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April 8th, 2009
Wednesday Wisdom

A watched pot never boils – but walk away and you’d be surprised by how fast the water boils off! My poor tea kettle…it’ll never be the same…

6 comments to “Wednesday Wisdom”

  1. 1

    LOL – a lesson I’ve already learned. That’s why we have one of the kettles that turns off automatically once it boils. I’ve also learned never to leave a pot on the gas elements. Charred pots aren’t a pretty sight!


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    Yep, been there, done that!

    Tom and I were halfway down the driveway last night when I said, “I forgot to turn off the potatoes!” We made it juuuuust in time.


  3. 3

    P.S. A whistling pot also helps . . . . Since I don’t have one right now (broke the “whistler” itself), I set the timer when I put the water on!


  4. 4

    Shelley – my tea pot was sitting on the gas flame so boiled all that much faster. The poor lid is even warped!

    Chicken Mama – the whistle part of the tea kettle melted off during a previous incident! I do employ a kitchen timer for other jobs though – burned on rice is a HORRIBLE smell and not much fun to scrub off either!


  5. 5

    Heh. Here I thought I was the only one to kill not one, but several tea kettles… finally gave up and just nuke a mug of water. Sighhhhhh.


  6. 6

    Anny – alas, my microwave is still dead!!!!