Crème brûlée by Liam Mullins

Me and my brother looked at the clock, it was 6:00 in the morning, both me and him were staring at the fridge hoping that what we needed was there. We needed heavy cream, and we couldn't see any of it. Then we found it and began to make our creme brulee, and little did we know it would become a disastrous mess.

This was a weird time to be making creme brulee, but I didn't mind because I don't see my brother most of the day so doing anything with him is nice. In a pan, combine the heavy cream, vanilla extract and salt. I always hated the stirring, but I had a lot of fun separating the egg yolks from the egg white, and it was the same for my brother, so we had to switch every egg yolk separately, and put it into a large bowl. In this bowl mix together your sugar and the egg yolks until they become a light yellow color. I went to get the ramekins from the closet and accidentally broke one because they are on the high shelf. I went back to the kitchen, missing a ramekin but my brother didn't have time to think about that. Our cat had just tried to have some creme brulee of his own, and in his attempt had knocked over the eggs, shattering three onto the floor.

Next put a quarter of the cream mixture into the custard, and whisk it in. Neither me or my brother were able to understand why we had to do this step, but when I cooked the eggs in the first ramekin, we understood why. Bake the pudding in the oven for 30 - 40 minutes, both me and my brother hate waiting and are some of the most impatient people in my family, so we just went and played a match of chess. The worst part for us however was when we had to do the hardest step. We had to put the baked puddings in the fridge and wait overnight or for several hours. This was miserable and we just went and played soccer. The creme brulee was good and despite the hardships, I think making it with my brother improved our relationship a lot. As I finished eating mine our mom got home, and then we realized our mistake, we had not cleaned the kitchen.