The Darwin Awards III: Survival of the Fittest (1987) by Wendy Northcutt

Author:Wendy Northcutt
Format: epub
Published: 1987-07-30T16:00:00+00:00

PERSONAL ACCOUNT

FLASHY CHEF

2001

For Christmas dinner I decided to quadruple a new recipe for pepper-encrusted filet mignon. One of the ingredients was brandy, a substance I’d never cooked with before that night. The recipe called for four steaks and a cup of brandy, cooked in a ten-inch skillet. Quadrupled, the only thing that would hold the meat was a large roasting pan set over two gas burners.

In retrospect I should have realized that when four cups of brandy are poured into a roasting pan hot enough to sear meat, the resulting vapors will creep over the sides of the pan in a hurry. When these vapors ignite, the resulting fireball can, and will, remove eyebrows, nose hair, and varnish from a hapless chef’s brand-new kitchen cabinets. From now on, turkey for Christmas.

Reference: Rob McClain, Personal Account

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