What NOT to do...

Last night I made a double batch of brownies supreme (brownies with nuts and chocolate chips). I took the baking dishes out of the oven and put one on the counter and the other on the front burner of the stove. I have limited counter space, so I sometimes use the stove top as cooling racks. Niah and I sampled the brownies, and they were positively delicious!

At around 9:30 PM, TJ called to inform me that he was on his way home from work. He asked if I could boil 3 eggs for him. I told him no problem and immediately went into the kitchen, filled up a saucepan with water, put 3 eggs inside the pan, put the pan on the stove, turned on the heat, and went back to finishing my project in the living room.

About 5 minutes later, I hurt this loud, bursting explosion. I went into the kitchen to discovered that one of the brownie pans had exploded everywhere and was continuing to burn on the stove. That's right--I turned on the WRONG burner and blew up my brownies.

I just wanted to cry. Not only did I have a mess to clean up (for days!), but my delicious brownies were ruined! No late night snacking for me!!!

--Heidi