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

[christa]

.. You are lucky it didn't come out a whole lot worse.. Deep frying on the stove has set many houses on fire!

I was about to say the same thing.

My mom is an insurance claims adjuster and she just has a case this past week where a guy was making fries and burnt their house completely down.

My advice, just don't FRY ANYTHING. It's really unhealthy anyway.

[finn's mom]

Don't fret, I wouldn't have known that about the lid, either. I don't think I would have tried it all though, to be honest with you. I'm so glad that you are ok and that it didn't come out any worse. You are truly lucky to only have a sore thumb, and, angry dad, and, a oily mess.

[king2005]

I'm always watchfull while cooking, I never go out of eye sight. When I'm cooking with Oil (eggs) I always stand back, cause whenever I get a drop of hot oil on me it leaves scars cause my skin is so pail (darn skin).

I think I'm going to call the local fire department & see what I can do about getting 2 med ABC fire extingushiers (sp) from them.

I cannot afford to loose my things or my pets, due to a fire I could easly put out.

[Craftlady]

I stry fry veggies but at a low/medium heat with tad of olive oil.
Frying is so unhealthy, I bake homemade french fries they come out yummy.

There was a story on news the other nite a fire in Cincinnati started in kitchen (women was frying fish) and burnt the partically the whole apartment complex down. 18 people are without a home, thankfully no one was injured. Lady said she wouldnt be cooking fish again on top of the stove.

[king2005]

gosh, I was lucky. but atleast I don't have to worry about fish catching fire. cause the only fish coming into this house are pets or pet food

[Anita Cholaine]

That's why frying oil scares me so much... I think I'll never make homemade french fries in my whole life! I don't like fried food very much, though.....
I'm glad you were lucky and didn't hurt seriously.....

[Logan]

They make these "screens" to cover oily pots when frying, but they still allow air to move, which is necessary, obviously! You should look into one.

I'm so glad everything is ok.

Logan