Well it was bound to happen wasn't it - me saying recently how I wasn't very accident prone and how I keep a tidy workspace, don't drip my soap everywhere, etc.
WELL! Today I was making a 1/2 black and 1/2 white charcoal swirl soap and I put my stick blender into my pot (I keep the pot next to me that I warmed the oils in to rest the blender or spatulas and other items to keep things tidy) as usual. But then at one point I pulled the pot closer to my workspace from the stove top where it usually sits. There's a bump of about 3 mm from the stove top to the bench top - enough to upset my stick blender and send it sideways, which then 'dominoed' into the spatula sticking out of white batch that I'd already mixed, knocking that over and SPILLING MOST OF THE CONTENTS OVER THE COUNTER TOP!
I shouted an expletive, looked, shouted another expletive, looked again. My brain was churning thinking how I could get that soap up without wasting it, and also have enough time to work with my batter before it marched onwards into non-swirl zone.
I figured it out. My mixing 'bucket' is a triangle shape kinda - with three flat sides and rounded corners (good for pouring). It was empty of soap batter because I'd just halved it into the 'white' jug and the 'black' jug. It made a great scoop! I lay it flat and used the spatula to push most of the soap back into the container.
Managed to rescue most of it and get it back into the appropriate places for pouring. I finished my soap! It looks good! I wasted maybe half a cup of batter in the end. BUT my stick blender top got covered in soap batter. It's mostly sealed off from any possible contact with liquid, but some of the soap batter got into the top where the cord goes. I had to try and scoop it out and wash it a bit to get the residue off. It's sitting upside down now - to allow any excess water to get out. But we all know how well water and electricity go together huh? It might not be usable. We shall see.
But hey! I made soap!
Here's my poor stick blender:
WELL! Today I was making a 1/2 black and 1/2 white charcoal swirl soap and I put my stick blender into my pot (I keep the pot next to me that I warmed the oils in to rest the blender or spatulas and other items to keep things tidy) as usual. But then at one point I pulled the pot closer to my workspace from the stove top where it usually sits. There's a bump of about 3 mm from the stove top to the bench top - enough to upset my stick blender and send it sideways, which then 'dominoed' into the spatula sticking out of white batch that I'd already mixed, knocking that over and SPILLING MOST OF THE CONTENTS OVER THE COUNTER TOP!
I shouted an expletive, looked, shouted another expletive, looked again. My brain was churning thinking how I could get that soap up without wasting it, and also have enough time to work with my batter before it marched onwards into non-swirl zone.
I figured it out. My mixing 'bucket' is a triangle shape kinda - with three flat sides and rounded corners (good for pouring). It was empty of soap batter because I'd just halved it into the 'white' jug and the 'black' jug. It made a great scoop! I lay it flat and used the spatula to push most of the soap back into the container.
Managed to rescue most of it and get it back into the appropriate places for pouring. I finished my soap! It looks good! I wasted maybe half a cup of batter in the end. BUT my stick blender top got covered in soap batter. It's mostly sealed off from any possible contact with liquid, but some of the soap batter got into the top where the cord goes. I had to try and scoop it out and wash it a bit to get the residue off. It's sitting upside down now - to allow any excess water to get out. But we all know how well water and electricity go together huh? It might not be usable. We shall see.
But hey! I made soap!
Here's my poor stick blender:
