All is well with browning butter, until it suddenly isn't. Every once in a while I am happily browning butter (per your instructions) when ... BAM! ... butter explodes everywhere. (And when I say it explodes, I do not mean it spatters a bit. I mean it EXPLODES!) (Sorry for shouting.) This morning I spent about 30 minutes cleaning exploded butter from the stovetop, countertop, floor, cabinets, my clothes, my glasses, my face, etc. Any ideas on how to minimize the risk?

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