Spoiled Dishes

[chefdiva]

Today we made sweet dish and do pooja, I woke up at 5.00 am to cook all and send my boyfriend to work, as I was almost done, finished making sweet dish for pooja, and giving final touches to my sambhar, when I went to put flowers for the lamps in my pooja room and fully forgot about the sambhar, when I came back after suddenly remembering, the sambhar was sticking to the vessel and there was very little left of it, I could do nothing but throw it, my boyfriend went to work without his lunch as it was already late
Do you have such experiences to share where you want to hurry up everything and it turns upside down?

[lcsamano]

I put cookies in the oven one day and I forgot all about them and started to clean the bathroom. I was having one of those days. Anyhow, I remembered them when I could smell them burning.

[Mama Mangia]

When they first came out with cake mixes and frosting mixes many years ago - my godmother bought a chocolate cake mix and a chocolate frosting mix.

She mixed both batters as directed. Then she proceeded to transfer the frosting to the baking pans and bake it instead of the cake mix.

Funniest looking 2 layer cake I ever saw!

And she couldn't understand why the cake batter didn't look right in the pan when she poured it in - DUH!

[lcsamano]

Originally Posted by Mama Mangia

When they first came out with cake mixes and frosting mixes many years ago - my godmother bought a chocolate cake mix and a chocolate frosting mix.

She mixed both batters as directed. Then she proceeded to transfer the frosting to the baking pans and bake it instead of the cake mix.

Funniest looking 2 layer cake I ever saw!

And she couldn't understand why the cake batter didn't look right in the pan when she poured it in - DUH!

That was to funny. I actually can visualize the frosting trying to be put into the pan.

[Lila42]

My husband had bragged to his family about my delicious macaroni and cheese. Well, I made it as usual when the whole family was over. Except, the cheese would not melt. Then I realized the cheese I bought was light, and that's harder to melt. I kept the macaroni in a little longer, but no melting. So I turned the broiler on, just wanting to melt the cheese on top. Bad move, in two minutes the entire top layer was charred. Disaster. No one could eat it.

[lcsamano]

Lila42 I have done the same thing but with chicken. I was making mexican chicken and I had friends over and the cheese wouldn't melt. I was so embarrased cause there was this clump of cheese. So I wentg overboard on the salsa and made it to hot for our friends to eat. I think we ended up eating alot of salad that night and my DH and I ate alot of chicken for lunches and dinners.

[Lila42]

I know, don't you just hate that? The same thing you make over and over at home with no problem won't turn out when someone else is at dinner. It's kind of like my hair, I have a great hairday when I am off from work and see no one that I know and I don't really care what it looks like. Let there be a special occasion and you can bet my hair will know it and act accordingly...lol

[Lila42]

Oh, I forgot , here's my worst cooking disaster. Luckily, it was just my family but still...I hade made potroast with mushrooms, potatoes and onions, a simmering gravy on top. Just about done. The aroma was incredible. In a pyrex round dish, I had my infamous (melted this time) macaroni and cheese. Just about done. And then I had biscuits warming in another small pan. I went to take out my delicious dinner and actually gasped! For some reason, the pyrex dish had exploded. Glass was everywhere! Macaroni, and the wonderfully melted cheese was all over the stove. The glass was in the roast and also little bits of glass were in the biscuit pan. Has anyone ever had their glass baking dishes explode? The whole meal had to be thrown away. Then I had to clean the stove out.

[Mama Mangia]

I have had glass dishes explode on me. Now I make sure the oven is no higher than 325 and when I take it out of the oven - I place it on a wooden cutting board. for some reason - burners seem to help the glass break.

[Lila42]

I had never had one explode. After I told my mother about it she said that is why she never uses glass baking dishes. It only took her one time. Me too. I don't use them anymore. I don't want to take that chance.