UH-oh

[beandelphiki]

We were going to have beef soup tonight. Then Mom had to go pick up Nicole from school, and she told me to keep an eye on it.

And then the traffic wherever they are got so bad they're not going anywhere. So Mom phoned me to say to turn the heat way down on the soup.


I did, as she told me to. When the soup didn't stop bubbling away, I even took it off the heat.

It still fried to the pot, and now the whole house smells like burned beef. I was stirring it regularly, and everything, but it's still burned sludge.

She'll kill me.

Edit: I TURNED DOWN THE WRONG BURNER! *cries*

Comments

[mhw.livejournal.com]

Sigh. That makes sense. I've been known to do that before now, particularly on stoves that have little icons rather than words to label the burners. I do words, not images, and I'm far less likely to make a mistake like that if they're labeled "BACK LEFT" than with somebody's cute idea of a little picture that's supposed to indicate the same.

[beandelphiki.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Our burners have "Front" and "Rear" written on them, but the lettering is very small.

Also, I turned "down" (on) the burner I most often use (front right) rather than the one that was actually in use (back right.)

[siegeengine.livejournal.com]

oh no :((((
you want me to try to order a pizza for you all?

is there more soup you can make? I guess it was from scratch, huh?
:(((((

[beandelphiki.livejournal.com]

It's okay, we had perogies. :) She wasn't even mad!

(But she DID stand over me while I was making my perogies.)

How do you turn down a burner that's not on?

[haleth.livejournal.com]

...Actually I'm scared to know. Don't answer.

Hey, at least you didn't blow the house up, right? That's a good thing.

Re: How do you turn down a burner that's not on?

[beandelphiki.livejournal.com]

I actually turned it on. All the way around from "Off" to "Low." Clock-wise, rather than counter-clockwise.