Oh brother!

So, I have been raving about my mother's beef stew to Manny for months...Yesterday, I decided to make it, homemade bread, and a blueberry cake for dessert. Well, the cake was fine, the bread came out well, and so did the beef stew - in the end. I burned it, and ended up having to cut the burnt parts off and start over again. But, in the end, I must say, it was every bit as good as Mama's...it just didn't yield as much with having to cut so much meat off.

Now, I hope I don't offend anyone's sensibilities with this short little story, but I think it's hilarious...I'm learning to laugh at myself in the kitchen - I kick butt at baking, but while I'm a good cook, I still mess up a lot and get really frustrated. Well, I had calmed down, and the "redone" stew was almost finished. I reached over the pot to turn off the oven (the bread was done) and what should I do, but unwittingly burn my left "girl" with steam seeping out between the lid and the rim of the stewing pot! So, I have a nice 1.5" blister there. FUN! I am such a klutz, but I guess all's well that ends well, eh?

(Hope you all got a chuckle out of that!)