Due to giving the servants an early holiday, there was no one around to help, and Doreen Pulitzer had to do everything herself. The problem was, she lacked culinary skills; the only dish she could make well from childhood to adulthood was a deluxe version of instant noodles—adding an egg and ham.In the morning, she entered the kitchen with a grim determination, tying on an apron, ready to cook a pot of porridge. She followed the video tutorial strictly: washing the pot, rinsing the rice, adding water, bringing it to a boil over high heat, then simmering over low heat for forty minutes.Unfortunately, at the thirty-fifth minute, Doreen Pulitzer caught a whiff of something burning.Rushing into the kitchen, in her haste to lift the lid, she forgot to put on oven mitts. The moment her fingers touched the lid, a voice in her head screamed: "It's over." In the next second, her hand trembled, dropping the ceramic lid, which shattered into two pieces on the floor. The porridge in the pot
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