Horrible Cooking Mishaps You've Made or Heard About
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Well it began on a sunny afternoon, there he saw his friend nick make food whilst baked out of his mind on marijuana. Derek ignored what he saw and went to go play LoL. "Beep Bepp Beep" goes the alaram, nick set off the smoke ditector like 10 times. nick did not grease the pan before cooking bologna and eggs on it... he dumped the eggs scraping down in the sink.
I uh... "accidentially" poured water on recently melted, red hot sugar used for caramelization - it turned into a "run for cover"-situation.
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Edit: Oh, I just remembered; I was boiling potatoes once and, somehow, forgot about it - only to realize my mistake when a rather unpleasant smell came creeping in from the kitchen. The house smelled like crap for 2 weeks. I might add that I would never have imagined the water turning black...
Perhaps not that horrible, though, unless you count the smell.
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Edit: Oh, I just remembered; I was boiling potatoes once and, somehow, forgot about it - only to realize my mistake when a rather unpleasant smell came creeping in from the kitchen. The house smelled like crap for 2 weeks. I might add that I would never have imagined the water turning black...
Perhaps not that horrible, though, unless you count the smell.
My little sister once asked me if you could cook an egg in the microwave. I said yes. Throw in three for ten minutes... hilarity ensued.
While not a disaster I made muffin mix filled a bowl part way up and tried to make a giant muffin in the microwave. It didn't puff up, was really dense almost like a heavy cake. It was a sort of failure I guess.
While not a disaster I made muffin mix filled a bowl part way up and tried to make a giant muffin in the microwave. It didn't puff up, was really dense almost like a heavy cake. It was a sort of failure I guess.
Pretty much everything I cook that doesn't come from a packed decides to burst into flames. All the time. I can cook toast and that's about it.
The most recent thing that I did was dump half a dish of baked beans into the bottom of the oven because I tried to push the oven rack in with the door....it usually works out fine, just this time the rack was out too far and instead of sliding it tilted, learned my lesson from having to clean that charred mess up.
Heavy drunkenness + desire for bacon sandwich = a bad time had by the sober (and grumpy from being woken up) residents of the apartment.
In the last week I gave myself food poisoning...twice. I cooked spaghetti bolognese with some out of date kangaroo mince. I bought it that day, but hadn't checked the expiry.
I got sick, but I'd also eaten some dodgy chinese takeaway, so I figured it was an even chance that had made me sick and I didn't want to throw out the eight one meal sized containers of leftovers I'd frozen, so I ate it last night and was sick this morning. So I had to throw it all out.
I got sick, but I'd also eaten some dodgy chinese takeaway, so I figured it was an even chance that had made me sick and I didn't want to throw out the eight one meal sized containers of leftovers I'd frozen, so I ate it last night and was sick this morning. So I had to throw it all out.
I used to work as a waiter in a pub, Which obviously had a lot of time in the kitchen.
Well one day it was quiet, so me & one of the chef's wanted to know what happens when you whisk Custard. We whisked & whisked, Nothing happened. So we added eggs, Sugar, Milk & Water. It looked like Scrambled egg after a 45 second trip to the microwave.
Anyway, I put it on the potwash side for it to be cleaned (obviously after messing with eggs, We weren't going to eat it) and went home.
I go in the next day to be called into the office & i was given a written disiplinary. Aparantly the manager went in and saw the Jekylcustard, thinking "why are we wasting this?" and put it on a dessert & sent it out. Luckily it went to an off duty member of staff (and good friend of mine). She took one mouthful, then ran to the toilet & was violently sick.
I thought i deserved a payrise for nearly killing her. Shame the managers didnt share my opinion. /joke.
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I have a LOT of stories of messing with foods.
Well one day it was quiet, so me & one of the chef's wanted to know what happens when you whisk Custard. We whisked & whisked, Nothing happened. So we added eggs, Sugar, Milk & Water. It looked like Scrambled egg after a 45 second trip to the microwave.
Anyway, I put it on the potwash side for it to be cleaned (obviously after messing with eggs, We weren't going to eat it) and went home.
I go in the next day to be called into the office & i was given a written disiplinary. Aparantly the manager went in and saw the Jekylcustard, thinking "why are we wasting this?" and put it on a dessert & sent it out. Luckily it went to an off duty member of staff (and good friend of mine). She took one mouthful, then ran to the toilet & was violently sick.
I thought i deserved a payrise for nearly killing her. Shame the managers didnt share my opinion. /joke.
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I have a LOT of stories of messing with foods.
Well personally I have cooked ramen to a thick goo and a friend of mine boiled all the water out of a pan and distempered the pan in the process...
When I was about 16 my brother decided to make ravioli by putting a metal pot into the microwave and setting it for 15 minutes. It destroyed the pot, the microwave, and the ravioli. He had no idea why I was so mad at him - I walked into the kitchen, no one was in sight, smoke was pouring out of the microwave and brilliant arcs of electricity were shooting off of the exposed metal. It looked like an ancient Sumerian deity was trying to enter this world via some hellish portal that just so happened to resemble a GE kitchen appliance.
A friend and I once attempted to make tapioca pudding using one of those packages of instant pudding mix where you just pour the mix in, add milk, and stir. Next thing we knew the pot was smoking and the whole thing had the consistency and smell of burned oatmeal.
There Is No Boyardee. Only Zuul!the_dancy_vagrant said:
Last week, I was cooking a burger in a frying pan. It was a small one, so the grease started to pop a bit, and some even dripped down onto the burner, causing a small fire to start in the pan. I lifted it from the stove, slapped out the fire with the spatula, and kept cooking as if nothing had happened. That was a pretty good burger too.
The last real disaster I had was when I was making mashed potatoes last month. I don't know how, but it turned into potato soup. O-o
My friend once nearly burnt his house down because he was frying up some eggs, walked off for a minute and fucking forgot that he was frying up some eggs.