I've been suffering from a terrible injury lately, one that most people do not take seriously.
When you break a limb, people want to sign your cast. If you have the flu, people make you chicken soup. You get a lot of respect for bearing your illness or injury with cheerful stoicism.
But I have. . . (wait for it) . . .a baking injury. That's right! Whilst in the midst of making holiday fare for friends and family, yours truly managed to sizzle her finger (not the one you can hold up and show anyone without fear of reprisal) on a hot oven rack. Grrrrr. It hurts, I bump it on everything and its ugly. But when I show people my injury, they say a resounding, "Oh."
Home bakers of the world unite! Let's demand more respect for being injured in the line of domestic duty! Ha-rumph! :-)
