Epic Fail

Well, things did NOT go as I wanted them to tonight.  First, I find out that I would need a standing mixer, a food mill and a flour sifter in order to make the potato buns I wanted to.  I did not have any of those items, and I certainly can't afford to just go out and buy them.  But, I was NOT to be deterred!  I went ahead and made them without those appliances!  Now, The Boyfriend comes out and tells me he's an early start again, and that he'd need to leave by at least 4:30, so could I please try and have it ready for 4?  *sigh*  Ok, I can do that.  Then, I discovered that I wasn't quite sure how to cut the potatoes so that they looked like french fries.  And I didn't have an appliance that did that either.  I did however, find one that cut them into waffle fries.  So, after a LOT of arm abuse (my arm STILL hurts!) I had a huge bowl of waffle fries to be cooked.  It took a LOT longer than I thought it would, and I was running a bit late.  The buns weren't rising the way I thought they were supposed to, so I was changing it to bison sliders instead.

Before I made the sliders though, I needed to fry the fries!  I filled a pot about 1/2 way full of oil, and let it heat up while I was waffling (is that a word?) the fries.  Ok, it was all ready for frying now!  I threw a couple of handfuls of fries in and..... the oil bubbled over and spilled all over the stove, and onto the element.  And caught fire.  A fire that I couldn't seem to put out, because it also leaked into the stove top and was burning there as well.  I put a pan lid over the element, to try and snuff out the fire, but it was NOT working. My apartment was FULL of smoke, and The Boyfriend had to come and save my behind.   He sent the kids out in the hallway to get away from the smoke.  Finally, the fire went out, but my apartment was still absolutely full of smoke.  I couldn't bring the kids back in, until it had dissipated a LOT.   So, I took them out to McDonalds.   I had to take Monkey to his Boy Scout camp tonight anyway, and now he's gone for the week. 

Well, it looks like I'll have to try this again, maybe tomorrow or tuesday, except I don't think I'll be making homemade french fries this time. Heh.  On the up side, I did finish the buns, and they tasted ok, not terrific, but not bad. :)  Once again, I took pictures for your enjoyment.  Lol!

Thanks,

Jazaray