Pro tip: do not walk away from caramelizing sugar for 90 seconds to check your phone
I was in my tiny Jersey City kitchen making flan for my sister's birthday and came back to a black brick welded to my good pot that took two days of soaking to fix. Now I stand there and stir the whole time like a hawk, but please tell me someone has a trick for cleaning burnt sugar that does not involve scrubbing until my arm falls off.