Avoid Using This Common Way To Heat Milk That Tragically Backfires - Chowhound

E_borisova/Getty Images When it's late at night and you want to try your hand at making a cup of restaurant-quality hot chocolate, your electric kettle is sitting there like the quickest path to bliss. You pour in the milk, press the button, and wait for that comforting hiss of heat. But what you get instead is a kitchen crime scene: a scorched smell in the air, a sticky residue coating the inside, and a kettle…