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Our Oven Blew Up!!!

May 17th 2009 11:22
oven
Blown!
I couldn't believe it. I had just finished cooking poached chicken and fried herb potato and onion dish (going on my Lifestyle Cooking website as it's not vintage enough for here) when I leaned over the hotplates to check the chicken.

Then suddenly there was a huge bang and a large blue flame. I screamed and jumped back instantly. No harm done, other than I scared the crap out of my two little boys and my husband. I wasn't too calm seconds after our little explosion either.

Apparently, a fuse had blown which meant there would be no more cooking on this little baby that night. Damn it as I had wanted to thicken the broth I'd poached the chicken in (my own chicken stock).

As it turned out, the dinner was delicious and we got the oven-fixer guy in the next day to replace the fuse and all is well.

And the big question, why did I bother to do a post about our oven blowing up on my vintage foodie website? Because I believe our oven fits the definition of vintage, but we live in a rental while our house is being built, so we don't have much choice.

Bring on the new standalone cooker I've got my eye on for our new house!!

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Comment by samaritan

May 17th 2009 11:35
Hi Sam,

You poor thing. At least no-one was hurt. Bet you got a bit of a scare though.

If it's a 'vintage' oven, maybe it would have been better if it wasn't just an easily replaced fuse. That way your landlord would have had to replace it with a new one.

Samaritan

Comment by Samantha Elley

May 17th 2009 11:53
Hi Samaritan,

I wish they'd buy a new one, but it's working fine now except for the one ring that blew, so that's justification for not replacing it.

I must admit that my care factor is zero as we will be moving out very soon whether our house is ready or not as the rental has sold....*sigh* life can be so interesting.

Sam

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