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    1 year ago

    Owwwwwwwwww! Without thinking, I just picked up a cast iron Creuset lid that had come straight from the hot oven. I’m an idiot.

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          1 year ago

          Last bad one for me was picking up a stainless steel saucepan. Gas was slightly of centre so had been heating the secondary handle. Ended up with Bacarat (reversed though) branded into my hand because I didn’t want to drop the boiling pasta water all over myself. Bloody hurt that one.

    • Seagoon_
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      1 year ago

      I picked up a glass tube straight out of a furnace, it wasn’t glowing but it was bloody hot. A few hundred Cs. For a few weeks my hand looked like that nazi guy from raiders of the lost ark, seared into a grasp shape. It was fairly painful. Luckily no scars.

      The danger of heat can’t be seen with eyes, it has to be learnt well for each situation.

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        1 year ago

        Holy shit, that sounds awful. Glad you’re healed.

        We have an unwritten rule in the house that anything in the kitchen that’s hot from the oven gets a towel or mitt thrown over it, but I should have known better than to assume. All good now.

    • Duenan
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      1 year ago

      Oh Jesus, I’ve done something similar without thinking.

      Keep it cool, cold water and if you have aloe Vera that will help.

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        I think I got to the cold tap quickly enough to avoid any damage, still stings tho. On the plus side, I have no fingerprints on 3 out of 5 digits - what should I do with this superpower?

        • Duenan
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          1 year ago

          Well seeing as you don’t have fingerprints on some of your fingers you could get away with murder!