Normally I am pretty good in the kitchen. Fish, pasta, steaks... I can cook it all but today was just a total disaster.
When I am on a budget my snack of choice is Nutella (chocolate hazelnut spread) on toast with a modest amount of butter. Problem is the timer on our toaster has broken. 3 times this week I have burnt my toast... you would think I had learnt by now.
I decided this afternoon to settle in to do some work on the laptop and I thought a cup of tea and a bit of toast would make great brain food. Whacking 2 pieces of toast in to the toaster I settled in to some very enthralling editing.
What a thought were a few moments later I thought to my self "shit" and when running into the kitchen to find flames leaping out of the toaster. Neighbors worrying about the smoke outside and a kitchen that resembled a bad 80's horror movie.
I quickly pulled the plug and blew out the flames before pushing the glowing toaster onto the stove. I ran to the cupboard to grab the fan which turned out to be broken and had to resort to taking a large painting off the wall before opening every window and door and spending the next 20 minutes fanning as much of the smoke out as possible.
The house still smelled like burnt toast so I grabbed the air freshener and quickly ran round the house briefly smashing my shin bone on the bed while trying to cover up my shame before my housemate got home.
The house still smelled of smoke... why is burnt toast such a hard smell to get rid off?
My next bright idea was to cover the smell with something else. I decided to make spaghetti for dinner with lots of onions and garlic. That should cover the smell.
Nope...
Now the house smells like burnt toast, vanilla and spaghetti. I have blisters on my hands from fanning smoke, a bruise on my shin bone and hay fever. No... not my day at all.