Tuesday, May 19, 2009

A Lesson in Kitchen Safety

Do not open goat cheese with a 8-inch Henckel's chef knife. Four stitches and one tetanus shot later, I've learned my lesson.
What kitchen safety lessons have you learned?

6 comments:

  1. Congratulations! You are not a "chef" til you have been cut and burned one or twice!

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  2. Your son may never allow me to use a knife again!

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  3. don't pry out potato eyes with a freakishly sharp peeler.

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  4. Lissa: Ouch. Was that when Rose was in the kitchen and you were trying your darndest not to swear? I have an irrational fear of potatoes with eyes.

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  5. Dont' hold ice in your hand as you hit it with an ice pick! I jammed it right through to the base, scraping the bone and had to have Ed pull it out (I would have passed out!) I tried to ask you to post a photo on your Crazy Monkey House Lives of your new, improved garden, but it won't let me unless I have a Google account, unlike this one that takes my url...

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  6. Aunt Gay: Oh...my...dear...god. Yeah, I'd say you'd pass out from pulling an ice pick out of your own hand. How was the recovery for that? How do you even repair such a thing? Ouch.

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