KITCHEN EMERGENCIES Hand Cut with Meat Cleaver Elevate the wound above your heart. Place direct pressure on the injury for 15 minutes. When the bleeding stops, dress the wound to prevent infection. Lacerations that are longer than 1/2 inch, are deep, or will not stop bleeding will likely require stitches. Oven on Fire Keep oven door shut. Turn the oven off. Though smoke may pour out of the vents, ovens are designed to contain heat and flame, and the fire should burn out after several minutes. Do not open the oven door for at least 5 minutes, or until you are sure the fire is out, as you will only add oxygen to the fire. Keep your face back from the oven when you open the door. If the fire continues to burn for more than 10 minutes, call the fire department. Grease Fire Turn the range off. Put on large oven mitts (to the elbow, if available), pick up the lid to the pan/pot and carefully slide the lid over the pan to smother the fire. If the pan does not have a lid, smother the fire with a cookie sheet, coarse salt, or baking soda. Gas Burner Won't Light Lift the range cover and look underneath to determine if the pilot light on the line that feeds the burner is still lit. If not, and if there is no ambient smell of gas, light a long match and touch to pilot light line opening to relight. Never leave a burner in the "light" position while lighting the pilot light. Never light a match if you smell gas in the house. Open window and doors, then get out of the house and call the gas company. Hands Smell Garlicky Rub your hands across a stainless-steel utensil under running tap water. Hot Pepper Oil on Hands Create a solution of 10 parts water to 1 part household bleach. Soak your hands in the solution until the pain subsides. Always wear rubber gloves while handling hot peppers to avoid contact with capsaicin oil, most of which is located in the fibers that hold the seeds to the pepper flesh. Teary While Cutting Onions Put the onions in the freezer for 10 minutes before cutting. Remove and promptly chop or slice. Avoid cutting into the potent root of the onion, which contains the highest concentration of the tearinducing sulfur. Garbage Disposal Clogged Peer under the sink and press the reset button on the disposal unit. If the disposal still won't work, check the disposal motor for an Allen (hex) bolt in the housing and turn the bolt with an Allen wrench until the flywheel moves. If the clog remains, remove all items from the disposal and use the handle of a wooden spoon to move the impellers back and forth. Press the reset button. If the disposal is still clogged, use a purpose-specific disposal wrench to loosen the tension bolt and clear the jam.
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