A few Christmas's ago, I had put the custard on a trifle basw and needed to chill it, there was no room in the fridge, so stuck for somewhere to put it.....I decided the oven was the best place, only I forgot about it, and later in the day switched the oven on to warm up in preparation of cooking dinner! About 15 mins later everyone was asking "What's cooking Mum?".....the trifle was all runny, luckily the dish hadn't reached cracking point

When I was a student I woke up with a hangover and saw my kettle was empty. Couldn't be bothered going to the bathroom to get water so tipped what I thought was a mug of water by the side of my bed into the kettle. Tea made with boiled white wine is not nice...

A few good horror stories here! Loved the one about the garlic bread, Ruby Shoes...hope you didn't kiss anyone that night

Lol! I didn't eat it but another student who was well known for being very frugal took it off my hands! He didn't have a girlfriend

Good thread.

I once cooked a shop bought pizza with its plastic bottom still underneath it.

Other then the usual things like, dropping the sausages i had cooked for dinner on the floor. I was making chilli and having the top fall off the chilli powder. I loved it, shame the family found it a little too hot.

We had a delivery from a local driver today, first time since Xmas, so wished him a happy new year, asked how was his Xmas.

Xmas morning they spent 4 hours in casualty with his 93yr old mother in law who had an unstoppable nosebleed. Hospital stopped it so they went home to start dinner for the 9 other people who were going to be there. Turkey had been cooked and veg prepared the day before fortunately. They had put the veg in bowls in the conservatory with the heating turned off.

Put all the pans on to start cooking.....and an unbearable stench started almost immediately. Someone somehow had spilled paint thinners into the potatoes sprouts and parsnips!!

The whole lot went in the bin, and 12 people had Xmas pud, mince pies and custard for their Xmas dinner! And a buffet of the proverbial party food for tea.

Don't think they'll forget THAT disaster in a hurry!

I was once asked to make a sponge wedding cake (When Prince Andrew and Fergie got married) for all the kids in my two sons infant school, so it had to be really big. I was mixing up the sponge batter, and adding the eggs, when I broke into the mixture the only bad egg I've ever had in my life, the smell was awful and I had to ditch the whole bloody lot, and start again.
Lesson of the day, always break eggs into a cup before adding them to any mixture.

I remember one that broke my heart

One of the first 'proper' meals I made myself as a student... Spag Bol. Looked perfect, I was starving, then I tried to negotiate the kitchen door... the whole lot slid off the plate and onto the floor in a perfect heap. Gutted doesn't being to describe

I feel for you, thats one that has happened on several occasions in my house, one time on my 2 day old laminate floor, white rug and new cream walls!!

Oooh I can think of lots.

I bought scone mix and added cheese, only to find out it was sweet scone mix. I had to throw them all away they were gross.


Most vile was when I was very little. My mum made a liver casserole (yuck enough in the first place) and for some reason must have left it in a metal container. She wanted us to eat it the next day, even though it had turned to a puree that looked like baby poop, and it tasted like bile. She forced us all to eat a spoonful before agreeing that it was the most sick thing in the world.


My mum put some plastic coffee jar lids in the oven to dry out (she wanted to use the jars for pickled onions) and melted them all to her oven tray.


When we were little my sister got her long hair caught in the electric mixer when we were making meringues.


My mum decided to use the microwave one year to cook the Christmas duck and incinerated it - she put it in for the right amount of time, but forgot to set the power level to half.


My best mate burnt through the hob covers when he turned on the wrong ring.


My mum had a casserole explode in the oven.


As a kid i melted a plastic pepper pot into the toaster, trying to dry it out on top of the toaster.


I melted (luckily didn't burn) a lap tray (full of polystyrene beads) in a carrier =bag on top of an oven tray, when I turned on the grill, without remembering to take all the stuff off the top of it first.

I had made bolognese, and was cooking the pasta. Was a bit busy so said to the OH can you put the bolognese in (it was next to the microwave, with cling film on ready to be heated) and the daft sod, put all the bolognese into the pan of pasta and boiling water! Luckily I don't use much salt, and the pasta was pretty much cooked so we just has slightly more watery bolognese than usual!

I dropped curry all over our sofa. Even though it's navy blue and I washed it immediately 2 of the sofa seat cushions are noticeably neon yellow!

that is the funniest thing i have ever read! sniggers