@tunared

Hey, Dan... just read your post.

Coincidently, my wife just did a similar thing yesterday afternoon. I asked her to hard-boil a few eggs so we could make egg salad for dinner. I was in the adjacent room doing some touch-up painting. Five minutes after, I passed by the kitchen just to see how things were going.

She'd put the five eggs in a Tupperware container with water, and placed the container directly on the electric stove burner. Couldn't believe my eyes! I quickly removed it, but the some of the plastic had already started to melt and stick to the glass stove top.

She'd NEVER done this before... and always used a metal pot for this. Luckily, I caught this fairly early, but this could've turned out to be MUCH more serious. (BTW, was able to remove all the plastic, by shutting off the burner, pouring room-temp water on the stove, and letting everything cool down, before using a sharp razor blade tool to gently lift off the plastic.)

Told her from now on, we'll be cooking together.

Noticed a significant change in her while discussing this. It gave me firsthand, clear evidence that the disease process isn't linear... and, since it happened, it's triggered in me greater immediate concern, stress, and appehension for the future... didn't sleep real well last night, and sense myself being somewhat jittery, and more upset with the situation today.

Calling our daughter (out-of-state) in a little while about possibly coming to visit soon, and hopefully staying for a short respite. Fingers crossed!

Know I'm preaching to the choir here, but:
Dementia SUCKS!

/LarryG