The Saucepan Lid Mystery.....

[gness]

Last week a friend cooked a Burns Night supper for a group of us.....

We sat down to eat at 7.45.....enjoyed a fantastic meal...some chaps are really good cooks....

...then retired to the sitting room for port and cigars.... ;-)....

At about 10.45 there was a little explosion from the kitchen.....the girls went to investigate....the chaps took a long time to get up from the sofa....wimps.....

We discovered a shattered saucepan lid.....still sort of in place but the worktop and floor covered in tiny pieces of glass.....could have ruined the neeps and tatties....

Now, does any clever bod know why, after sitting on a plate at room temperature and nowhere near a heat source for about three hours, the lid would have shattered then?

The saucepans are new, Stellar pans.......never been dropped or otherwise abused.....

I could understand if there was a sudden, extreme change of temperature.... but this has us puzzled.....

Gx


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[murraymints]

hee hee ... :0) xx

[gness]

Thank you all for the fun.......putting a serious question on AB really doesn't work for me......and I love that!.....♥

[bunkmoreland]

I think the company should be contacted directly and the full details given. No one was injured this time,but,there is obviously some sort of "wierd" fault going on. The store that replaced the lid, may not have bothered to inform the manufacturers about this odd occurrence.

[gness]

That's very true, Bunkmoreland......a photo and details will be emailed to Stellar....thanks....x

[aelmpvw]

i don't understand why you are puzzled, you were there, it was inevitable

[gness]

Funny......two of the guests said that, Ael........ :-( ...... and now that's puzzling me too......x

[Togo]

Just a quick word for gness and minty. My mams auntie Annie was a little spitfire of a lady, who despite living in the heart of Middleport and working in the pottery industry with hundreds of people with local accents, still spoke with the broadest 'Scottish' accent. She was immaculate in her appearance and was always beautifully dressed and wore make up even to go to work or the local shop. Her husband uncle 'Alfie' had the deepest bass voice you have ever heard and he was about six foot six tall thin as a rake and looked just like Tommy Trinder. When they were together they looked like a mop and bucket as she was only about five foot tall. They kept a budgie that talked with a Scottish accent and it used to shout 'Alfie's on the horses again' if he read the paper. She used to make a right tasty 'Scotch Broth' when every other house in the area was making 'Lobby'. I believe that she held a job that was considered to be highly skilled. They met when Alfie put into port somewhere up in Scotland, he was a stoker. He was a brilliant bloke doted on her and was totally afraid of her if she got on his case. They had no children of their own, but were brilliant with me and my brothers and sisters and my mams sister's children too.

[gness]

Thanks, Togo....that image of Annie and Alfie looking like a mop and bucket is wonderful......and made me laugh.......xx