Cooking disasters!
 

So.
This is the first time I have ever made potato soup.

It's tasty, but it still needs something, and I totally just burned my tongue trying to figure out what and no one is home to help my with flavours.

I really hope it's eatable for dinner tonight. REALLY!

Also there was this time I tried to make eggplant. My man is there eating it when I sit down to take a bit and it was so horrible I spit it across the table. T was eating it to be nice - I told him he was crazy and we ate something else.

So - What about you?!

That would be the time I burned the cabbage and turned the garlic bits into little black crisps while making some manner of Jaque Pepin recipe. It evened out though. The sausages and potatoes were cooked perfectly. I have since stuck with cooking on medium to low heat.

People can cook = what. how. how do you do that. Stop that sorcery. Actually, teach me.

My dad is something of a chef, so I've picked up some stuff through osmosis and observation. Start with a kid's cookbook and go from there, really, or look up recipes by Alton Brown. He's like cooking for dummies. Easy to follow stuff. Otherwise, trial and error.

I like to cook things I buy from the "ready to cook" section of Publix. Take off the wrapping, and it's all set to go!

Makes it very hard to have cooking disasters. :P

Eggplant: Boil and butter. It may end up kind of mushy.

I don't cook much...the worst disaster I had wa smaking hot cocoa...I fell asleep while I was trying to get the water to boil. That pot was thrown away.

My early cooking endeavors generally consisted of box food, and making it slightly fancier. For instance, adding some extra sharp cheddar to Kraft Dinner, or throwing some carrots in with frozen Swedish meatballs. Decent enough place to start. I've yet to destroy any kitchen utensils, but I've managed to slice my finger open a couple of times.

The most difficult part of cooking for me, is actually dealing with a stove or oven, as it makes me antsy. Apparently I burned myself when I was around three (not to mention the other two times later on) so I suppose I now have some internalized fear of hot metal.

There are some not so tasty stories here! ;)

I was boiling some eggs one day and forgot to set a timer. I got distracted and lost track of time. Luckily enough, nothing caught fire, but an egg did explode, and the pot was blackened inside on the bottom... >.>

Other than that, I've been relatively lucky with my cooking adventures.

Egg explosion!

HAHA! That sounds awesome.

I was at the other end of the house. My husband came and told me about it... I was embarrassed..He said he heard a "ka-thoonk" and was like, what the eff was that?? I was completely oblivious.

I set off the fire alarm with grilled cheese once. I also managed to burn water, which I am deeply ashamed of //throws self to ground

I'm actually a good cook, I swear, but I have moments...

Exeggcute used explosion! It was super effective XD

I'm sorry. That's all I could think of XD

Nothing to be ashamed of! I think everybody has those moments every now and again.

:s-awesome: Made me chuckle, for realz.

I'm not a great cook. But I do like to cook every once in a while. My boy is not that bad a cook. Though...

... come to think of it it's mostly slow cooker stuff he makes.

Slow cooker/Crock pot stuff is the best.

It isn't going to burn really, just overcook a lot at worst.

That is probably why he cooks with it so much. :/

Well, our troop had a tradition that Eagle Scouts would inevitably catch food on fire... a portable (5 year old) stove I used leaked so much fluid, that a fire burned in the stove for 15 minutes AFTER I removed the fuel source.

A friend of mine caught a can of popcorn on fire (1 foot high) and nearly burned down the dining fly...

Law?! Are you an Eagle scout?!

When I was younger, I loved both Spaghetti O's and Beef Stew. One day I reasoned that since I loved both, they would perhaps be even better once combined. ...Needless to say, it was not. However, this is about cooking.

One day I am making spaghetti. I like to prepare my sauce first, add in all the herbs and spices and all that and let it simmer while my noodles are cooking. Anyway, I prepare my sauce and put it off to simmer while I get the noodles ready. However, I realize that I am out of noodles. This is a problem. So, I start searching the pantry.

What I do find is ramen.

Yes. I did attempt it. This soggy, maggoty-like mass of tentacled noodles does not particularly jive with the sauce. It takes on this sticky like mass that you perhaps encounter in the cafeteria of a middle school, the kind of meal that you tell your parents about but they think you're just exaggerating. Long story short, it was incredibly awful and the dog would not take a second bite. Lesson learned, check ingredients first.

Best tradition ever.

@Espy: Yes, yes it was.

Yes...
Was a Senior Patrol Leader (and acting SPL due to those after me leaving the troop after spring)...and where I learned leatherworking...and basic metalworking (gods, I want to get back to that!)...and basic Archaeology...and CPR...

Much of what I've done is tied to Scouting.

I was a Girl Scout! <3 I have the cookie hookup!

Salone, wow - you are an adventurous one in the kitchen!

I've done Ramen Spaghetti before, and thought it was okay. >w<'

I just remembered another one of my fails. It was my first time cooking chicken fingers. I made them with Ritz cracker crumbs, dipped 'em in egg, rolled in crumbs and then fried them... The only thing was, it was my first time frying anything not in a deep fryer, so I had my oil too hot... >.> Needless to say, my hubby is a super trooper and ate somewhat burnt chicken fingers with me.

Huh. I used Ramen Noodles with Spaghetti before and it seemed to work okay. Given, I used none of the powder.

I have multiple Dutch Oven Fails...but when you use coals and a pit to cook chocolate cake in 15F weather, you may mess it up once or twice. (And I do not know how that could work in below 0 weather)

COOKIES!!! *Latches onto Faux*

Totally didn't see the cookie post... OuO

I can has thin mints?? *Homer Simpson drool face*

And yes, the seasoning packet with spaghetti sauce is a no go for me... XP Bleck.

How exactly does a Dutch Oven work? I have an idea of what it is (I'm too lazy to google it right now, ha) but the only thing that really comes to mind when I hear Dutch Oven is the horrible thing certain significant others have done (and sometimes do). DX

Well, first you dig a hole. Then you have essentially an iron pot with a lid. You make batter/meat (meat not recommended) and put it in the pot to bake/cook like an oven. Then you light coals on fire (or setup a fire) and put the heat source both in the hole (gods, that sounds so wrong...I'm terrible at describing this) and on top of the Dutch oven. Wait, and use a tool to lift the lid to check on it. Bake, and eat.

...Gods, I did terribly at describing it.

Not really. Sounds like it'd be a tough way to cook, but kinda fun at the same time. I think I might have to look into this. *nod nod*

So what all have you cooked in it?

Hmm...beef, Double Chocolate cake, biscuits, cheesecake, cobbler...

Ooooooh. Cheesecake and Cobbler...? Yeah... Definitely gonna hafta look more into this. *nod nod*

I'm quite gifted at cooking if I say so myself...even though I am practically guaranteed to burn myself during the process at least once. u_u

Good lord my roommate though! He's normally a bad cook even at boxed meals. One morning I come home with the oven door open and still TURNED ON. Thank God he turned off the deep fryer though cause sitting in it was burnt eggs. It looked like he was trying to scramble them inside the fryer xD;;;

Could have lost the apartment.

EDIT: He's a bad cook but I forgot to mention that in this instance he was high. lol

Yikes. I would've freaked out... lol.

?_?

I am uncertain I would do that even if high...

@Kilala: I was upset...but sadly stupid stuff like this became common occurrence. $1000 in apartment damages when I moved out. $300 is porn charges via time warner cable, and $200 stolen by one of his "friends" that I later threatened. The list is long. It was a stressful and costly 6 month roommate u_u

@Lawtan: You're uncertain? So it could happen? lol ;p
cooking high is difficult with a lack of focus, memory, and also it's hard to read. But reading is partially focus too. So I only cooked things I'd done before.

ps only times I ever got high were during that 6 month period

I just had a cooking disaster this weekend. I tried to make a raspberry cobbler and the raspberries were frozen but when thawed had too much liquid. So it wicked up the cobbler bread and made it totally soggy and unedible. Sucked.

Oh you should never allow me in a kitchen. I'm much better now but I cook like my grandfather. He puts everything on high flame and then goes to take a nap. :>

Well I don't run off to nap while I cook. but I've burned my fair share of food. I try not cooking all together. I know the kitchen is not a place for me. Unless you like burned food. Then I am a expert cook with high degrees in that area. :3

I have burnt things, lol, Having to scrape off the charred part...fun.

I did a LOT of cooking this weekend but no disasters.

I honestly don't know if there's been a time where I've made something so horrible I couldn't eat it. Whenever I look for new recipes I always alter them quite a bit and they usually turn out pretty good. I mean of course there's been a few times where it was something edible but not necessarily anything I'd ever want to eat again, but still!

OH. Except one time I tried to make tortilla chips and I wasn't looking when I was shopping and I grabbed gluten free diet tortillas and it was honestly the worst experience of my life. It was like eating a tire.