Have an accident? No thanks, I’ve already had one!?

Nasty husband, JuliaM.

Thanks Callistemon. In answer to lemongrove, it was quite some time before I ventured in and as we no longer live in that area it doesn't apply now.

The staff were absolutely brilliant, I was fortunately not hurt by any broken glass but was quite shaken and their reassurance was helpful.

It was Sainsbury's in Ashford, Kent, and I should give them credit for the way they handled a disaster.

I'm enjoying all these red wine stories.
I think Carrie should read this - it's not just Boris!

We've had several disasters both at home and when out.

I think Jessity's takes first prize

Jessity !! Did you ever venture into that store again??

Julia although that was a disaster all round, I felt sorry reading it for the hostess! Bet that was something she never forgot ?

I was once served Pears in Red wine with Icecream for dessert at a posh dinner party. The only problem was that the hostess had forgoten to core and cut the pears in half before serving, and the only cutlery remaing on the table was a desert spoon and a small fork. When I tried to cut into the pear using the side of my spoon, the whole thing flirted across the table, staining the white linen demask tablecloth on its way, and finally landing on the floor at the side of the Hostess. Then the same thing happened to her husband, who was not ammused and gave her a firm ticking off for forgetting to poach the pears first rather than just leaving them to soak raw for several hours in the Red wine!

Loving this thread, thanks all.

We’ve had our fair share of red wine or port going everywhere thanks to someone’s expansive arm-flung gesture. Wine No More from Lakeland or John Lewis is a miracle cure, truly it is.

My most embarrassing moment with wine was in a supermarket some years ago. I was in the centre of the wine aisle and reached up to take a bottle from the top shelf - I’m not very tall, so it was a bit of a stretch. As I took the bottle down, it touched the ones either side, each of which leaned precariously against its neighbour which fell. It was slow motion disaster. They went like dominoes right and left along the top shelf. At each end, the next shelf was a little longer, so they too fell like dominoes.

I was transfixed, horror struck. Staff raced to me from all directions, more worried about injuries to me from flying glass than interested in the lake of wine around me. I still cringe at the memory of those first bottles starting to fall.....

Never had a pressure cooker, am obviously of a nervous disposition!
Red wine accidents abound don’t they? A friend once knocked over a large glass ( full) on my white damask tablecloth.She was so embarrassed ( there were other guests there) but the tablecloth never recovered.?

I've always used a pressure cooker, though not so much these days, but always treated them with extreme caution!
Finally, from me, I remember my mother did a wonderful stew in the oven in a pyrex bowl! She carried it by the handles and half way between the kitchen and the dining room the bottom fell out of the bowl!!!! Stew everywhere, boiling hot, guests for lunch, and me frozen tothe spot!!! I can't remember anything else but apparently even the dog wouldn't help clear up, too spicy I expect!! I've always been cautious with ovenproof glass!! Actually I think most of my culinary life has been viewed with extreme caution!!!

Some years ago, my daughter coined the phrase "I´ve just ketchuped myself", which we use to this day. As in saying to the grandchildren "careful, you don´t ketchup yourself". Though the best one was a neighbour´s child taking a jar of honey off a top shelf and slowly drizzling herself in honey.

These stories have really made me laugh. Thanks everybody.

When I was 12 a boy in my class invited me to tea. His mum cooked us fish fingers and chips. I cut into a fish finger and a big chunk of it fell on the floor. Nobody noticed so I quietly bent down and put in my short white sock where it stayed for the rest of the meal. Can't remember when I took it out.

I've killed off two pressure cookers (burnt out) but they've never done me any harm. I learnt to use my mum's as a teenager, usually preparing Saturday lunch, and have always had one until my recent mishaps.

It was DH's boss throwing a glass of white wine at me which startled me!

I don't use the pressure cooker now.

Pressure cookers are scary. My mum would never have one after a friend had a terrible accident with one.

lemongrove It's an understatement to say I was very startled.

At least it probably wasn't him then!

I did but he had been busy playing and knew nothing. He was an innocent wee soul.

Jane10 didn't you ask your DS what had happened?

My white tee and pale blue jeans came out of the wash with no stains!? Thanks to Tesco bio powder ( give credit where due.)

Jabberwok all is well thank you. The carpet eventually recovered with the help of Dr Beckmann’s miracle carpet cleaner. No more ? on a tray. Straight down the hatch!

That must have alarmed you though Callistemon ?

As an extremely clumsy person, I'm thoroughly enjoying this thread!!



Glad to know I'm not alone.

Has anyone ever taken the weight off a pressure cooker before it has cooled enough?
Don't!
You will get soup or whatever you're cooking all over the ceiling.

Red wine? Sloshing it with white wine helps get the stains out.

Someone did that to me once; I was trying to look intelligent and interested at a conference; I spilt my red wine down my cream top. Quick as a flash, DH's new boss threw his large glass of white wine at me. It did work.

Strange how it’s always funny when it happens to somebody else isn’t it??We are all guilty of it, I bet.
Mr L laughed a lot.....but not so much the time that he dropped a glass jar of honey on the tiled floor and had to clean it up all by himself.?

Before ex-husband and I were married, we were visiting my parents. Sitting at the table, mum asked him to open a jar of pickled red cabbage as the lid was tight. He opened it and the liquid shot out all over mum’s net curtains behind him. He was mortified, we all thought it was hilarious. It took him a long time to live it down.