ever make a disaster?

abbychelle07

Okay, so I really wanted to try a new healthy recipe. Picked an oatmeal/porridge recipe that sits in the slow-cooker all night. Oats, other grains, cinnamon, raisins, etc. I was so excited.

This morning, the whole house smelled like cinnamon. Yummm... Except, the smell was a little weird.

The whole inch around the outside was BURNT completely black! Apparently my slow cooker is too hot even on "low". And the inside tasted a little burnt plus you could really tell it didn't have sugar in it. Sigh. It was so gross, it was actually funny!

Am I the only one this happens to all the time?

abbychelle07

Okay, so I really wanted to try a new healthy recipe. Picked an oatmeal/porridge recipe that sits in the slow-cooker all night. Oats, other grains, cinnamon, raisins, etc. I was so excited.

This morning, the whole house smelled like cinnamon. Yummm... Except, the smell was a little weird.

The whole inch around the outside was BURNT completely black! Apparently my slow cooker is too hot even on "low". And the inside tasted a little burnt plus you could really tell it didn't have sugar in it. Sigh. It was so gross, it was actually funny!

Am I the only one this happens to all the time?

icupfunny2000

yes your the only one :laugh: just kidding
j~

abbychelle07

My husband was skeptical of the whole thing. I guess I proved him right!

banks1850

LOL, nope you aren't alone, when they tell you "DO NOT USE A BUNT CAKE PAN" when you're making angel food cake, they MEAN it! hehe.

elliott062907

oh yes, when they say use heavy cream and not milk, listen!!!!!

debuckl

Please don't ever mistake Baking Soda for Baking Powder! Not only does it taste awful, but everything comes out a funky green color! LOL!

icandoit

LOL, nope you aren't alone, when they tell you "DO NOT USE A BUNT CAKE PAN" when you're making angel food cake, they MEAN it! hehe.

Don't cook dinner when you are the chat. Burnt it big time

banks1850

LOL, nope you aren't alone, when they tell you "DO NOT USE A BUNT CAKE PAN" when you're making angel food cake, they MEAN it! hehe.

Don't cook dinner when you are the chat. Burnt it big time

Not you too! Oh God, addiction is terrible!

Healthier_Me

LOL, nope you aren't alone, when they tell you "DO NOT USE A BUNT CAKE PAN" when you're making angel food cake, they MEAN it! hehe.

I found that out for myself when I made angel food cake too Bankable....:grumble:

~Joanna:flowerforyou:

Healthier_Me

Please don't ever mistake Baking Soda for Baking Powder! Not only does it taste awful, but everything comes out a funky green color! LOL!

ooohhh.... that's why my chocolate chip pound cake was green!!!:grumble:

~Joanna:flowerforyou:

BlazinEmerald

lol Just about every time I step into the kitchen .... ok so Im not that bad, but to my family's horror I do alot of " wonder what this tastes like together" meals

cinandchris

You are certainly not alone. I have a new disaster at least once a week :sad:

abbychelle07

I get some recipes from cookbooks, and after I make it I think, "Someone actually made this, ate it, and then thought it belonged in a book for OTHER people to make? Yuck!" :laugh:

ali106

lmbo omg I added two tbsp of cinnamon to oatmeal cookies once....they were ah spiced out!

I normally put in 1 tsp....I think I was in la la land or on the phone....note to self, must pay attention in the kitchen! lol
Hugs!

chriss1tt

my poor family has no idea what un-burnt food tastes like:ohwell:

chriss1tt

never thought of it this way. i'm burning my calories for the day cookin??????:noway:

icandoit

LOL, nope you aren't alone, when they tell you "DO NOT USE A BUNT CAKE PAN" when you're making angel food cake, they MEAN it! hehe.

Don't cook dinner when you are the chat. Burnt it big time

Not you too! Oh God, addiction is terrible!

Yes it is. But, it is a great addiction:laugh:

hmmmm

Yeah I am a good one for cooking either bad tasting or awful looking food. Sometimes the bad tasting food looks wonderful and sometimes the awful looking food tastes great. This morning I made spaghetti squash frittata?? oh it looked awful but tasted great. Good thing fiance wasn't here b/c he never would have touched it. -Heather

5KNohno

Never, I repeat, NEVER mix cherry jello and vanilla pudding mixes then add the milk and water. Got it from a low carb site, and made it for our Sunday family get-together because a bunch of us were dieting. It was disgusting. My sisters still tease me about this one. :sick:

GravyGurl

Never put bacon in the broiler and then forget about it ... what can I say... I was a new bride and no one taught me to cook :laugh:

TamTastic

Ok, I have the best one. My husband (not a chef AT ALL), was making a turkey burger on the grill.......and brought it in and started to eat it. Half way through he makes a comment "Hmm, it's a bit rare!".....and I look and the whole inside is RAW still. And he shrugs and says "Well, you CAN order burgers rare"............and I reply with "Ummm NOT POULTRY!!!!!"

Amazing he's still alive!!

abbychelle07

Ok, I have the best one. My husband (not a chef AT ALL), was making a turkey burger on the grill.......and brought it in and started to eat it. Half way through he makes a comment "Hmm, it's a bit rare!".....and I look and the whole inside is RAW still. And he shrugs and says "Well, you CAN order burgers rare"............and I reply with "Ummm NOT POULTRY!!!!!"

Amazing he's still alive!!

HILARIOUS! My husband wouldn't have touched that with a ten-foot pole. He is so worried about all the cooties you can get from uncooked anything. He bleaches the entire kitchen after working with raw chicken.

lockedcj7

I'm actually a pretty good cook and my family usually likes what I make. That said, I've made plenty of things that didn't come out the way I wanted. Most recently, I was grilling burgers on a cold, windy day and some of them turned out crispy-critter. It seems that I over-estimated the influence of the wind on the heat of the grill.

Other than that, I get in trouble when I try to substitute ingredients or double or 1/2 a recipe.

lockedcj7

HILARIOUS! My husband wouldn't have touched that with a ten-foot pole. He is so worried about all the cooties you can get from uncooked anything. He bleaches the entire kitchen after working with raw chicken.

He must be related to my mother. She once poured Lysol on some waffles because the Aunt-Jamaima and the Lysol were sitting on the counter next to each other.

mechanicmom

Ever tried chicken pudding? Yeah. It didn't exist until I tried a recipe. I didn't mess it up, it was just a bad recipe! I won't live that one down!

LightenUp_Caro

Unfortunately, I learned how to burn food at a young age. We knew it was time for dinner when the smoke alarm went off. I swore that I wouldn't forget about things when i started cooking but much to my dismay, I've developed a craving for burned food.

what gives.

Bre&CJ'sMom

I know it's not healthy, but the first meal I made for my husband after we moved in together was fried pork chops and gravy. I have never been good at making gravy. But I thought I did well. The pork chops were done all the way through and the gravy looked good. I put the chops in the gravy to keep them warm and left the burner on low. When I uncovered the pan...the gravy had turned into a biscut with the porkchops baked in to it! I had used self rising flour to thicken the gravy. I didn't realize that there were different types of flour. It's been 7 years and he still teases me about it!

buckeyebabe

I get some recipes from cookbooks, and after I make it I think, "Someone actually made this, ate it, and then thought it belonged in a book for OTHER people to make? Yuck!" :laugh:

HAHAHAHA! That was funny. I never really thought about that even when I had the same experience. Thanks for the laugh, it was a good one!

My husband once tried to make PB cookies for the kids on a day off. He mistook the 1/2 t. for 1/2 c. I teased him about it forever. I thought it was only common sense that no cookie recipe (that isn't large enough to feed an entire military base) would call for 1/2 c. of SALT!!!

delanahub

These are great, I seem to be only good at complicated things...Everyday the steel cut oats and I have a battle, they are winning!!!!

blitsch

:blushing: Once I made homemade buns that were as hard as a rock and my hubby went out and threw the whole works to the pigs and they went running the other way!!!! :blushing:

Now, my husband tells everyone I treat him like a Greek God as I'm always serving him burnt offerings!