Was making a starter on the stove last night for this weekends first all-grain (BIAB) attempt, and I absent-mindedly just dumped 1 cup of DME into a pot of water that was at a full rolling boil... great mother of pearl that made a mess! 
It instantly turned onto a tower of foam shooting out the top of the pot, and by the time I was able to remove it from the heat and it settled down, I had lost about 1/2 of my 2L boil volume. This left me looking at the half flooded stove and wet floor like a deer caught in headlights thinking to myself "Can I clean this up before SWMBO gets home?" :cross:
I can now say for certain, that half wet globs of DME are a total pain in the butt to clean up, but I managed to get it donw and the wife has a freshly mopped kitchen floor and clean stove to show for it.
So, a lesson for you: keep your mind on what you are doing, even when it is just making a starter.
Take 2 on the starter turned out much better and is foaming away nicely on the stir plate now.
It instantly turned onto a tower of foam shooting out the top of the pot, and by the time I was able to remove it from the heat and it settled down, I had lost about 1/2 of my 2L boil volume. This left me looking at the half flooded stove and wet floor like a deer caught in headlights thinking to myself "Can I clean this up before SWMBO gets home?" :cross:
I can now say for certain, that half wet globs of DME are a total pain in the butt to clean up, but I managed to get it donw and the wife has a freshly mopped kitchen floor and clean stove to show for it.
So, a lesson for you: keep your mind on what you are doing, even when it is just making a starter.
Take 2 on the starter turned out much better and is foaming away nicely on the stir plate now.
