And I'm back already... Now I am not a novice in life...nearing the prescribed fourscore years...and I suppose now I am entering my second childhood. I even wonder if I should post this and render you all certain of what you were beginning to suspect...
This morning I was making DH's new favorite, caramel sauce using a new recipe by Epicurious. The sugar syrup was turning too dark an amber too quickly and I wondered if it were actually burning. So what did I do? Oh no!... Yes, I did. I dipped a spoon into the boiling syrup to taste it and see if it were too burnt to use. Well, instantly my mouth was. Upper and lower lips and tongue. I can't believe I did that! 
I simply can't believe I did that. And yet I did. Right...and by that time, the syrup really was too burnt to use.
So now, I've made the sauce again and all is well. With the sauce. With me? Not so much. 
ps. Yes, I do know it's fourscore and seven.
