Coconut is Flammable – Flames in the Oven

12-53pm

This will go down in my mind as the day I almost burnt the house down! That may be an exaggeration, but, as I say, that’s what I think. After the event, my nerves were shattered. I phoned Stacey so she could commiserate with me!

I was experimenting with something I have thought of doing and decided to try out. The one thing I didn’t count on is that dried shredded coconut is highly flammable. I had put some in the oven to grill and very aware of the fact that it could burn, I looked at the clock and calculated 3 minutes. That, I thought would be enough. But (silly me), I sat down in front of my netbook and got distracted by an email, followed by a google search. Several minutes passed before I was back in the kitchen and I immediately thought ‘oh no, they’re going to be burnt.” I followed it up with ‘not too much loss – just a few shreds of coconut’, but that was BEFORE I opened the oven.

When I did, the whiff of air that blew in was enough to ignite every piece of coconut and  buoyant flames sprang to life. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. With one hand I unlocked the back door and kicked it open, while with the other hand I grabbed the oven gloves. I picked up the oven tray and whisked it outside onto the patio. I was so grateful that a few months ago I took down the kitchen curtains. Away from the electricity, I put the hose connection onto the tap and turned the tap on. As the first drops of water hit the flames, they shot out right towards me, before being snuffed out. My beating heart! Of course, during all of this, I didn’t think, “let me get the photo for my blog!” All I’ve got are the charred remains…

And the pans to clean up…

Shew!

Grateful!

Psalm 34:1

I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

I tried toasting the shredded coconut again and they worked well. I’ll write up the ‘how to’ for my Saturday blog, making sure to include a FIRE WARNING!

Keep the smile going!

God bless you!

In His Grip,

Helga xx 🙂