A Bottle of Wine + Kitchen Torch + Lonely Pyromaniac on Valentines Day = ?

Yesterday was the Day of Love. Valentine's Day.
A day to spend time with your sweetheart.
Well... the Man-of-My-Dreams is still working out of state and I didn't get the chance to see him.

I still made a Beautiful Creme Brulee.
And I decided to crack open a bottle of homemade blueberry wine.

One of the best things about making Creme Brulee is the fact that you get to use FIRE!!
You may not know this, but I am a little bit of a pyromaniac.
I am known as the "Fire Lady" on our road.
There is almost always something burning somewhere on our property , and you can bet I'm the one who lit that fire!

Sure, fire is great...
But a kitchen torch?? Thats even better!!!
The instant major-hot flame! The power of the torch!
A kitchen torch is a good thing.

Now.... a pyromaniac with a bottle of homemade wine and a kitchen torch who is also a little bit upset because she is missing her man and is instead, home with 7 children on Valentine's Day??
Well, that takes it to a whole new level of stupidity.

To be safe, I explained to the children that we were trying a science experiment and learning a little bit about kitchen safety.

In other words.. I was showing them what NOT to do in the kitchen!
Lets see what happened!

Spaghetti Noodles + Fire = nothing too exciting.
It just burnt and curled up a little bit.

A Tablespoon of peanut butter + fire = a MUCH cooler thing!
It melted! And then, it actually caught on fire!!
WAY COOL, MAN!

And then I poured another glass of wine.

An egg + fire = a little egg explosion!
In less than 2 seconds, I had yolk on the refrigerator 8 feet away!
This one did NOT smell pleasant!

Sweet Potato + Fire = a new meaning to the dish called roasted sweet potatoes!
Nothing exciting about this one.
Kind of a bummer.

With a kitchen torch, you can make toast in 3 seconds flat.
Great for those mornings you are running late for work!

Who needs sun-dried tomatoes when you can have FIRE roasted tomatoes??

Got a sugar cube?
Want to melt it without having to use that pesky cup of hot tea?
Use FIRE!

Dog Biscuit Brulee?
Otis the killer Boston Terrier was not impressed either.

Now we are talking!!
Cute little Valentine's Day candy corn.
Meant to be shared with your sweetheart...
MY sweetheart was not here!!
Nope... I'm not bitter or anything!

Red Hot cinnamon candy?
I made 'em REAL HOT!
They melted into one hard block of cinnamon love.
This one smelled really yummy!

and kinda burnt our eyes. oops!

And the #1 bestest thing to torch on a lonely Valentine's Day when you are drinking a bottle of homemade wine and trying not to kill 7 kids???

Drum roll please...
Chocolate Valentine's Day candy!!
Caramel to e exact.
This sucker lit up like a bonfire!
I was pleased.

If you like stupid human tricks, don't worry....

Easter is around the corner..
I wonder what a Marshmallow Peep will do when it meets the torch??

I'm sure I'll have plenty more to share soon.

I hope you all had a great Valentine's Day!