Because we felt we had fallen away from our Kiwi and English roots we decided to attempt a good old fashioned roast on the Sunday just been. Well, things couldn't have gone worse!
Firstly, Jamie Oliver has a lot to answer for. We took his advice and put the spare piece of granite we had left over from our kitchen renovation inside the oven to act as a cooking tray (as he does on his show) and let it heat up. Jamie does this all the time when cooking meat and he never has any problems so how on earth were we to know it would turn into the towering inferno!
Not only did the oven catch on fire from the heat of the granite (it was contained inside thankfully), Alana managed to burn two of her fingers, the spuds were dropped to the floor, the pork was accidentally cooked (not defrosted) in the microwave, hot oil dripped everywhere, red wine was splashed over the walls and the white feral cat dropped a live mouse into the mix.
The lesson we have learned from all this? Don't try to go back to your roots, embrace your new ones and order good old fashioned Canadian pizza!!
Picture of Alana standing outside in the freezing cold (in her PJ's) hosing down the smoldering granite.
There is now a lovely big hole in the lawn. Funnily enough, the mouse made out completely unscathed!
2 comments:
I am sitting here just after 10pm on Sunday waiting for a call from a Policeman and a Crown Prosecutor. This week I am in court as an expert witness in a case which has been ongoing for 2 & 1/2 years. Thanks to your 'how not to cook minerals' lesson I don't feel so bad about life!
Sounds like a drag. Do you get time off work though?? As you can see, my cooking skills are still very bad!!
Alana
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