Gluten Free Kitchen Fires
So I redecorated the kitchen a little over a week ago… Then I caught it on fire Tuesday.
I had baked a cookie cake the other day and it overflowed the pan big time. So I had large amounts of cookie in my oven. I had company so I just turned it off and left it to clean later when I didn’t have 20 kids running around. I forgot about it.
I was having friends come over for lunch Tuesday and turned the oven on to pre-heat. I came into the kitchen a little while later to smoke POURING out of the oven. I looked inside and there were flames!! I opened it and sure enough the cookie in the bottom of the oven had combusted and was on fire. It was impressive. I picked up the phone and called Neil to ask him what to do. I wasn’t sure if I should pour water on it or if that would hurt the oven (it was on fire what was going to happen worse), or if it would spread the fire. He said to throw flour on it.
I was standing there thinking about what he said and asked him WHAT KIND OF FLOUR???? Now when you don’t have food allergies you just have plain run of the mill flour. When you are allergic to gluten you have 12 different flours in the cabinets. Did I use aramanth, arrowroot, gluten free oat, cornstarch, cornmeal, brown rice, white rice, sweet white rice, fava bean, potoato flour, sourgum flour, coconut flour, potato starch, garbanzo bean, bean flour, or any of the others…. you get the idea… would some feed the fire or would it put it out???? I stood debating it while my oven just burned away with the door shut. The other issue I debated was which would cost the least… if I was going to throw a bad of flour on the fire which would cost the least because specialty flour is EXPENSIVE Neil finally just said to get a damp bath towel and smother it. That worked nicely.
After the crisis was over I found it very very funny and wondered if any other people had ever run into the same situation. I googled what flour to use but didn’t find an answer. I did find that salt works, so would a fire extinguisher…. I will make sure to have both on hand in the future!!
My name is Amy, I have been married to my husband Neil for 9 years. We have 3 fun, unique, funny boys! Aiden (7), Chase (4), Alex (3).
