Another forgetful person here! I am technically NOT ALLOWED to cook in my kitchen because I am a lousy cook, so when I do, its rare and I'm ususallly home alone. I'll start something, get sidetracked (by the phone, letting Nicki out, whatever) and walk away from the kitchen only to suddenly remember ten/twenty/thirty minutes later that something was cooking. Just the other day, I was making french fries (no oil so it wasnt bad) but I went running downstairs to completey black sticks!