Pepper Spray Sympathy

Today my poor sweet husband got sprayed with OC (military strength pepper spray) as a part of his training. Pretty much everyone has to go through it, but I still felt pretty bad for him. An hour after it happened they let him drive home, but it was very evident that he was still in a lot of pain. When he got home, we tried to look up some home remedies, but unfortunately the concoction we tried seemed to only make matters worse... especially when he had to wash it off. Rinsing water over the affected skin only seems to make it feel worse because the OC is oil based. Fortunately, we eventually figured out that putting a fan on his face and lightly patting it with a wet, cold cloth made things much better.

In the meantime, I knew of only one thing for sure that would eventually make him feel better: sweets! One of my favorite baking blogs called "Bake at 350" featured a caramel brownie recipe today that looked too amazing not to try! You start with a cake batter based brownie recipe, cook half of it for about 6 minutes, spread chocolate chips and melted caramel on top of that, plop the other half of the batter on that, and then bake for another 16 minutes. They aren't the most presentation-friendly brownies because they're ooey & gooey & fall apart, but that's what makes them sooooo amazing :) and they go great with a little scoop of vanilla ice cream or a dollop of whipped cream! Needless to say, this made Sayre feel quite a bit better.