ever make a disaster?

abbychelle07
abbychelle07 Posts: 656 Member
edited September 18 in Recipes
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? :tongue:
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  • abbychelle07
    abbychelle07 Posts: 656 Member
    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? :tongue:
  • icupfunny2000
    icupfunny2000 Posts: 470 Member
    yes your the only one :laugh: just kidding
    j~
  • abbychelle07
    abbychelle07 Posts: 656 Member
    My husband was skeptical of the whole thing. I guess I proved him right!
  • banks1850
    banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member
    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
    elliott062907 Posts: 1,508 Member
    oh yes, when they say use heavy cream and not milk, listen!!!!!
  • debuckl
    debuckl Posts: 360 Member
    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
    icandoit Posts: 4,163 Member
    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
    banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member
    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
    Healthier_Me Posts: 5,600 Member
    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
    Healthier_Me Posts: 5,600 Member
    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:
  • 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
    cinandchris Posts: 229 Member
    You are certainly not alone. I have a new disaster at least once a week :sad:
  • abbychelle07
    abbychelle07 Posts: 656 Member
    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
    ali106 Posts: 3,754 Member
    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
    chriss1tt Posts: 365 Member
    my poor family has no idea what un-burnt food tastes like:ohwell:
  • chriss1tt
    chriss1tt Posts: 365 Member
    never thought of it this way. i'm burning my calories for the day cookin??????:noway:
  • icandoit
    icandoit Posts: 4,163 Member
    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
    hmmmm Posts: 607 Member
    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
    5KNohno Posts: 503
    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
    GravyGurl Posts: 1,070
    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
    TamTastic Posts: 19,224 Member
    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
    abbychelle07 Posts: 656 Member
    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
    lockedcj7 Posts: 257 Member
    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
    lockedcj7 Posts: 257 Member

    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
    mechanicmom Posts: 5,700 Member
    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
    LightenUp_Caro Posts: 572 Member
    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.
  • 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
    buckeyebabe Posts: 235
    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
    delanahub Posts: 56
    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
    blitsch Posts: 7
    :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!
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