What Has Been Your Greatest Fail In The Kitchen?

Failures like over cooking happens sometimes.But there was this time(in 2002) I remember where I escaped a fatal accident in kitchen.I was cooking Biryani in an old cooker holding my 1.5 yrs old son.Maybe around afternoon 12:30 pm.He was crying a lot than usual,pulling my hair and dress.To pacify him I went to the corridor to get him some fresh air.Just 4-5 minutes later,a loud blasting sound from the kitchen was heard.I was startled and when I went to the kitchen to see what happened,the entire kitchen was messy with the Biryani I cooked and almost all the glasses in the windows were shattered all over the place.I found that the old cooker malfunctioned and blast opened.Really I escaped from that accident out of god's grace that day.Since then,I never used a cooker more than a year and take extreme care while I deal with them.Maybe my son was my guardian angel that day.

My son was a baby and my wife was out. I decided to make some popcorn in the micro. I must have fat fingered the time, and instead of 5 minutes set it for 50. Was taking care of the kid when I smelled something burning. The popcorn was smouldering, I had completely forgot about it. Oddly enough the micro didn't work very well afterwards (and smelled bad too).

I made a chili and did not pay attention to amount of Cumin I had put into the chili. It was one of those crock pot chilis where starting out I put cumin in it, then again, a few hours later thinking I had forgot too and repeated a couple more times before tasting the chili. Oh God was it awful and I could not salvage it.

The dogs, not wild animals around the farm would eat it where I dumped it out in the field. Yuck.

Making fried bread and then taking it to the living room to eat it. Started thinking the neighbors were making stir-fry but the skillet of oil was on fire, flames shooting up. Glad I got it put out before it damaged anything. A box of salt to the rescue. Then called maintenance to change the smoke alarm (it was just put in about a month before and was defective)…they were at my apartment within 30 minutes.

So I once thought I could drop a 30lb turkey in a cooking bag while one of my kids was holding it. I now know this was a bad idea.

My reaction was "Damn the need to make stronger cooking bags"😒

I was learning how to cook and I put wet pork in hot oil. I set the hood in the kitchen on fire and the fire alarm went off.😬 good thing I was quick to put a tea towel to contain and stop it.😄

I forgot to poke holes in this one.

My mom sent me to the store for cherry peppers for some Malaysian dish she was making; the recipe called for 13 of them.

Having never seen a cherry pepper before in my life, I messed up and bought habaneros instead. 😬

I once put in dish soap instead of oil in the frying pan. The smell almost made me pass out when I noticed it and it took a bit to get out.

Or when I slipped a knife into my hand trying to separate two froozen wedges. Not my proudest scar.

HUH...?

Cleaning

Never learning to cook. The stove and the oven are never in use. Just the microwave.

Baked a cake. Cut it and realised there was baking paper still in it. Pretty special 😶

Failing to follow recipe instructions, it was horrible tasting. I thought my mouth was going to explode

Not really in the kitchen but still cooking. Had the entire family over for a cookout and was raining. The grill was just at the edge of the garage and someone accidentally hit the door button. Must have been before safety sensors and it hit the grill. Smashed the grill and all the food went flying. Not one of my best moments!! 🙄🙄

Too many to count.

probably a bread attempt. I don't reach far with kitchen aspirations.

lol 😂

There's me thinking after your superb Chinese food post,you're a goddess in the kitchen 🧐😜😆😳..

Brownies hate me