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Sunday, November 12, 2006

The Fates, most likely annoyed with my ever growing "I Can Cook Ego" have dealt me a swift blow.

See, a few weeks ago, my boss recommended that I add this espresso maker to my cooking arsenal. In my quest to reorganize my kitchen over the weekend, I decided that I needed to break this out of the box and try it out yesterday morning as I made breakfast. My boss suggested to put milk in the upper section and I'd have my own version of a latte with a little pumpkin spice creamer… Well, 2 pots into it and I was hooked, crowing about how I saved myself $12.00 or so by doing this at home.

This morning, coffee was a necessity as I had to work today. Well, in going to the kitchen, I assembled the pot for the makings of my version of a Pumpkin Spice Latte and noticed that the top was leaking a bit on the burner. I wrapped a bit of paper towel around the leak and went back to slicing a piece of homemade pumpkin bread (hey - I got adventurous yesterday!) and noticed that the latte was ready. Noticing that the handle was hot, instead of grabbing a pot holder or mitt, I did the stupidest thing - I grabbed a paper towel, and not a small piece of paper towel either. Next thing I know, I feel heat and a bright light as the paper towel CAUGHT on fire as I'm moving the pot over to the plate rest. What do I do - try to salvage the damn coffee before realizing my HAND IS ON FIRE! Ugh!

Thank god there was a BIG bowl of water in the sink where the paper towel inferno fell into and, the coffee was *sigh* far from salvageable. My right hand though, per WebMD, was hit with a case of second degree burns on two fingers and the side of the hand. To compound matters further, I could hear my grandmother going "put butter on the burn" so I did - not understanding why it still hurt after rinsing and putting butter on it.

Per WebMD:
Put on an antibiotic ointment. Ointments such as Bacitracin, Polysporin, or Silvadene can be used. Do not put sprays or butter on burns, because this traps the heat inside the burn.

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