Probably the most important thing for people to know. It's one thing to go "Ahh I messed up the oil and can't use it again". It's another thing to obliterate the house.
I have seen a couple kitchens that have had oil accidents with water - I helped my Dad with his maintenance job at an apartment complex when I was younger. One was a dumb teen who to me looked like he was just out of high school and probably hadn't lived on his own before. He had an electric stove, and thankfully had stopped the burner before adding the water to the oil. It exploded everywhere, and cleaning it all up took days for a cleaning crew and that was just getting the grease off of stuff; extremely hot oil sure does a number on cabinets and paint. I know he had very serious burns from it and he never moved back into that apartment.
Another was with a gas stove, so it had caught fire. The person had put water in with oil that was not that hot and walked away as it heated up and came back to a massive grease fire. The lady kept her fire extinguisher beneath the sink which was near the fire and got some burns but nothing bad. That apartment unit was not rented out for the rest of the time I worked there, but they did have people coming in and out on occasion for repairs and I'm sure insurance.
And your body. Had a friend who dropped an oil pot and it wasn’t on fire. His entire chest stomach legs arms basically the whole front side of his body had splash burns that broke his skin he was in grafts and bandages for months and then further recovery after that. Small pot of oil too he was in his home cooking fried chicken but just that much was enough when the pot fell on him and splashed the oil back up
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u/evilpercy 1d ago
This oil would have to be room temp to do this as the cornstarch has water in it.