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Tuesday 19 October 2010

I spent last night clutching a bottle of chilled white wine - now retitled An Aga Saga, by Joanne a trollop




But not for the usual reasons - stressful day at work? No, dealing with small children? No, row with the lovely man? No, plumbers/carpenters/electricians? No..............................I picked up a pan which I had just taken out of the oven...................words cannot describe - well they can, but not here. I was multi-tasking which is normal for most of us, and I committed the range owner cardinal sin - save money and reduce cooking aromas by using the oven rather than the hob, lift pan out of oven using oven gloves, move pan on hob with bare hands. I wouldn't care but I always warn anyone who comes near the kitchen about this, I always put on a handle cover, but on this occasion I didn't. I rushed to the sink and ran the cold tap, which always runs warm for the first few gallons because of proximity to hot water pipes. I warmed the burn a little then ran back to the hob where the garlic I had been lightly toasting in the oven was now burning - this time I did use the handle cover.
So when I eventually sat down to eat, it was with my left hand, whilst my right one was chilling on the wine (obviously had a glass at this point to soothe and calm). I Googled the doctor and found that you should never put anything ice cold on a burn, you should cool it and then cover it with cling film or a bag, so I spent the rest of the evening languishing on the sofa, feeling sorry for myself with my hand in a ziploc bag - very glamorous, but it did work, and I only have a tiny blister on my ring finger to show for all the pain (wouldn't be typing this otherwise).

3 comments:

  1. OMG I feel your pain.. I am nursing .. apart from my sore throat, sorry scratched and swollen throat.. a blister on my knuckle the size of a 50p piece which has burst today and fingers.. lightly toasted .. all from multi tasking and drinking on Sunday all Aga burns.. Hope you are ok fast xx

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  2. burns are terrible...especially on the hard working hands....have another glass of wine....feel better! aloe vera is good too....

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  3. Thank you ladies for your thoughts, I am now fully recovered and vow to never do it again until the next time!

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