Oh pshaw, on Sat 30 Sep 2006 06:47:58p, Puester meant to say...

>
> Ugh. I just put a banana bread in the oven (a James Beard recipe that
> we like) about 15 minutes ago and suddenly I can smell burning, all the
> way up here on the second floor. The dang thing has overflowed and is
> charring on the floor of the oven.
>
> My bad. The recipe called for a 9x5 inch bread pan and I poured the
> batter into a longer, narrower bread pan, maybe 11x4.
>
> Tomorrow morning I'll scrape out the oven and do a major cleaning.
> That'll teach me. Meanwhile it does smell something awful.
>
> gloria p

Oh, what a shame and waste!

Gloria, throw several handfuls of baking soda onto the spill. Once the
oven is cool, moisten well and let it sit until tomorrow. It will help
with both the odor and cleaning.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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