Bravo! I thought there was something wrong with my technique, but never knew what it could be.
All your life you're just thinking, "I'M AN IDIOT, WHY WON'T THESE BROWN!?" and then, one September's day, you find out it was all lies... the entire time. Lies all the way down.
in the words of my charmingly southern step-grandma, "I just stick 'em in the microwave for ten minutes. Best way."
I'd always sort of assumed it was because the recipe writers had magnificent Viking or KitchenAid prosumer ranges with 15K+ BTU burners, not pokey 8K-9K BTU burners like my more modest kitchen sports.