People should listen to me more often, you know.

Categories: ramblings, cooking-and-recipes

Date: 26 May 2008 12:43:24

Because, just occasionally, especially with regard to domesticity, I do actually know what I'm talking about.

"Don't open that tin of treacle!" I said.

"But it's expired, and we can empty it out and recycle the tin!"

[By this point I'm hiding behind the door].

"Oooooh, good luck getting that off the ceiling," I observed, once the shrieking and general carry-on had died down.

Un-opened tins of black treacle have a tendency to explode, once they're past the expiry date.