My attempt at homemade ramen ended with a kitchen flood

Was making tonkotsu ramen from scratch yesterday in my tiny apartment in Denver. Had the pork bones simmering for like 6 hours when I went to strain the broth and the colander I bought for $3 at a garage sale completely collapsed under the weight. Broth went everywhere including into my shoe and down into the floor vent. Spent the next hour sopping up pork fat from my linoleum while my place smelled like a weird soup sauna. Anyone else ever had a cheap kitchen tool just give up on you at the worst possible moment?

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carr.elliot4d ago

Garage sale colanders are cursed items. That broth smell is gonna haunt you for weeks.

cole9944d ago

Rip to your kitchen and your shoes man. That $3 colander basically speedran its own retirement right into your floor vents. Honestly you probably just invented Denver's first pork-infused HVAC system so congrats on that innovation. Bet your apartment smells like a dream for any stray dogs within a three block radius. Gotta respect a tool that chooses violence at the absolute worst moment though.