We had some excitement at our house last night and let me just tell you, it wasn't good excitement. Jason didn't take off walking or anything like that. I was heating up some olive oil in a frying pan so I could cook some pork. It started to get really smoky, but I just turned on the vent fan and continued to let it heat up. Aaron commented that he thought something was wrong, and I had never seen oil smoke like this before, but I kept right on with what I was doing. I was starting to dump the chunks of pork in the pan when the pan when the oil in the pan went up in flames. It looked like a Pei Wei grill on our stove. I was so grateful that Aaron was home!! I am terrified of open flames like that, and had he not been home, I'm not sure what I would have done. We probably didn't do the right thing in the way we put the fire out, and Aaron could have been hurt pretty badly, but we praise God as our Protector, that He kept us and our home (and our neighbors home) safe from the flames. The pan was destroyed, the house reeked (and is still not smelling the greatest) of smoke and burnt oil, and the smoke alarms were going off for a good while. I took Jason outside to get him out of the smoke and away from the noise, and to calm myself down. After putting out the flames Aaron went right back to watching the Rangers game like nothing major had just happened.
There is a silver lining at the end of this story. Only one piece of pork (that one piece was char-broiled in just seconds) made it into the pan, so I was able to cook the rest of the pork for dinner. I made rice, broccoli and a sweet and sour sauce, and it was delicious. As for what went wrong??? I really am not sure. I cook with oil often and this has NEVER happened. Maybe it became too hot before I put the pork in the pan?? Regardless, I NEVER want that to happen again!! I am purchasing a fire extinguisher today for our kitchen!
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