I'm never making homemade french fries ever again!!

[PJ's Mom]

I just had a horrible scare & I'm crying & shaking. It blew up, oil is everywhere. it just missed me. little drips of oil got me.

I know water doesn't mix with oil & thats why I dried them. Why did it blow up??

I'm glad you're ok. Oil usually doesn't just blow up. Did you see smoke?

[carole]

You have had a very lucky escape, believe me the fumes and mess are nothing in comparison to how badly burn't you could have been,you may have missed my thread on my niece and her hubby who were burnt in a kitchen accident, in their case only a very small amount of oil was the culprit, and because they had a gas hobb and not ceramic top, a small amount of condensation of the lid spilt on the gas hobb and went on flames, anyway to cut a long story short my niece has third degree burns to her foot, I posted pics and would again, but it won't let me do it today, she has to have 2 months of work, a skin graft has been done, and it is not pretty.

I am just so glad you are ok, the result could have been devastating, if I were you I seriously would not use cooking oil again, or very little in my cooking, I use oven fries and low fat cooking spray, so the danger is minimal, I take extra care now after what happened to my niece as it can happen so easily.

I am sure you got a whale of a fright, and I am just relieved to hear you are ok, please take care .

[king2005]

Thanks everyone.

The only good thing that came out of this is that I had to take the elements out & the pan thingy. I found so much muck down there, no wonder this place is infested with Cockroaches (we moved into this place & discoved the little buggers).

I think my dad talked to my uncle (his brother) because he hasn't yelled at me yet, nor has he even brought up the topic. I'm kinda glad cause I was upset enough & when dad gets going, it can get quite nasty. Its great advice but the yelling is going overboard.

I'm glad I'm ok & I'm glad it happened cause now so many others can learn from my error. I plan to let all my friends know & add it to my cooking/baking sectoin of my site.