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    I made some stock from some chicken bits last night, had it on for a couple of hours, but the strainer went into the washing machine, so I topped up a bit of water and thought I'd just wait for the washer to end.

    Went into the living room, and, very stupidly - dozed off. Was awoken an hour and a half later by two smoke alarms going spastic, and upon running to the kitchen was met with fucking horrific amount of smoke billowing out - acrid, plasticky, disgusting-smelling smoke.

    Opened every door and window and spent the next hour sheepishly trying to sort this immense fuck up out.

    Weirdly, my partner wasn't entirely pissed at me, which was .. unusual, in the extreme.

    I came back home after dropping the kid off at school this morning (who slept through it all, blissfully unaware of how much of a fucking moron her father is) and spent awhile trying to de-pong the kitchen. It's much bette rthan it was, but fuck, thatstench is going to be lingering as a constant reminder of my stupidity for a few weeks.

    How the fuck can someone burn stock?!

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    Last time I made stock fro a roast chicken carcass, I had to throw it out as the chicken was very citrussy whihc did not at all well translate to nice-tasting stock. I think fate's trying to tell me not to bother.

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    • Spelling mistakes are intended as proof of human composition.Nairn
    • oh i've burnt stock, stew, boiled bain maries dry, memorabily once fusing a plastic tub containing a christmas pud into the pud.hans_glib
    • i've lost count of the number of pans i've ruined. the hare stock was the worst, that stink lingered for two weeks.hans_glib
    • also boiling beetroot. i ended up carbonising the lot. i couldn't see the end of the kitchen the smoke was so thick. wifie's reaction: "AGAIN!!?!?!?".hans_glib
    • Well that makes me feel a lot better!
      My father still brings up the time I put a boiled in the bag rice into cook in the pan, entirely forgetting the water...      Nairn
    • He'd injured himself and was immobile, so I was cooking for him for a few weeks as a dumb-ass 15 year old.Nairn
    • I gotta say - cremated hare stock does indeed sound like it wouoidl reek a bitNairn
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