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Well, that was a weekend I don't want to repeat.
Friday afternoon I started getting a sore throat. By Saturday morning it was a full-fledged cold. I woke up craving a Dutch Baby (aka German baked pancake) from the Original House of Pancakes but since I was sick I didn't want to go out, so I hunted up a recipe and it looked pretty simple so I decided to try it myself. I made the batter, and put a skillet in the oven with butter in it (that's how you do it-- you get the skillet full of butter sizzling hot in the oven first and then pour in the batter, then put it back in the oven to finish baking.) All went well through the pouring-in of the batter, and then I went to put the whole shebang back in the oven and spaced out that the pan was REALLY REALLY FRAKKING HOT and I grabbed the handle with my bare hand.
Needless to say I let go very quickly. But not quickly enough. So on top of having a nasty cold, my right hand was burned across four fingers and part of my palm. I immediately ran cold water over it and the kidunit ran upstairs and got me the aloe which I slathered all over my hand, but it still hurt like hell
The Dutch Baby actually turned out pretty well, though it was hard to eat left-handed. After breakfast I got the kidunit to take me over to Rite Aid where I bought some Water Jel burn ointment with lidocaine in it (ahhhhh!) and some weird bandages with a gel pad (I think they were called Second Skin Moist Gel Pads) and slapped those on and amazingly, after only one day, the burns were pretty much gone, so I recommend those if you burn yourself.
I was still sick as a dog though, so I stayed home from work yesterday, and went to the doc, and got some nice drugs, and I'm feeling a little better today, though still wrung out. And then life got a bit better when I watched last night's Heroes which was awesome and totally blew me away!
And just in case you want to try making the pancake (hopefully without burning yourself!) I've put the ( Dutch Baby pancake recipe behind a cut )
Friday afternoon I started getting a sore throat. By Saturday morning it was a full-fledged cold. I woke up craving a Dutch Baby (aka German baked pancake) from the Original House of Pancakes but since I was sick I didn't want to go out, so I hunted up a recipe and it looked pretty simple so I decided to try it myself. I made the batter, and put a skillet in the oven with butter in it (that's how you do it-- you get the skillet full of butter sizzling hot in the oven first and then pour in the batter, then put it back in the oven to finish baking.) All went well through the pouring-in of the batter, and then I went to put the whole shebang back in the oven and spaced out that the pan was REALLY REALLY FRAKKING HOT and I grabbed the handle with my bare hand.
Needless to say I let go very quickly. But not quickly enough. So on top of having a nasty cold, my right hand was burned across four fingers and part of my palm. I immediately ran cold water over it and the kidunit ran upstairs and got me the aloe which I slathered all over my hand, but it still hurt like hell
The Dutch Baby actually turned out pretty well, though it was hard to eat left-handed. After breakfast I got the kidunit to take me over to Rite Aid where I bought some Water Jel burn ointment with lidocaine in it (ahhhhh!) and some weird bandages with a gel pad (I think they were called Second Skin Moist Gel Pads) and slapped those on and amazingly, after only one day, the burns were pretty much gone, so I recommend those if you burn yourself.
I was still sick as a dog though, so I stayed home from work yesterday, and went to the doc, and got some nice drugs, and I'm feeling a little better today, though still wrung out. And then life got a bit better when I watched last night's Heroes which was awesome and totally blew me away!
And just in case you want to try making the pancake (hopefully without burning yourself!) I've put the ( Dutch Baby pancake recipe behind a cut )
