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Old 10-03-2008, 21:25
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What cooking disasters have you had?

The other day, I poured a jug of cold water into a pan of boiling water, whilst the hob was on and wondered why the water turned into steam and flared up. DURR!

When I was at secondary school, we had to make a chocolate bar for an assignment but I later realised that I'd left out one of the ingredients. Was not happy.

Also, burnt a piece of toast to smithereens.
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Old 10-03-2008, 21:33
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The first time we used our bread machine we ended up with an odd sort of creation, take a look HERE
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Old 10-03-2008, 21:51
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The first time we used our bread machine we ended up with an odd sort of creation, take a look HERE
It looks like a loo seat!

What did it taste like?
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Old 10-03-2008, 22:14
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I made these biscuits in Home Economics once, using the ingredients my mum had given me, and instead of measuring the bicarbonate of soda out, I used the lot, and ended up with what looked like huge crunchy pancakes
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Old 10-03-2008, 22:41
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The new Delia Smith show tonight.
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Old 10-03-2008, 22:44
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My ex partner invented cheese gravy once. God it was disgusting.
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Old 10-03-2008, 22:45
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tried to impress the future wife by cooking a sausage casserole , i didnt brown the sausages though ............
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Old 10-03-2008, 23:22
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The new Delia Smith show tonight.
That shepards pie look good.
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Old 10-03-2008, 23:24
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The new Delia Smith show tonight.

She is a complete disaster and smarmy with it.
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Old 11-03-2008, 02:10
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I have dropped a lot of caserole dishes. Sometimes I cry and everything.
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Old 11-03-2008, 07:06
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It looks like a loo seat!

What did it taste like?
I don't think we tasted it!

The bottom was really strange, like no crust and a gaping side missing.
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Old 11-03-2008, 09:06
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When I was younger I tried to make Coq au Vin by boiling some chicken legs in red wine. The taste and smell was ungodly
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Old 11-03-2008, 09:19
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There's many, but the worst was probably when I felt inspired to do a dinner party (no, I've no idea why), I didn't actually realise that you had to fully defrost the chicken before cooking. Yes, they're still my friends, and no, I'm not allowed to cook for them anymore

I also once defied the laws of physics (or something) by managing to cook a birthday cake for my mum that still had lumps of raw butter in it, after it had been in the oven for ages

Cooking, I don't do so good.
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Old 11-03-2008, 09:54
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I once overcooked some rice and ended up with a disgusting amorphous mass.
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Old 11-03-2008, 09:57
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The first time we used our bread machine we ended up with an odd sort of creation, take a look HERE
What's that white stuff on top of it?

On second thoughts, don't answer that .
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Old 11-03-2008, 10:07
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What's that white stuff on top of it?

On second thoughts, don't answer that .
Looks like the yeast that tried to rise but couldn't
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Old 11-03-2008, 10:31
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i gave myself food poisoning
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Old 11-03-2008, 10:39
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I once heard a loud bang from the kitchen and when I looked what it was I realised the eggs I had left boiling were now stuck to the kitchen ceiling !!!
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Old 11-03-2008, 12:23
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The first time we used our bread machine we ended up with an odd sort of creation, take a look HERE
That looks hilarious!
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Old 11-03-2008, 13:05
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I did a pan of fried onions to go with Hot Dogs. As I took it off the hob I dropped it and in trying to catch it threw it halfway across the kitchen. Still finding bits of onion to this day!
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Old 11-03-2008, 15:09
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Christmas day morning, came in from next door after having our usual neighbourly glass of spirit, took the Turkey out of the oven and dropped it on the floor, fat everywhere, skated around the kitchen floor for the rest of Christmas day.
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Old 11-03-2008, 18:12
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Christmas day morning, came in from next door after having our usual neighbourly glass of spirit, took the Turkey out of the oven and dropped it on the floor, fat everywhere, skated around the kitchen floor for the rest of Christmas day.
Did you still eat the Turkey?
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Old 13-06-2013, 21:21
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My worst ever cooking disaster was when I was putting some pasta in the microwave, and the instructions said to add milk to the mix, which I did. Even though I had measured out and added the correct amount of milk, when the microwave had finished cooking, all I ended up with was a boiling hot and extremely sloppy mess!
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Old 14-06-2013, 14:37
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At school in food tech I once had to make soup. I was only 12 and I didn't know that you had to add water to stock cubes. I took an enormous bowl to school to transport this huge quantity of soup home and ended up with a tiny blob of soup in the bottom of the bowl. I guess I inadvertently made condensed soup.
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Old 16-06-2013, 11:34
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I dont have disasters, I am a brilliant cook. No I am not. I have one every week
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