For several reasons, I actually cooked a real meal (vs wraps or leftovers) for lunch and on a holiday, no less! I’ve realized that often my in-law’s Christmas “day” is on Jan 1 but it wasn’t this year.
Meanwhile, the men were watching a movie, I was moving from this to that, left a burner on, checked the oven, put the hotpads on the stovetop, went to another room….
A bit later, P asked if lunch was ready. It did smell a bit burnt…
I went to the kitchen and the hot pads were laid onto the just turned off burner and were smoking! I threw them in the sink with water and then they were sent to the deck so they wouldn’t keep smelling.
No volunteer firemen were invited for dinner. Whew!
Lunch was fine – Cheesy Chili Chicken.
They were my favorite hot pads so if you recognize them and know where I can buy them… let me know.
and sew on... 
That doesn’t sound nor look very appetizing! Too bad!
Food was fine… hot pads not so fine.