Kitchen Disaster

The heading makes it seem like I am not a good cook. :) Well, lets talk about my cooking prowess (if it exists) some other time.

Coming straight to my experience in the kitchen today. I was cooking chilli chicken (indo chinese style) and decided to have rice instead of chappatis to go with it. And then my brilliant mind suggested - "Hey, why stack up 2-3 pans and vessels on the stove and congest the space.. use the microwave". Yeah, will be faster too, right??? WRONG!!

Where is the microwave? Above the chimney. About half a feet above my head. What a stragetic location, aint it? Place the microwave somewhere accessible, for crying out loud!

Still, I placed the rice-bowl in the microwave. After my rice was cooked, time to get the bowl out... where are the gloves? There are no gloves in the apartment. Alright, I decided to let it cool for sometime and then take it out. After waiting for as long as my starving stomach granted permit, I carefully try to take the bowl out and before I know what hit me.. the glass plate of the microwave crashes to the floor, sending little tiny glass pieces in every direction. So much for modular european style kitchen.

I stared foolishly at the remains for sometime. My next chain of thoughts began with -

• OMG, how will I ever explain this to Mom and still prove I can cook?
• Well, I am in Finland, does she need to know this happened?
• Ofcourse, she does.. she is your mom.
• What about the apartment lady? ...umm.. ah..
• What are you doing? FOCUS.. look around, clean the mess.
• (While taking the vacuum cleaner out) Why did I have to cook? Soup and bread would have been a good option.

After scrupulously cleaning every inch of the apartment (still some glass pieces are left on the carpet), I sat down to have my supper. Looking at the inviting chilli chicken and rice, made me feel a lot better.

BTW, it tasted good :)