On Sunday (Father's Day) we were having Chris's cousin Nick and his family over for dinner. The lasagna and pie were done and the oven was cooling. I started the dish washer and only had a few dishes left over to wash by hand. They were the only thing left in our kitchen so I decided to put them in the cooling oven to dry. It was cool enough to touch so I knew it wouldn't melt the plastic. Shortly after, Chris's cousin arrived with a loaf of french bread. We decided to toast it, so I turned the oven on the broil, not remembering for even a half second that I had just put plastic dishes in the oven. It took about 5 minutes before I smelt it. I looked at the stove and saw smoke coming out of the burner. I quickly opened the oven and saw a melted mess. I couldn't care less about the dumb cutting board, but I DID care about my new fancy cupcake pan that had a melted green cutting board disaster all over it! I also kind of cared about my cake turn table, but it was only $20 and I ended up getting a slightly newer/bigger version for $2 off. I was able to peel it all apart and get almost all of the plastic off of my cupcake pan. Phew! Moral of the story: DON'T DRY PLASTIC DISHES IN THE OVEN!!! (Even if you think your done using the oven and will remember they are there before you use it again).
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| above: the melted turn table below: my new one |
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| above: the melted cutting board below: what it used to look like (but green) |
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