PSA on baking

mamie329 · August 2009

Yesterday I decided to bake some lemon square bars. As it was in the oven I felt an oncoming migraine. To nip it in the butt (haha, stjoe), I took some medicine and went to bed. As I slept I thought I smelled macaroni and cheese coming from the downstairs apartment. Three hours later I realize, "Oh shiitt. That's not mac and cheese - that's burntass lemon bars. I flew out the kitchen to rescue my brandnew Calphalon baking dish containing a supremely charred something. DH was at work the whole time. He didn't even ask me about the smell or the contents of the pan when he came home.

How was i going to explain that I nearly set the house on fire?

Not my finest work.

So, PSA: Don't go to bed when you are baking.

stjoespirit04 · August 2009

Love of my life. I apologize for wanting you to GBCK. To make up for it, and to pray for your forgiveness, I will make you lemon bars myself for the G2G. You can even keep the pan. Yes

Kellybeth124 · August 2009

I've done the same thing with a frozen lasagna before. So far that the plastic container began to melt onto the sheet pan. Definitely didn't smell pleasant, that's for sure.

MrsFancyPants · August 2009

Just scrape the char off, I bet they are still good inside. Every bite will be like the edge of the brownie pan (that hard chewy goodness).

mamie329 · August 2009

KB - Yeah, the smell of it permeating the apartment did not help with my nausea, and I couldn't escape it!

stjoe - This sounds like a good plan, and I accept your truce offering. GTG back on!

Fancy - Oh gross. I think I'm still nauseous. I'll airship it to you for your enjoyment.

kaleyandjason · August 2009

This sounds like something I would be guilty of. I hope the new pan was salvageable!

krispychikin · August 2009

ah - so you were the person in undergrad who always forgot they were baking in the common kitchen and made me get up in the freezing cold at 2 am for a fire alarm.

cobride2be83 · August 2009

or you can avoid this all together and just not bake. that is my solution mamie..it seems to be working out pretty well!

mamie329 · August 2009

I haven't even tried to scrape the burnt stuff out. It was the first time I used that stupid pan too. If it's ruined, I'm going to be so pissed.

Cobride - you have a great point. A few weeks ago the fire company came because I had a stove fire. Maybe I should rethink this whole domestic diva thing.

mamie329 · August 2009

Calphalon is the bomb. The burnt mess just plopped right out of the pan in one shot, little cleanup. DH still doesn't know.

just dandy. · October 2009

This is for all of you who just employed the "bump" feature. I love that this happened to be the very last post on this board

chrissyvcm · October 2009

I'm sure Mamie is loving you right now for making her rehash old memories!

RedZee · October 2009

Ha! I didn't realize this was an old post at first and I was like, "Wait Mamie - you burned lemon squares AGAIN?!? Didn't you learn the first time?"

just dandy. · October 2009

I don't think she's noticed! Isn't this great!? We can have secret conversations in old threads!

hopscotch. · October 2009

Love it! Maaaaaaaamieeeeee - burn anything lately?

hopscotch. · October 2009

By, the way I just surpassed the 10K point mark. I'm a loser.

just dandy. · October 2009

with your new name?!! How?! I'm barely past 100.

mamie329 · October 2009

I hate you all.

just lemonade tipped me off.

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