Twice Burned Ceramic

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I mentioned earlier that I was tempted this year by the Swiss Colony catalogue. Well, yesterday evening, I decided to go online and see what an order would cost while I was waiting for the ground beef to brown. And of course, I became so engrossed by the selections of dainty confections, that I forgot I was cooking dinner. And I burned the hamburger. Well, it will be alright, I thought to myself. So, I added my other ingredients - rice, taco seasoning, tomatoes and green chilies, chicken broth - and left it to simmer into tasty Spanish rice. And I went back to Swiss Colony where everything tastes good and even if the meat is smoked, it's not smokey. So, where was that smoke coming from? You guessed it. This time the whole thing burned dry and the rice was burned right to the pan. I had to open the window and run a fan to clear the smoke in the kitchen. I burned dinner - not once, but twice. Amazingly, my ceramic five quart skillet survived. I washed it out, and the blackened, burned rice came right off. With a little baking soda, there is only a slight darkening of its white, ceramic coating. I love my ceramic skillet. But I have decided that Swiss Colony is dangerous. Stay away from the Swiss Colony. Its delicious pages have hypnotic powers.