Cooking Hazards

November 21st, 2004
My Burned Hand

I tried to cook some fish today for lunch, flounder to be exact, in oil on a skillet. I thawed the filet, covered it in flour and heated the oil. Then I proceeded to flip the fish onto the skillet. My lesson learned today was to never "flip" something into a pan of seriously hot oil. The result will be, literally, a wave of said hot oil splashing everywhere. The oil hit my left hand and scalded it in several places...NOT fun, let me tell you.

There's a picture on the right, not sure how well you can see the burn spots. There are about nine in total. I immediately ran my hand under cold water for a few minutes...now it's wrapped lightly in some gauze, from the advice of some websites I found about burn treatments.

It hurts! :( Guess I learned my cooking lesson for the day. ;)

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Rew Nov 21, 2004

At least ur first aid certified. ;) Sorry about ur hand

Melissa Nov 21, 2004

Hell yeah! Rock that lifeguard training! :bouncy:

Dana Nov 21, 2004

ouch.

Robert Nov 21, 2004

Did you get my e-mail? Need help.

Melanie Nov 21, 2004

:weep: oh my dear, sweetie. that looks so painful! hope your hand heals soon! *mwah*

Adam Nov 22, 2004

I’ve done that before… Except I wasn’t wearing a shirt at the time, so yeah, I had burns from the splattered oil all over my stomach and arm too…

Melissa Nov 22, 2004

Thanks, Mel! :bouncy:

Yikes, Adam…that probably wasn’t fun at all… :(

Moe Nov 22, 2004

That looks like it hurts, I have gotten those hot oil burns they hurt like a sonofabiatch!! :weep:

Sarah Nov 27, 2004

Oh man, that looks painful! Burns are the worst! Hope it heals fast!

Sharon Valentino Jan 21, 2005

:sad:

:love:
I Mel how are you I can’t believe you did that. Have you benn in touch with Toad? I wrote her two letters and I’m not sure that Joey gave me the right address, and I don’t remember her land-line #.
Love ya,
Sharon

Sharon Jan 21, 2005

Please email me @ my friends email address