I thought Dad was going to burn the house down

"How are you going to put those flames out?!!!" Brent was asking his father in- law when he saw huge flames on the stove. Joe seemed very calm, like he had cooked like this a million times before. Maybe he had, but Brent was just a little uneasy watching flames lick up into the exhaust fan over the stove. Joe is an "old school" Portuguese grandpa born in a tiny town near Coimbra, Portugal some 80 years ago. Arriving in Vancouver, Canada some 48 years ago, has done nothing to change his "old school" lessons he saw his mom doing back home when growing up. To most of us this probably looks like a fairly unsafe practice. Huge flames atop the stove usually means a bad thing...that a cooking fire is out of control. Keeping a close eye on the tops of the flames Brent made question a couple times about the safety they were all in. Joe continued to assure Brent that "all is ok". Every once in awhile Brent would catch Joe looking up into the area of the vent hood, so he knew Joe also was concerned but did not stop his chore of cooking his afternoon snack. You may know, if you have European family, they like to eat... and drink wine. Lunch or snacks in Joe's home always consist of bread (Portuguese buns of course),sausage(home made and cooked as you will see),cheese( of a few varieties), and of course also his home made red wine. Of course a meal can not end without dessert ! At times dessert is fruit, but generally it is a cake of one kind or another, definitely yummy. Well it seems everything went well as Brent was able to tell this story and share his footage of a "typical afternoon cooking class" at his father-in-law Joes' house.