Of Blackened Pots & Soapy Vegetables

Burning the cooking pots seems to have become a habit of mine lately. Three have gone black in the past two weeks, and each time the occurrence has reminded me of a scene in Meet the Stewarts (1942), when newlywed William Holden, with kind though perhaps insincere enthusiasm for his bride's culinary skills, asks, "Hey, what's cooking?" The bride (Frances Dee) takes a disheartened look at the stove and replies, "I'm boiling out the pots I burned last night."

A bit later, Frances announces that she's invited both their families over for dinner. William Holden isn't sure that's wise:

HOLDEN: Well, anything you like, Kitten, but you know, last night's dinner...

FRANCES: When it says, 'Wash vegetables well', I wash them well. Why didn't it say without soap?