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I second waving the pan around for a little bit, the heat dissipates really quickly (not more than 30 seconds or so). This trick saved me a loads of time on my pre Thanksgiving baking!

I didn't know that I wanted a chicken until right now... just have to convince the rest of my household that it is a good idea!

I love love love this... as a student (almost done!) getting ready to make a move to New Zealand for an 8 month internship, you've given me some great ideas to make my new place feel more like home!

I think "Jake's Guide to Downtown Detroit" is supposed to be "Blake's"...

Thank you all for your great comments, I'm excited to get cooking!

I have a cat, Woody, that loves to find new places to hide out from the family - he usually perches on top of the small cupboards above our refrigerator for a nap. He did that so much that we put a small blanket up there for him.

Woody's best hiding spot to date?

One day when the neighbors were replacing windows in the basement, he managed to jump down there... what he didn't know was that no one currently lived in the house and thus, they would not free him. Now we are quite used to Woody disappearing for hours or sometimes even overnight, as he loves to walk around town at night, but he went missing for almost three months & we had no idea where he was or if he was even alive.

Finally, one of the owners of the house stopped by to check on things and told us that there were animal droppings in the basement and asked if there were any way that we could go down there and check it out, as they were in a rush and had to leave town again. Dutifully, we went over there and lurked around the basement... and then we saw him. It took about 30 minutes to coax our scared and starving cat out, but we got him and he was rail thin, but otherwise fine.