h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

you weren't harmed.

And thank you for letting me know the moment you found internet access.

Burning fat is incredibly dangerous, so you were lucky, even if there's such a hassle connected with it all.

Thanks. It was good to know there was someone out there.

Our former neighbour, the fireman - who had moved out three days before the fire - said there was nothing we could have done once the fire started. He was just relieved we had enough sense to know that you never put water on a fire like that.

That was a *really* scary experience Dmitri. Glad there was no loss of life, limb or paw. I'm amazed (and gratified) that your neighbours were so supportive.

I (used to) like onion rings, but I think I'll stick to having them in restaurants.

Best wishes
h5ringer

I recommend that. Leave the deep frying to the professionals, say I - even though that cuts us celiac sufferers out of the fast-food chain. ('S okay, I'm losing weight on a stir-fry diet.)

Thanks for the kind words.

I know a recipe for a French onion soup, but deep-fried onion rings aren't anything I've ever tried to cook myself. What do you have with them?

They are usually accompanied by a medium-rare steak, at least mine are

I was doing burgers in the broiler at the time of the catastrophe.

And do you fry that in a different pan?

I'm glad you all got out safe and sound.

I nearly set my parents' house on fire, when I was about 15. I had been given the task of grilling fish fingers and frying chips. Mum used to fry chips in lard, and there were dribbles of lard down the side of the chip pan.

While I was busily frying, the lard splashed on the hotplate and started burning. Forgetting everything I had been told, I took it over to the sink and poured water on it. The result was a sheet of flame.

I screamed and my Dan ran out, grabbed the chip pan and took it outside. Fortunately, the fire soon burned itself out. The advice, of course, is , but use a damp teatowel to smother the flame.

I don't use a chip pan now. I usually shallow fry in cooking oil - but oil spontaneously combusts if it gets hot enough.

As we found out to our cost.

I'm so glad you were surrounded by quick-thinking people, MVP.

Maybe there should be a law against frying?

My son once did the same MVP did. He got burnt. Still, he was lucky, he didn't burn himself too badly, although he was in pain for a few days.
There were no scars, though, and he learnt something for life.

Call the Hot Oil Police...