Should I boil or saute the oven cleaner flavoured prawns?

I did that dreaded task today - oven cleaning - YUCK. It’s so nice to have a self cleaning oven, only problem is - it doesn’t work. Nothing about the oven works except the timer, the clock, the lights and the bake cycle. I hate spending money on new appliances… do you know how many pairs of shoes I could buy with that kind of money?, so I’m not complaining… I COULD buy a new one.

So, I bit the bullet and cleaned the oven this morning. When I finished I rinsed the yucky cloth in the kitchen sink then my daughter dragged me out to go with her while she did an errand. No problem, I like being with her and don’t mind sitting in the car with Hugo while she did the errand. Besides, I hadn’t been out all day.

Meanwhile, I left 2 bags of frozen prawns in a pan on the counter to thaw. Mr. Helpful Husband likes to HELP out around the house. I just don’t know how I managed to look after a family of 5 all those years without him ‘helping’. When he retired from his job, he started puttering in the kitchen - you know - taking the 3 mustard containers out of the fridge and putting it all in one… same with the ketchup, the mayo, the chutney… then he started on the spices, wondering aloud why there were 4 containers of mustard seed. Well, duh…

Finally I had to tell him just because he retired from his job, he shouldn’t be trying to take over MY job. We’ve been married 29 years in 9 days and I do KNOW what I’m doing.

Our kitchen is so small I have to squeeze past him (hey maybe that’s why he always stands in my way and he only does part of the job if I leave him to it. He’ll load the dishwasher but ‘forget’ to wipe the counters, or put the butter away or clean the stove top - so I have to go back to the kitchen later and finish the job…

Anyway, today Mr. Helpful decided the prawns were not thawing fast enough. He filled the sink with cold water and put the prawns in. Did he leave them in the bags? No, he took them OUT of the bags and dumped them in the sink full of water. The sink, I’d had oven cleaner in and didn’t get cleaned out. Did he wash the sink out first? Did he even swish the cloth around to get rid of the black greasy stuff first - nope.

So, I arrived home to find the 60 big fat prawns soaking in oven cleaner. Nice - a new seasoning. It was bad enough he had them IN water, getting waterlogged but the oven cleaner smell just kinda threw me for a loop.

What could I do? Was I going to throw out 60 prawns? Seriously - in a restaurant you get 6 prawns on a skewer for about $15.00 to $18.00. Nope, I rinsed them then sauted them in butter, garlic and lots of seasoning. The oven cleaner actually made them rather tasty.

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