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.
When cooking with chillies (chopping, deseeding etc) try wearing disposable gloves, that way your hands stay free of chilli juices.