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Oops

I didn’t mean to burn the quinoa. I just walked away for a few minutes, but burn it I did. That left me with two problems; dinner and a disaster of a pot.

I managed to salvage the top layer of quinoa. Then I began scraping the charcoal off the bottom of the pot. I used a metal spatula to loosen it. If it had been a nonstick pot it would have wiped away, but it was a cheap aluminum stock pot. After the majority was up I began to scrub. It took an hour but I found the bottom.

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Prompt day 18: Story about cleaning something, anything.