Burning Tater Tots Set Idaho Firehouse Ablaze While Firefighters Out on Call

foxnews.com ^ | Dec 27, 2007 | AP

[RDTF]

BOISE, Idaho — A fire station crew must be a little embarrassed by the way some of this state's famous potatoes got fried.

Boise firefighters returning from a medical call had to turn their hose on the firehouse kitchen after an overheated pan full of Tater Tots melted and set some cabinets ablaze.

The Christmas Eve fire at Station 8 was quickly extinguished, with no injuries. No damage estimate was available.

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[mkmensinger]

Tater Tot = Ron White’s kid.

[Billthedrill]

Yew don’ make tater jokes ‘round here, boy. (Expectorating vigorously into half-filled spittoon) Dang it, we’re talkin’ tater tots here. THE HUMANITY!

[Old Professer]

I hope one of them didn’t open the oven door to see why it was smoking.

[VOA]

“Burning Tater Tots Set Idaho Firehouse Ablaze While Firefighters Out on Call”

OK, maybe I’m a paranoid for unplugging and double-checking the coffee-maker
at work at the end of the day.

But I ain’t gonna have the district office burn down on my watch!!!

[BOBTHENAILER]

Sure it wasn’t Krispy Kreme’s?

[thefactor]

that sucks. now where are they going to stash all the stuff they took from the medical call they were on?

[Diana in Wisconsin]

I’ve snagged more than one husband with THIS little baby right here! ;)

Savory Tater Tot Casserole

“Ground beef is layered in a casserole with chopped onions, mixed vegetables, cream of chicken soup, and topped with tater tots. It bakes in an hour.”

INGREDIENTS:
1 1/2 pounds lean ground beef
1/2 onion, chopped
4 cups frozen mixed
vegetables
1 (19 ounce) can cream of
chicken soup
1 (32 ounce) package frozen
Tater Tots

DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Spray 9x13 glass baking dish with cooking spray.
2. Spread hamburger into bottom of pan, covering entire bottom, gently tamping beef down. Sprinkle with diced onions. Layer frozen veggies as next layer. Cover with the soup, straight from the can, carefully spreading with spatula to cover entirely.
3. Layer tater tots on top, covering entire top with tots. Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees) for 1 hour, or until hamburger is done. Check after 30 minutes; if tots are getting too brown, turn down to 350 degrees F (190 degrees C).

Single female Freepers can thank me now, or thank me in person at their Wedding Reception. ;)

[Doogle]

whoops

[RDTF]

OMG that is hilarious

[isom35]

no mention of Napolean Dynamite yet?

[cripplecreek]

OH THE HUMANITY!!!!

[Billthedrill]

Tater tots started that one, too. Don’t try to tell me otherwise. ;-(

[cripplecreek]

Tazis?

[metmom]

Not the first time I’ve heard of this kind of incident.

[GOP_Raider]

(and don't you forget it!) The FR Idaho Ping List FReepmail GOP_Raider to be on or off this list.

[Billthedrill]

Tazis. Little lines of 'em marching across my living room floor at night when they think I'm asleep. I take 'em out with a .22. You don't want to step on the brass with yer bare feet. Oh, yeah, my therapist tells me it's all in my head but she hasn't heard the little buggers in the freezer singing the Horst Wessel song at midnight.

I go through a lot of spackle.

[the invisib1e hand]

I guess you could say the natives are getting restless...

[cripplecreek]

Sounds like you got an infestation of potatoskinheads.

[the invisib1e hand]

lol. a little too much time on your hands there, Rembrandt.