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The tale of the flaming tortilla!

Postby ShiroiHikari » Wed Jun 08, 2005 1:54 pm

Originally posted in my Livejournal. Edited for language. o_o

About fifteen minutes ago, I was feeling pretty hungry. So I brushed a tortilla with some olive oil and put some seasonings on it, then stuck it in the toaster oven. I set it to toast it and went back to my desk.

When it dinged, I started to smell smoke. So I ran in there, thinking there was just some stuff on the bottom of the oven that had burned. But no. There was a small flame burning in there. My thoughts were, approximately, "Oh s***." So I open the door up and like an idiot I blew in there thinking it might put the little flame out.

Wrong.

The little flame instantly became FLAMING TORTILLA OF DOOM. These flames were about, oh, five or six inches tall, threatening to catch the cabinet door on fire. I panic and go under the sink for the fire extinguisher, but I can't get it off its hanger thing and the flame is getting bigger. By now the smoke alarm is screaming and it's making me very, very nervous. So I catch some water in my cupped hand and start throwing it on the tortilla. Mind you, I wasn't thinking about the electric toaster oven. I was thinking "OH NOES BIG FLAME THREATENING TO BURN DOWN KITCHEN MUST PUT OUT". Thankfully, it put the flame out. But now we're in the market for a new toaster oven. And that was the GOOD toaster oven, too.

I think I'll leave the scene untouched and take some pictures of it later.
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Postby Alice » Wed Jun 08, 2005 1:59 pm

You could have mine, we never use it.

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Postby true_noir_chloe » Wed Jun 08, 2005 2:07 pm

That is a super funny story. ROFL!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Yes, it's best to NEVER blow on a fire, since oxygen feeds the flame. Anyway, in the future remember to smother those flames in the kitchen and suffocate them. XDD

Also, I've never had a tortilla fixed like that; it sounds yummy. ^__^

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Postby Ashley » Wed Jun 08, 2005 2:22 pm

That would be wicked awesome if it wasn't about to burn your house down or ruin your toaster oven.

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Postby Mr. SmartyPants » Wed Jun 08, 2005 3:08 pm

tortilla? were? i want some tortillas right now
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Postby faithfighter » Wed Jun 08, 2005 3:20 pm

LOL..I so needed that! that totaly cracked me up....thank you!
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Postby ChristianKitsune » Wed Jun 08, 2005 3:24 pm

haha!! Poor tortilla...it shall be missed...

man..what a waste..did you eat the chared remains?
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Postby Sakura15 » Wed Jun 08, 2005 3:28 pm

ROFL!! thats too funny! :lol:
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Postby Debitt » Wed Jun 08, 2005 4:06 pm

:lol: Poor ShiHi's tortilla and toaster oven. XD; I'm glad the oven didn't catch fire or anything from the water..
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Postby Kkun » Wed Jun 08, 2005 4:18 pm

That poor tortilla. It died a horrible, flamey death, but it was FUNNY!!! I wanna see pictures.
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Postby Locke » Wed Jun 08, 2005 4:28 pm

Crap that reminded me of how hungry I am >.>
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Postby mechana2015 » Wed Jun 08, 2005 5:45 pm

That..is an awesome story. It would have been so much cooler if the place hadn't almost burned down...
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Postby Locke » Wed Jun 08, 2005 5:57 pm

Wait that reminds me of the time I put a cup noodle inside a microwave and it caught on FIRE.

Smell still lingers...
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Postby Stephen » Wed Jun 08, 2005 7:34 pm

So did you ever end up getting somthing to eat? *laughs* I want to see pictures.
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Postby haru_bay_nay » Wed Jun 08, 2005 7:39 pm

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!.......

That reminds of the time my regular toaster caught on fire when I put a pop tart inside. ...I went into the kitchen a couple minutes later, and the toaster/pop tart had become a flaming fireball of DEATH. Ah, the memories...
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Postby Myoti » Wed Jun 08, 2005 7:43 pm

That's like the time my mom turned on the oven and forget she had left the pizzas in there, still in the boxes. A couple minutes later, our oven was this fire-breathing creature. O_O
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Postby Lochaber Axe » Wed Jun 08, 2005 7:52 pm

That happened to me with a burrito... luckily, it didn't go ablaze, but it was black and smoking. Actually, it reminded of something else, but I was too afraid of the smoke. I just threw the thing into the sink and drenched it, and opened all the doors in the house.

When I was younger I put an old bag of popcorn in the microwave, and didn't take the twisty thing off it. Looked like someone was welding in there.
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Postby kazekami » Wed Jun 08, 2005 8:03 pm

Thats reminds me of the time i set a tortillia on fire useing a gas stove. livewire wouldn't let me cook a tortillia for 8 years after when ever I was around her. I finally convinced her it was because I was talking to some one and not paying attention. I guess it wouldn't have been so bad if I hadn't set the dish towel on fire too.
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Postby Yokou » Wed Jun 08, 2005 8:07 pm

That was great1 I once saw a poptart catch on fire. The person who did it didn't remove the wrapper.
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Postby Kaligraphic » Wed Jun 08, 2005 11:02 pm

Not that long ago, my father put some fried chicken he'd bought for dinner into the oven. For some reason, whenever we eat fast food/pizza/stuff like that at home, he puts it into the oven, even if we're about to eat it. (We could be pulling out plates, and he'd be putting the food into the oven. Don't ask me why.) Well, anyway, I think he set the oven to broil instead of low, and, well... shall we say the bag was a bit darker and the chicken a little crispier when it came back out.
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Postby ShiroiHikari » Thu Jun 09, 2005 7:01 pm

Here be the pictures.
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Postby Debitt » Thu Jun 09, 2005 7:29 pm

xD The tortilla.....*points and laughs at the charred tortilla*
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Postby Mr. SmartyPants » Thu Jun 09, 2005 7:31 pm

i wanna eat it
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Postby Mangafanatic » Thu Jun 09, 2005 7:38 pm

Wow, Shi-hi. I'm glad you're still alive to tell us this tale.

But now we shall mourn for your toaster. *dons black*
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Postby Mr. SmartyPants » Thu Jun 09, 2005 7:54 pm

it's a good thing it died meroko... because it was an EVIL toaster!
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Postby Ashley » Thu Jun 09, 2005 8:01 pm

R.I.P, little toaster
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Postby Anime Dad » Thu Jun 09, 2005 8:13 pm

Um, reminds me of an "incident" that happened a few weeks ago. Highly embarrasing, but funny now.

We had some friends over for a BBQ. The meat was about 3/4 done, and looking great, when the gas bottle ran out of gas. No problem, I nipped up the road and had it refilled in about 5 minutes. But when I reconnected the bottle, the BBQ would light but the flames were very low. So I decided to take the hose out of the bottle to see if it was blocked...... BIG mistake! The end result was, a massive fireball that singed the hair on one arm, one eyebrow and one side of my head, and a massive flame pouring out of the gas bottle that melted the hoses, knobs and wheels of the BBQ. I had to stand there with a hose pouring water on the bottle for 20 minutes until the Fire Brigade came, so that a) the gas bottle wouldn't explode and b) the wooden garage the BBQ was next to wouldn't catch fire.
Luckily, nobody was hurt (unless you count my pride). We did, however, have to eat takeaway pizza because the meat was ruined by the Fire Brigade when they burst into the backyard with their fire hose. :dizzy:
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Postby Stephen » Thu Jun 09, 2005 8:45 pm

Man Shihi...thats pretty crazy. Thank God you and Drix are ok. Perhaps a moment of silence is in order for that brave little toaster...
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Postby Warrior 4 Jesus » Thu Jun 09, 2005 8:51 pm

Dang, Anime Dad, that sounds pretty serious! Crazy Australians! We love our barbaques.
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Postby Anime Dad » Thu Jun 09, 2005 9:00 pm

Warrior 4 Jesus wrote:Dang, Anime Dad, that sounds pretty serious! Crazy Australians! We love our barbaques.


Indeed, but the BBQ doesn't love me :(
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