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So my pans were dirty. I wanted tatertots. You can’t cook tatertots in the microwave.

You just can’t.

I just know.

Because I’ve tried. That’s how.

But did I want to wash a pan to cook tatertots in? Nope. Takes too long to heat the water, wash the pan and dry it. I’ve got a life, after all!

So I tried plan B. Which was to take tin foil (where I grew up, we called it tin foil, and yes, I know it’s made of aluminum) in a single sheet, place tatertots on the sheet, carefully move to the heated oven and sit it on the rack. When done, remove with pot holders to a plate.

Except when you hit the top of the oven with your arm. And then out of reaction you slam your wrist into the bottom of the oven.

Yeah. It hurt. Yeah. It was hot.

I’m not feeling a real burn yet. It’s more my wrist aches a bit from hitting the oven so hard. It got me thinking about burns though, so I looked it up.

Things I Didn’t Know About Treating Burns (For idiots who burn themselves)

1. Don’t use ice. Ever. Frostbite on top of a burn… not pretty.
2. Keep an aloe plant. My mom used to have one. Old reliable. Never had to buy aloe from the store.
3. The time to go to the hospital: Blisters underneath a blister, infection or black skin/hurts like doomsday.

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