Chip Pan Fires

[Pale Rider]

That must be one of the most crass replies I have seen on CC

Tend to agree, and yet again a thread is diverted into personal bickering.

That's partly my fault for replying, so I will say no more about it.

 

[vernon]

[QUOTE 2821326, member: 1314"]BREAKFAST AT VERNONS!!!!!!![/quote]

Crockers, I regard you as a brother. I will lay on pies, fry ups and curries for you. Bring your own table-sized trencher.

 

[vernon]

[QUOTE 2821359, member: 1314"]No salt or baked beans is good. No vinegar or sauces is bad. I add fried onions.[/quote]

Fried onions.....mmmm.....onions.....

Thanks for that.

Make a breakfast appointment.

 

[Brains]

I think chip pans are an age thing, personally I've never owned one, and we never had one when I was a kid, but they are still around.
We bought a flat a few years back and had to re-plaster one wall of the kitchen as a decade of chip pan spray had seeped so deep into the wall that no amount of paint would stop the grease seeping back out

 

[Lullabelle]

[QUOTE 2821369, member: 1314"] View attachment 34286 View attachment 34287 [/quote]

All round to yours then

 

[simon the viking]

[QUOTE 2821366, member: 1314"]I'll bring samosas and porter![/quote]
Porter now there's a decent drink.... Burton Bridge Porter... what a tipple! (other Breweries are available)

 

[Fnaar]

We had a chip pan fire a few days before Christmas once, when I was a kid. Many a happy hour was spent up a ladder trying to scrub the ceiling clean (wee took it in 'shifts', and repainted before Christmas too).
Chez Fnaar, we don#t have a chip pan... never have, in 23 yrs together.

 

[Crackle]

[QUOTE 2821479, member: 1314"]This is my favourite - nutty, dense, with a bit of a kick. We have a few Samuel Smith pubs near work. I want to go to the pub now.

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Wrong thread I fear @User1314 I think, I may be wrong.

 

[classic33]

Whilst driving this week I have heard a number of radio advert features about the dangers of chip pan fires, and the risk of fires starting caused by people returning home drunk and chucking on chip pans.

It struck me as strange as I had thought that chip pan fires would be on the decline, as I did not think chip pans were too common nowadays.

A quick search of google proves I was wrong, and they remain one of the (if not the) most common cause of house fires and casualties.

No real reason for starting this thread other than to share.

http://news.stv.tv/scotland/110906-chip-pans-the-cause-of-one-tenth-of-house-fires-in-scotland/
One in Ten killed by them in house fires, North of the border!

 

[Scoosh]

http://news.stv.tv/scotland/110906-chip-pans-the-cause-of-one-tenth-of-house-fires-in-scotland/
One in Ten killed by them in house fires, North of the border!

Actually, it says:
Chip pans the cause of one-tenth of house fires in Scotland.
It makes no mention of any deaths.

It is also from July 2012 and further states:
A Scottish Government spokesman said: "The number of house fires related to chip or fat pan fires has reduced by more than two-thirds since 2001/02, which we believe indicates an improving awareness of the danger of fire in our homes.

All of which puts a slightly different light on the post.

This in no way discounts the fact that there are still far too many fires caused by chip or hot food pans.

 

[02GF74]

Actually, it says:

It is also from July 2012 and further states:
A Scottish Government spokesman said: "The number of house fires related to chip or fat pan fires has reduced by more than two-thirds since 2001/02, which we believe indicates an improving awareness of the danger of fire in our homes.
.

.... or there are less people who do the chip pan thing left due to the fires..

 

[Cuchilo]

I bought a chip pan the first year I got my first crop of potatoes from my allotment . I hit a lot of them digging them up so they are the first to get cooked / turned into chips .
Then I got the chickens and fresh eggs and real chips is a lovely treat . You cant beat home cooked chips !
I quite like cooking so if I cant be bothered to cook when ive had a few beers then I wouldn't be cooking chips . I just walk down to Hanworth kebab house , the finest kebabs in all the land .

 

[MontyVeda]

[QUOTE 2821359, member: 1314"]No salt or baked beans is good. No vinegar or sauces is bad. I add fried onions.[/quote]
a chip without salt is sooo wrong.

 

[Sara_H]

I make my chips in the oven, after parboiling. They're nicer.

 

[Cuchilo]

I make my chips in the oven, after parboiling. They're nicer.

Naaaaaaaa that's the posh way when you only have about four chips on your plate