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WOW! Thank you so much to all of you who entered my first ever blog comp! And a big thank you to Finish Quantum for sponsoring it.

And of course thank you to my guest judge for helping me choose a winner. It was HARD! I could relate to so many of your answers:

Claire @ Claire K Creations – I haven’t had cheesecake issues but when you use a spring-form pan, MAKE SURE THE CAKE IS COOKED before you pop the spring. Especially when you pop it in front of a dinner table full of guest {it was messy…}
Redpene – I had a chilli incident but with a burning lip and burning hands. OUCH!
Naisargi – I love tumeric, hate the yellow. A quick tip is to spray your plastic containers with a quick burst of oil before you add the leftovers – the coat of oil will prevent staining {this also works for preventing tomato stains}
Kirsty Wallett – boiling oil terrifies me too – does anyone remember the old TV ad where a woman screams out “oh my God the chips!!” as her kitchen goes up in flames? Well, let’s just say we had a similar family incident. I will hasten to add that I was not involved. I was overseas. And on the phone to the family member who screamed that out, dropped the phone and ran! And it was in the days when it cost about $5 a minute to call anywhere overseas…
Jane of Australia – I love garlic too. When I worked in retail many years ago a customer {a very cute, young male customer} stood a bit too close and said “pheewwweee I guess you ate a lot of garlic for dinner last night!” I was mortified…
Kylie C – I had your experience but with spag bol made with kangaroo mince. I was NOT expecting such a strong smell or taste!

But there can only be two winners.

First prize is awarded to Redpene: “Fresh chilli. Love eating it, but cooking with it’s a serious PITA, especially making sure none of the chilli juices make contact with skin. Let me tell you, attempting to remove a contact lens from your eye after you’ve been cooking with the hot stuff isn’t that much fun.”

Second prize goes to Kirsty Wallett: “Large amounts of boiling oil! I wanted to fry calamari, I didn’t have a fryer, so used a pan. Got busy prepping & heard a ‘whoosh’ sound behind me (like a nuclear mushroom I imagine) & turned around to find my oil & pot on fire! The pot never recovered.”

Thank you again to everyone who entered.