Originally Posted by
BamaVol
We had cooking classes in junior high school back in my day (grades 7/8/9). Unfortunately they were restricted to girls. What a shame this wasn't opened to all and continued.
Heh....
Boys had 1 week of "home ec" in junior high.
I was making some caramel from sugar, and the recipe said "heat sugar to 375 in heavy pan," so I heated the heavy pan up and dumped the sugar in.
It turns out that sugar rapidly converts to carbon.... and copious amounts of smoke... when heated
immediately to high temperatures.
The recipe failed to note you should perform the process gradually.
They only had to evacuate that wing of the building for a few minutes.
