RAYBURN OR TREACLE FACTORY

I really must get the photos off mum......You know the Rayburn usually goes off in the summer and then Pete finally agrees after constant nagging to put it back on as we are cold in the winter!!!....Well he put the Rayburn on alright, it still had our summer sugar in the oven for storage to make the wine......and Pete being Pete didn't check any of those things on the front..."doors" didn't open one of them, I guess its a bit like his wardrobe, he takes one look at the outside and shouts " I cant find my whatever...where have I put it???" See I can see the men reading this grinning, you know what I am talking about!... Well anyway he didn't check inside the Rayburn, he lit it. And was really pleased with himself, but after 2 or 3 days of getting up to temp for us to cook on it, there was a strange smell. I tried to open the door and it was stuck.... It suddenly dawned on me ...I wonder if Pete took the 8 lb or so of sugar out of the oven first???....so I forced it a little to see a sea of treacle from top to toe in the Rayburn, I shut it and held my head...yeah like that was going to help.... OMG...I shut it all down and waited until it cooled. To cut a really long story short, Dad offered to try to sort it so we didn't have to get a new one, so for a day he angle ground the treacle from the inside of the oven, It looked really good. We still have an issue opening it as it is seeping from somewhere still, but it is usable and saved. So Pete will never live this one down