A Rescue

This doesn't look like much but given the circumstances I was very pleased. I'd sauteed smoked garlic sausage (from the West Side Market coupon-using trip) with onion, then added cubed, cold, baked potatoes. I left them to meld flavors over low heat (not low enough, as it turned out). By the time I returned they were burnt and stuck to the bottom. I quickly removed the pan from the heat and added some cold water. When the burnt part soaked off the pan and into the water I stirred it in. (I know it is usually advisable to rescue the non-burnt part from the rest before the burnt flavor contaminates it, but this was too badly stuck and not too badly burnt.) Because it had just begun to burn, most of the stuck-on part was just deeply browned, so the whole mess turned a deep red-brown and tasted OK. Not OK enough that I was eager to eat it for lunch for the next three days, however, and that was its intended destiny. As I'd be eating it cold, I was inspired to make it a potato salad. I added minced garlic, olive oil, and sherry vinegar, and the result was good enough that I was actually sorry when it was gone.