More likely bruises from the Bruiser she married.
I’ve been cooking nearly 50 years and I never burned my arms cooking. Ironing is a different story, but never both arms at once.
I use my hands in a mitt to handle hot utensils.
I'm thinking this is a novice who decided to (learn to) cook during a high-pressure situation, such as a birthday, or some other special occasion. For most of these people, cooking means reheating takeout leftovers in the microwave oven. Their shiny new stainless steel appliances are for display purposes only, a function that would be undermined by the appearance of baked on stains from actual cooking spills and splatters.
“I’ve been cooking nearly 50 years and I never burned my arms cooking.”
Well, you see, there is the difference. The help probably called in sick, and this is likely the first time Huma tried to bake anything.... how was she to know about oven mitts?
To be perfectly honest, I lost a considerable amount of blood in a battle with a recalcitrant butternut squash a few years ago. Still have the scar to prove it.