How to Build a Ginger Gas Bomb

[ellenkushner]

Because who doesn't love a good kitchen disaster story?

1) Take a jar of extremely aged Trader Joe's Ginger Jam, with just a little crystallized stuff left on the bottom it would be a shame to waste.

2) Place in Microwave.  

3) Set on AutoReheat. Because it would be just so much more simple to go for :30 at 1/2 power and see if that decrystallized it enough to spread on nearby English Muffin.  But that would involve pressing so many more buttons.  And, hey; "Reheat" might work!  It's Auto, ain't it?

4) Wait far more than :30.

5) Open Microwave Door.

6) Inhale clouds of gingery fumes exuding therefrom.  Cough a lot.  Watch in amazement as clouds of fumacious ginger gas continue to emerge.

7) Burn tongue on extremely dark brown almost burnt but kinda yummy caramelly sludge at bottom.

7)  Wash.  Rinse.  Do not repeat.

Comments

[gwynnega]

Now I want ginger jam. (But not fumacious ginger gas.)

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

You are wise.

[nohwhere-man.livejournal.com]

7a) Do not try this at home.

Thinking of making caramelized ginger marmalade, but not in a microwave oven.

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

7a) Oh, I wouldn't advise trying it anywhere that the Public could be harmed!

But, yes; if you stir and stir and watch and stir, you should have something mighty fine, there. Enjoy.

[taraljc.livejournal.com]

My flatmate made candied ginger a few weeks ago, and my whole flat smelled of delicious peppery ginger for days. She even loves me enough to have saved a jar of ginger syrup (I used to buy it at Worldmarket, for to put in tea).

Before she moves out, she's going to help me make homemade plum pudding for me to take to my parents for the hols, because my dad hasn't had homemade Christmas pudding since he smuggled brought two home from my cousin Margo in Ireland a few years ago.

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

All sounds good - but I'm telling you: If it burns, DON'T INHALE!

[shweta-narayan.livejournal.com]

It seems to be the day of the ginger gas bombs.

Here's another way.

1) Have sore throat, need ginger drink.
2) Grind up a handful of fresh ginger, stick it in a pot with plenty of water, & set to simmer, with lid on.
3) Forget all about it till the burning smell reminds you.
4) Remove lid to check.

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

Man, that shit is potent!

[shweta-narayan.livejournal.com]

yeah I've been hiding in the bedroom with the deck door open & air filter on!

Ginger, the next WMD

[csecooney.livejournal.com]

Ack! Ladies! I hope no permanent ginger-gas damage was done to thy lungs!

*swoons*

Soyez sage, mes amis!

Re: Ginger, the next WMD

[shweta-narayan.livejournal.com]

nothing unburned ginger can't fix :)

Re: Ginger, the next WMD

[csecooney.livejournal.com]

The ailment and the cure! It's like magic.

Re: Ginger, the next WMD

[keyan-bowes.livejournal.com]

Hair of the dog, right?

[dawn-metcalf.livejournal.com]

A story for the ages.

(Must confess, my first thought was "Yum!")

P.S. Stonewall Fig & Ginger Jam is awesome. Just sayin'.

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Oh dear... On the other hand, it's much worse with chilli, which happens here all too often when the marquis gets carried away with his Szechuan cooking.
My friend J once had a large bottle of home-made strawberry wine explode in her airing cupboard. Her whole house smelled like summer for months.

[abominabledante.livejournal.com]

Ick. But that still can't be as bad as cooking cinnamon rolls on a baking sheet your roommate has ruined with caked-on black stuff and then finding the rolls mysteriously taste like vegetables. But you eat them anyway, because heck, you paid for them, and you're not wasting then because they taste a little funny.