What's your worst cooking mistake and how did you learn from it?
My worst: I was making pancakes for the very first time and when I was through with cooking, I had discovered that the middle parts of the pancakes were uncooked. Lesson: Always make sure you've cooked your food properly before you eat it.
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What's your worst cooking mistake and how did you learn from it?
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gideon
my worst, i was preparing rice for the first time and when i was through with the cooking, i discovered that the rice is watery.
lesson: measure the cup of water you put in rice when cooking.
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Faricy
One time I tried making fajitas out of stew beef. Tough as nails.
I've done stupider things - that one was at least edible if you chewed enough. But that was the most memorable.
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Anonymous
not mine , but my mother in law a Saturday morning trying to do two task at the same time
1- CLEANING 2- COOKING
has bottle of CLEANER ( light yellow ) on the counter and her SON was requesting BREAKFAST
fried eggs potatoes and ham ...
.. you see it coming
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dizwar
Lv 7
2 days ago
When I was a kid, I wanted to surprise my parents for their anniversary, so I took a pot roast out of the freezer. I thought as long as meat is browned on all sides, that meant it was done.
So I put the frozen roast in a frying pan, turned the flame to the highest, browned the roast on all sides, and considered it cooked, not realizing that the inside was a block of ice.
My parents decided it was best to keep me out of the kitchen.
But when I got married, my husband taught me how to cook meat, poultry, fish, pasta, desserts, sauces, and gravies, all from scratch.
What I learned is that it's never too late to learn your way around the kitchen!
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Nikki P
Lv 7
2 days ago
I tried making donuts. Splashed VERY hot oil on my hand. Had a blister the size of the base of a tea cup. Lesson: I still dislike deep frying and rarely do it.and it has been over 50 years.
Made fudge the first time. Did not have a thermometer. Ended up with a brick. So hard it would not cut. I stood on the counter and dropped it and it would not even break. Lesson: Do not make candy unless you have a candy thermometer. Or you are very good about checking for stages with a bowl of ice water for the various stages.
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kswck2
Lv 7
2 days ago
Tried to make a blooming onion without a jelly thermometer. Plopped the onion in, was greeted with a plume of smoke. Went to take it back out of the oil-using a Plastic ladle.
Had to repaint my whole apartment.
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Anonymous
The first time I cooked a pheasant. I thought it would cook like a broiler chicken and taste like duck. How wrong I was on both counts! It was terrible, tough as boot strings and stank to high heaven. I can cook pheasant well now and game generally. I learned about the importance of marinade and how to braise tough meats low and slow until tender.
Mr Potatohead
I tried making pancakes out of ground up raw Great Northern beans. Made me real sick.
Mine was Making a lovely stock for the gravy at the christmas mealtime, then whilst straining it I absent mindedly poured it through the sieve, and DOWN THE SINK!! All that lovely flavour, simmering, wasted!!.
Lesson; make sure you catch the stock in a bowl / pan!
I thought cooking a tin of beans on an open fire without piercing it was a good idea, I thought the flavour would be sealed in. I realised it was wrong when I ended up looking like Simon Weston.
