, but no saying it would have without it either .. and
given the number of things they allow to remain in pepper so many bug
parts, feces per million.. I'd not recommend it! LOL
Janice
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widewoman wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Jul 2005 04:05:58 -0500, "jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net>
> wrote:
>
>> -L. wrote:
>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Interesting. I got into a huge debate at a party once (at a
>>>> doctor's house, no less!) when someone burned their hand. I was
>>>> probably about 25 or so. A woman twice my age said put butter on
>>>> it! NO! Old wives tale, you don't put butter on already heated
>>>> blistering skin! Run it under cool water. I'll have you know she
>>>> told me I didn't know what I was talking about, she always put
>>>> butter on burns. Ah well, here comes the doctor now, shall we ask
>>>> him? Cool water. The woman got upset and left. Don't let the
>>>> door
>>>> hit ya, lady.
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>>
>>> Geez! I wonder who came up with the butter thing anyway? Just
>>> seems
>>> a little weird.
>>>
>>> -L.
>>
>> Yes, it does seem weird. Must go back a ways, when salves were a
>> common analgesic of sorts. That woman was so put out at being
>> contradicted, it was pretty funny!
>>
>> Jill
>>
>
> Butter was thought to be the thing to do in days gone by, and some of
> that no doubt holds over generation to generation. The idea was to cut
> off the air to it ..stopping the pain. I had an aunt who swore by egg
> whites rubbed over it. And for minor burns, it did work fairly well
> until it wore off..based on experience, better than butter.
>
So, while you're sitting there with a burn she's patiently passing the egg
yolk from shell to shell, straining the whites into a bowl ;) Probably
should have just baked a cake.
> However, they've determined if you get some cool/cold water onto the
> burn fast it reduces the damage.
>
Yup, my point exactly. And ICE should never be applied as it does more
damage to already damaged tissues.
> I also had an aunt who when I cut myself slicing cheese when I was
> probably 7 or 8 grabbed my hand and dumped black pepper into the cut,
> saying that it would take all the soreness out of it. Well, it never
> did get sore, but no saying it would have without it either .. and
> given the number of things they allow to remain in pepper so many bug
> parts, feces per million.. I'd not recommend it! LOL
>
> Janice
Pepper in a cut... that's funny! At least it wasn't salt or lemon juice
:-o)
Jill
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| cathyxyz |
jmcquown wrote:
>
> Interesting. I got into a huge debate at a party once (at a doctor's house,
> no less!) when someone burned their hand. I was probably about 25 or so. A
> woman twice my age said put butter on it! NO! Old wives tale, you don't
> put butter on already heated blistering skin! Run it under cool water.
> I'll have you know she told me I didn't know what I was talking about, she
> always put butter on burns. Ah well, here comes the doctor now, shall we
> ask him? Cool water. The woman got upset and left. Don't let the door hit
> ya, lady.
>
> Jill
>
>
Don't think butter is a good idea for burns either. If he hadn't been
around I would have used ice... That was the consensus of opinion in our
house, anyway. I dunno what exactly was in that gauze, but apparently
they used it for "third-degree burn victims" in accidents etc. Whatever
it was, it helped! It felt cool as soon as it went on the blisters, and
the pain stopped almost immediately. It was about 25 years ago, so I
don't know what they use these days. Mind you, if he hadn't come over to
say hello, I wouldn't have burned my hand in the first place... think
I'll just blame him! ;)
Cathy
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I don't suffer from insanity - I enjoy every minute of it
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| cathyxyz |
jmcquown wrote:
>>
>
> Yup, my point exactly. And ICE should never be applied as it does more
> damage to already damaged tissues.
>
>
> Jill
>
>
Never new that either.... by the way, how is your Dad doing these days
Jill? I am way behind on this ng and have given up on rpca...
Cheers
Cathy
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I don't suffer from insanity - I enjoy every minute of it
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| jmcquown |
cathyxyz wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>
>>>
>>
>> Yup, my point exactly. And ICE should never be applied as it does
>> more damage to already damaged tissues.
>>
>
>>
>> Jill
>>
>>
>
> Never new that either.... by the way, how is your Dad doing these days
> Jill? I am way behind on this ng and have given up on rpca...
> Cheers
> Cathy
Thank you for asking, Cathy. Dad had yet another problem dealt with
yesterday. A few years ago they removed a malignant melanoma spot from his
nose. They removed another one yesterday and will send it off for biopsy.
OB Food: Gonna make black bean & corn soup. I haven't figured out the
logistics yet but it will involve onion, garlic, diced green chillies,
tomato, maybe some chorizo, Mexican oregano and ground Ancho powder.
Jill
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| cathyxyz |
jmcquown wrote:
> Thank you for asking, Cathy. Dad had yet another problem dealt with
> yesterday. A few years ago they removed a malignant melanoma spot from his
> nose. They removed another one yesterday and will send it off for biopsy.
>
> OB Food: Gonna make black bean & corn soup. I haven't figured out the
> logistics yet but it will involve onion, garlic, diced green chillies,
> tomato, maybe some chorizo, Mexican oregano and ground Ancho powder.
>
> Jill
>
>
Sorry to hear that. Hope he will be ok.
As for the food - sounds good. We are having what we call "fillet"
steak.. with some baked potatoes and maybe some creamed spinach.. I'm
still deciding!
Cheers
Cathy
--
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| D.Currie |
"Thelma Lubkin" <thelma@alpha2.csd.uwm.edu> wrote in message
news:da2k6u$ium$1@uwm.edu...
> D.Currie <dmbcurrie.nospam@hotmail.com> wrote:
> : You were lucky. I managed to dump a pot of boiling water and noodles
> : onto my
> : foot. The pot missed, but the boling water was a direct hit. Time did
> this
> <snip>
> : I didn't blister. Not really, I just peeled layers off. Gawd, did
> : that hurt.
> : And it was mighty ugly, too. I didn't even notice the little blisters
> from
> : splashing water until days later.
> <snip>
>
> I did essentially the same thing, but instead of lots of little
> blisters, I got one *huge* monster. It impressed the staff at
> the hospital emergency room. I cut up an old shoe and treated my
> fellow employees to my new fashion-accessory for several weeks.
> I thought it amusing at the time, but in retrospect I'm afraid
> that I must really have grossed out a lot of innocent people.
> --thelma
>
Oh, the top of the foot was one huge mess. the splash blisters were mostly
the other leg.
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| ndooley@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu |
modom wrote:
> But a stupid one.
> It was HOT. Most of its 400F degrees were still present and currently
> accounting for themselves.
>
> No blisters so far.
>
> I'm going to ice my hand now.
>
If you burn yourself again, have on hand some vaseline-soaked gauze
bandage pads - put over the burn as soon as you quit running cold water
over it, and put an Ace bandage around that. Change it once a day. A
doctor told me to do this when I spilled tomato sauce (I was canning it
and it was boiling) over my wrist, and I never got a single blister,
and it quit hurting after a few hours.
N.
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jmcquown wrote:
> Doug Weller wrote:
>
>>On 1 Jul 2005 01:53:14 -0700, in rec.food.cooking, -L. wrote:
>>
>>
>>>jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>>>Interesting. I got into a huge debate at a party once (at a
>>>>doctor's house, no less!) when someone burned their hand. I was
>>>>probably about 25 or so. A woman twice my age said put butter on
>>>>it! NO! Old wives tale, you don't put butter on already heated
>>>>blistering skin! Run it under cool water. I'll have you know she
>>>>told me I didn't know what I was talking about, she always put
>>>>butter on burns. Ah well, here comes the doctor now, shall we ask
>>>>him? Cool water. The woman got upset and left. Don't let the
>>>>door hit ya, lady.
>>>>
>>>>Jill
>>>
>>>Geez! I wonder who came up with the butter thing anyway? Just
>>>seems a little weird.
>>
>>I thought that was the remedy for years. Maybe related to putting oil
>>on
>>your skin after sunburn?
>>
>>Doug
>
>
> Which is also a bad idea! Cool water, cucumber or aloe after sunburn. Not
> oil!
>
> Jill
>
>
Milk is a great remedy for sunburn.
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