I forgot to take a photo, but a picture is worth a thousand words. My saucepan was coated with a sticky black film that even persisted after a hot cycle in the dishwasher. What happened? Well, I had a simple recipe for breakfast couscous: chopped apple, dried apricots, cranberries, cinnamon, milk, and couscous. The recipe called for all ingredients to be boiled except for the couscous, which was supposed to be added right at the end, when the pot was taken off the burner. I was supposed to let the ingredients stand for five minutes, covered, with no heat.
I have the reading comprehension skills of a five-year-old with ADD, so instead, I put the couscous in with everything else and let the whole mess boil. I looked over at the pot and saw steam coming out of it. It hadn't been boiling that long, I thought, so everything should be fine. I opened the lid, spooned out some of the contents of the pot, and saw a bunch of black grit on the bottom. Yum.
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