Kitchen first aid

[Caribou]

If you could manage to dump flour in one large clump it might work. Tossing it allows it to mix with air and you have created a bomb. There are numerous examples of flour mills blowing up. Do not use flour, those are not dice worth rolling.

A friend of mine knew to throw salt on the fire, great idea. In her panic she grabbed the sugar by mistake, bad execution.

We had a discussion of fire blankets here a few months back. At that time Amazon had them in packs of four. The kitchen got one and the rest made their way into bedrooms for fire escape. Each bedroom already had a 10# dry chem extenguisher to fight my way out.

 

[Magpie]

Burned my hand on the weekend and was multi tasking, so didn't run cold water long enough over it, and it was a while later before I realised how bad it was. I popped some burn gel on it, and on Sunday and Monday used the antiseptic cream cream husband is using on his new tattoo. I keep hitting it off stuff though, and last night thought it might be infected. I slapped some of our honey on it and covered it. Its less raised this morning, will keep applying the honey.

 

[DrHenley]

If you are in the kitchen then there should be ice close at hand. Ice that burn immediately and keep the ice on it until it stops hurting. If you can keep a blister from forming it will heal much much much faster.

 

[DrHenley]

Let's say, you have a pan full of bacon, and the grease catches fire. What do you do? Grab it and try to run to the sink? If you are successful with getting it to a sink, then what? Pour water on it? Nope, not me. I love the idea of those fire blankets.

I believe this will be my next purchase.

My next door neighbor nearly burned his house down by doing the wrong thing to a grease fire. Half the kitchen was on fire and the fire was already burning through the ceiling before the fire trucks got there. Fortunately my garden hose reached to his kitchen window, and while I was putting out the fire, my father went in and pulled the guy out, who was still inside. I had it all put out by the time the fire trucks got there.

 

[Bacpacker]

Burned my hand on the weekend and was multi tasking, so didn't run cold water long enough over it, and it was a while later before I realised how bad it was. I popped some burn gel on it, and on Sunday and Monday used the antiseptic cream cream husband is using on his new tattoo. I keep hitting it off stuff though, and last night thought it might be infected. I slapped some of our honey on it and covered it. Its less raised this morning, will keep applying the honey.

Grab you some lavender essential oil. Ice or cold water until it quits burning, then cover the area in the oil, 2 to 3 times a day.
Wife did this once and within a day or 2 you couldn't tell she was burned

 

[Magus]

??? That would be a great way to create a dust explosion. Better keep that mustard handy...

Salt or corn meal then.
Cooking sherry or liquor is good on burns, but is flammable in some cases.

 

[Magpie]

Update: The honey made a huge difference, very quickly. It will scar but husband pointed out there was a scar there to begin with!

 

[Pearl]

Update: The honey made a huge difference, very quickly. It will scar but husband pointed out there was a scar there to begin with!

Honey is the best for burns!!

 

[Haertig]

Update: The honey made a huge difference, very quickly. It will scar but husband pointed out there was a scar there to begin with!

Get you some of this stuff:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BMPPTGCR?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

It helps lessen scars. It made my new surgery incisions less sensitive to touch as well. Also, you want to keep scars out of sunlight or they will darken - this stuff works to block the sun so you don't have to smear on sunblock.

It comes on a plastic backing - save that backing because you can peel the stuff of and put it back on the backing and use it again a few times. It's kind of expensive, but it will last a long time. I asked my surgeon about it and she said lots of her patients swear by it and she recommends it. The instructions say to take it off after eight hours on the first few days and work up to longer and longer periods. My surgeon said that's silly - just put it on and leave it on as long as you want. Many of her patients leave it on 24 hours a day. I leave mine on for days. It even stays on in the shower for me, but that will depend on the bumps, twists and turns of where you stick it to your body. It doesn't have adhesive, it just kinds of sticks like magic. And comes off easily.

You don't put this on oozing or bleeding wounds. It is not a wound dressing. It is for scars. I went for four weeks after surgery before I started using it - but I had stitches, staples, drains, scabs and all kinds of stuff. Use it after your burn has healed. Not on blisters or scabs or anything like that.