Heal Thyself

[tealin]

I cannot multitask.

I know this about myself.

And yet, over and over again, like some sort of mythological figure, I throw a Bake From Frozen pain au chocolat in the oven 'while I answer a few emails.'

I sure hope someone, somewhere, learns an important lesson from this, because I don't seem to be able to.

Update: 8:56p.m.

You'll never guess who just burnt an entire packet of sausages into little meaty cinder logs!

Seriously, just ban me from the oven now.

Comments

[frith]

A few years ago I learned that the oven has a timer that will stop the baking, automatically. I've had that oven for over two decades. I also figured out recently that I can take the oven rack out and slide a pizza off on to a cutting board, instead of futzing around with a long knife in one hand and trying to jiggle the pizza to a heavy board held in the other. The only hard part is realizing that the oven beeped and that food is ready.

P.S.: I think chatAI could correctly answer the captcha. ^_^

[igenlode]

My kitchen is at the opposite end of a long corridor to my desk. When I put things in the oven, I take one of these with me.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Salter-Minute-Mechanical-Kitchen-Timer/dp/B01AFNR658


Much easier than an alarm clock because no calculation required.

[tigeranne]

"That's exactly how I cook too!" TigerAnne exclaimed, a month later. I have no idea how many half pizzas I've burned to crisp. Last year I cremated a pot of popcorn, so I had to keep a huge table-fan on all night, with two windows open on oposite sides of the house, just to clear the smoke. The pot itself had to sit outside for a couple of days, because it was still smoking.