And the moral is....

[Naga]

Nightmare, Stephen!  ;D

[chewytikka]

Hi SL
Been there done that!  Making a mess and cleaning down, all part of the curry magic.
I've always had a habit of pebble dashing the kitchen with hot garabi, with various brands of stick blender. :
Still sorry to here about your mishap, but on the plus side, you need a new blender, retail therapy.

White Converse, Crikey, memories flooding back of paying 90 quid for a pair in the 80's, loved them.
cheers Chewy

[Peripatetic Phil]

Still sorry to here about your mishap, but on the plus side, you need a new blender, retail therapy.

Another one to avoid (bought to replace the dead Lidl goblet blender, for which a full refund was willinglhg given).  This one, at GBP 17-99 from Aldi, has (a) feet that are not suction cups, so the whole blender rotates when in action; (b) a goblet that does not sit 100% firmly on the base (won't fall off, but very unnerving); and (c) a central cap that is oddly shaped and slips out of one's grasp when wet with (e.g.,) joghurt.  Bought three, returning two, and will be writing to Aldi with a negative product review.

** Phil.

[meggeth]

Oh dear! 

I'll tell you something else never to do....

Never, ever, open a pressure cooker lid before the pressure has dropped!

That would be stupid!

:

[chewytikka]

Oh dear! 

I'll tell you something else never to do....

Never, ever, open a pressure cooker lid before the pressure has dropped!

That would be stupid!

:

A pretty impossible feat, something I'd like to see - from a distance of course. ;D

[Stephen Lindsay]

Thank you for your replies folks. They really made me laugh out loud. The latest is that said Converses have been subject to a stint in the washing machine, spot treated with bold which turned the stains pink and partner's father taking a toothbrush and bleach to them. Am awaiting the outcome once they have been dried.

I too am a bugger for dribbling curry (any anything else I eat) down my shirt and I consider it a minor miracle not to do so on any given meal. I have often thought that a pelican bib would be just the thing.

[Peripatetic Phil]

Never, ever, open a pressure cooker lid before the pressure has dropped!  That would be stupid!

A pretty impossible feat ...

Someone is shewing his (lack of) age, methinks.  While it is indeed virtually impossible to open a modern pressure cooker, with its many Health and Safety interlocks, the old-fashioned one that we had in my family home had no interlocks whatsoever, and opening it while still pressurised (if one was stupid enough) was but the work of a moment ...

** Phil.

[meggeth]

It was (still is!) an old prestige aluminium twist lid one. I thought the hissing has reduced enough for me to twist.....It's amazing how much can come out and spew over the cooker and floor!

[Aussie Mick]

What a nightmare Stephen? I don't think I, or my missus would have taken it quiote as well as you seem to have.

On the other subject, we had a domestic pressure cooker that blew the rubber seal out the side of the pan. The noise and mess was unbelievable. Lucky it was at the shop and NOT at home.

Domestic pressure cookers are definitely not made to be used on a commercial stove on full whack!!