Open sesame!

Last night as I was cooking dinner, Naomi was playing in my spice cupboard. She was occupied and happy, and that makes me happy. I was cooking and cooking, when I smelled something fantastic wafting up from my baby. I'm not kidding. It really smelled great! That's because Naomi had poured the sesame oil all over the inside of the cupboard! By now, there was plenty of material to work with, and she was smearing it around with her hands. It was quite the masterpiece in progress. The top shelf was thoroughly covered, and it had dripped down into a lake on the lower shelf, which was then dripping into a large puddle on the floor.

Now, as far as spills go, dry spills are my favorite. Spill my whole tub of salt (two weeks ago)? No problem. That's why they invented brooms. Or better yet, vacuums. My next favorite is water. You want to help me with the dishes? Fine! I'll just hang up the rug when you're done. Or prop a stool underneath it to pretend that helps. But sesame oil ranks down there with sticky watermelon juice and soda-- though not as low as broken glass-- or broken glass mixed with something sticky.

But anyway... I used just about every rag I own to clean up the stuff. And my house still smells like Chinese food when you walk in. My spices and staples are still pretty oily, but I did wash the floor so it wasn't slick. 

Yes, it was basically full.

 Now, I'm not usually dumb enough to leave open bottles in my cupboards. Happily, most bottles come with lids, and I'm a firm believer in using them. But this bottle was Made in China. You want to know how I know this? Besides the obvious?
Okay, when I went to open it last week, I flipped open the lid and found some foil covering the actual bottle mouth. That's normal. But when I went to open it with a knife, instead of easily piercing it, it just clunked against the top. What on earth? But the flip-top was sealed onto the bottle in such a way that it didn't come off. A few more tries with the knife told me there had to be a better way. So I sawed off the top of the lid.
Inside, there was a bottle-cap-- just like a beer bottle or something.
Let me get this straight. Flip-cap doesn't come off, but inner seal is actually a bottle-cap, needing a bottle-opener to remove? Which you can't get to without removing the non-removeable flip-cap? (*face-palm*)
Welcome to China!!

The lid after sawing it open

But thankfully, it's practically empty now and I can buy a new one.