CLEANING UP THE MESS!
THE STOVE TOP AFTER MEGHAN AND I WERE DONE WITH IT
THE GLASS FLEW ALL OVER THE KITCHEN
It has been really hard to get an internet connection here at our castle so I will update as much as possible and as fast as i can before I lose it again. We have been having a great time and Emma and Meilynn are doing great! That is not to say that there have been a few meltdowns, but that is normal and I am quite pleased with how well they are traveling. Usually the meltdown is from being overtired. We have had a few mishaps also. We are staying in this beautiful villa right next to a castle. It is three stories and has three bathrooms, three bedrooms a formal living area and two family rooms with a dining room and kitchen. We have been cooking breakfast and a few dinners. The second night that we were here Mike asked Meghan to put on a pot of water to boil pasta while he and Kami were at the Coop, which is the little local market. Meghan started the pot to boil and then I came in to start the sauce. (Only Mike had used the stove at this point and many things are different here, I tell you this so that we don't appear so stupid!) I cut up the garlic and basil and was ready to put it on the stove top. I called to Meghan who was now watching the girls and asked her how to use the stove. She started it for me. I couldn't tell where to put the pan. There were no circles showing where to put it. I asked her how you know where to put it and how do you know it is on since it did not light up. ( I thought it was an electric stove since it had a flat surface) She told me you just look under here and you see the flame so you know where to put it and that it was on. This is when I discovered that it was really a gas stove. I thought it was strange but then I also thought how cool to have a gas stove with a cover, so much easier to clean! ( Also, I have only cooked on a gas stove before) Meghan went back to watching the girls and I continued cutting up things for the sauce. All of a sudden there is this loud explosion!!!! The top of the stove blew up into a million little pieces. Glass flew everywhere. I was so lucky to not get hurt and especially lucky that the girls were in the other room with Meghan and not with me! I thought that the explosion would be heard all over the castle grounds and that someone would come knocking on our door at any minute. Meghan and I found out that the top was just a cover, not to cook on the hard way. Mike and Kami came back and I said we have a bit of a problem here. He could not believe that we had done that! We had to tell the people at reception and they were very nice about it but I am sure that our deposit will be paying for that stovetop.
CLEANING UP THE MESS!
THE STOVE TOP AFTER MEGHAN AND I WERE DONE WITH IT
THE GLASS FLEW ALL OVER THE KITCHEN
It has been really hard to get an internet connection here at our castle so I will update as much as possible and as fast as i can before I lose it again. We have been having a great time and Emma and Meilynn are doing great! That is not to say that there have been a few meltdowns, but that is normal and I am quite pleased with how well they are traveling. Usually the meltdown is from being overtired. We have had a few mishaps also. We are staying in this beautiful villa right next to a castle. It is three stories and has three bathrooms, three bedrooms a formal living area and two family rooms with a dining room and kitchen. We have been cooking breakfast and a few dinners. The second night that we were here Mike asked Meghan to put on a pot of water to boil pasta while he and Kami were at the Coop, which is the little local market. Meghan started the pot to boil and then I came in to start the sauce. (Only Mike had used the stove at this point and many things are different here, I tell you this so that we don't appear so stupid!) I cut up the garlic and basil and was ready to put it on the stove top. I called to Meghan who was now watching the girls and asked her how to use the stove. She started it for me. I couldn't tell where to put the pan. There were no circles showing where to put it. I asked her how you know where to put it and how do you know it is on since it did not light up. ( I thought it was an electric stove since it had a flat surface) She told me you just look under here and you see the flame so you know where to put it and that it was on. This is when I discovered that it was really a gas stove. I thought it was strange but then I also thought how cool to have a gas stove with a cover, so much easier to clean! ( Also, I have only cooked on a gas stove before) Meghan went back to watching the girls and I continued cutting up things for the sauce. All of a sudden there is this loud explosion!!!! The top of the stove blew up into a million little pieces. Glass flew everywhere. I was so lucky to not get hurt and especially lucky that the girls were in the other room with Meghan and not with me! I thought that the explosion would be heard all over the castle grounds and that someone would come knocking on our door at any minute. Meghan and I found out that the top was just a cover, not to cook on the hard way. Mike and Kami came back and I said we have a bit of a problem here. He could not believe that we had done that! We had to tell the people at reception and they were very nice about it but I am sure that our deposit will be paying for that stovetop.
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2 comments:
I hope they use metal next time if they still want to have a cover, I'm glad everyone is okay that could have been really dangerous! If it makes you feel beetter I'm sure other people have done it too because I couldn't see glass shattering after the first time it got heated.
Don't say anything about my cooking! Ha! Ha! Debbie
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