Variation of the Handle-pan-fresh-out-of-the-oven story: Pulling some rice that was finished cooking in a skillet out of the oven. Started chopping something, thought,"Oh, I need to put some butter in the rice." Without even thinking, I grabbed the pan handle. Scream of pain. Alright, no problem, I've burned myself several times before, I can handle it. Grabbed a kitchen towel, added the butter. Went back to chopping, thought,"Oh, I need to put the rice in a warm place." Mindful of my burned right hand, I reached for it with my left hand. ------------ Another story from cooking school: Don't remember which recipe, but I needed a hard-boiled egg. To be nice to my fellow students (who had helped me out on several occasions), I boiled some additional ones for them. Turns out later that they didn't need it. What to do with the boiled eggs, still in their shells? One guy suggested that I just send it back down to the prep kitchen with the other unused eggs. They could surely figure out the difference and use them in some way? In the demo that afternoon, guess which eggs the chef tried to crack for the dessert pastry?
