HOW TO TURN YOUR FAVORITE STAINLESS STEEL POTS AND PANS INTO CAST IRON BLACKENED WARE

If you are a fifty-something, or twenty, or graybeards, thirty or forty, this recipe might just hit the spot. And how about you teens?

    Put a generous amount of water in your best stainless steel pot or pan.
    Add 3 PG Tips Black English tea bags.
    Add two to three crushed coriander seeds.
    Add finely chopped fresh ginger to the brew.
    Add three crushed black peppercorns.
    Add two small cinnamon sticks; organic is always best.
    Turn the burner on high.
    It will be at full boil in about 7-10 minutes.

    Leave the room. This step is vital!
    Engage in your favorite project.
    Fall deeply into loving arms...
    And engage, engage, engage.
    Time falls away...
    You are happily writing the next chapter of your book.
    Practicing your putt.
    Or immersed in your bridge blog.

    Ever so slowly, be aware:
    "Funny smell. Is there is someone burning trash nearby?"
    Listen as your lover calls you back. She/he is the jealous sort!
    Give your full attention.
    The flames of passion are calling.

    Along with them, smoking tea bags, cinnamon sticks and seeds, too.
    Without warning, burning smoke saturates you.
    Quickly, spring into action, mid-putt.
    Follow the smoke...
    CONGRATULATIONS, YOU’VE DONE IT AGAIN!

    Perfect stainless steel pot/pan morphs into cast iron pot.
    Singed tea bags and scorched cinnamon sticks.
    The smell is out of this world!
    Holy Smoke rising: thick gray globs dance across cobwebs.

    Pop your pot into the sink.
    Pour in cold water and let it sizzle!
    Open doors and windows.
    You notice the blackened pot/pan features.
    The cast iron effect appears as you try to scrub.

Important TIP for when guests come:

    When they inquire into your technique, tell them it comes from
    BEING PRESENT...
    Focusing intently on your golf swing.

If guests insist upon learning more about your craft:

    Hand them an SOS pad.
    Tell them you will be back in a bit.
    Theory U: Leading from the Future as It Emerges is calling you.