C'mon, fess up. Food disasters of your own making.

Year, 1991, Esperance Western Australia.
Neighbours were going out for a few hours and I said I would make a Lemon Cheesecake for their return just because I could.
Setting out making the Cheesecake, supping on some beer stubbies.
Time to add the lemon juice. Drinking had affected my sense of taste, so I kept adding lemon juice until I could taste it in the mixture. All ingredients into a springform pan.
Refrigerated for a few hours. Neighbours returned.
Time for Cheesecake and whipped cream.
Removing the springform pan, the cheesecake flowed copiously over the table.
I added so much lemon juice that there was no way it was going to set. 🤪

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OogieBoogie · F

I once made cupcakes with a friend when I was like 7, and we read the measurements wrong .

Instead of like 2 teaspoons of carb soda and baking powder ....we added two tablespoons .

I still remember being all excited watching them rise through the glass in the oven door .

We watched them rise .....and rise...

....and then all join together .... then rise some more,

....then flow over the tray and drip down the shelves in the oven ....and then the drips were rising on the bottom of the oven and puffing up .

It came out like a mountain with a multi muffin cup base ....and tasted freakin' AWFUL .

Wr were so disappointed - they were unsalvageable ....and we had to clean the oven 🫤

Gusman · 61-69, M

@OogieBoogie 😃Major disaster there.
In the bin. Hope you never fed them to the birds.

Having to clean the oven really made it so much worse.

OogieBoogie · F

@Gusman yeah
But....never made that mistake again .