When I was first married in the seventies we both worked full time and I tried to be organised. One morning after making toast under the grill (no toaster) I prepared that night's dinner. I left potatoes peeled and in water in a pot on top of the cooker. Next to that a pot with mince which I had browned and put gravy in all ready to be cooked when we got home from work. Imagine our surprise when we came home to a house full of black smoke. We could hardly see in front of us. My hubby was saying," I thought you were cooking the food when we got home you've nearly burnt the house down. " I swore I hadn't put the rings on under the pots and thought I was going mad. Once we fought our way through the smoke haze in the kitchen we discovered it was the grill that had been left on and we were lucky as a tea towel was very near it and could have went up in flames.
There is a happy ending to this story and that is,as the grill was below the rings the pots were on the mince and potatoes were cooked to perfection. We didn't have to wait for dinner that night but did have to wait until we had opened all the windows and the smoke had gone.
Just how much taxpayers money have the Tories wasted
Is there such a thing as delicious ready meals?