Worst Kitchen Nightmares

[sadie1263]

Found this list......what is the worst thing that ever happened to you in the kitchen???


"1. Had a horrible experience one night trying to make Chicken Fried Steak. Not only did I clog our sink with flour, I put a big, perfectly round yellow stain on our cheap-ass counter by placing the lip that was on the pan that was heating my oil. Oh, did I mention the smoke? There was smoke…lots of smoke…
2. I set my stove on fire trying to make french fries.
3. The classic salt/sugar mixup in an apple pie filling. Thankfully I tasted the filling before it went in.
4. Ever try doubling a cake recipe, but forget to double the flour? I have…
5. Dropping a roast turkey taking it out of the oven. It skidded into the living room, leaving a wide trail of pan-drippings that was going to be the gravy. All in front of guests.
6. Disastrous macarons … 6 times in one morning!
7. fire in the kitchen …… and a party of 20
8. Setting fire to the paper towel roll under the cabinets when a candle got pushed back on the counter while I was making thanksgiving dinner.
9. Once added 2 Tablespoons of cayenne pepper to my chili when it only called for 2 teaspoons.

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I can't imagine dropping the turkey in front of all the guests........can't pick it up and wipe it off then....can you???

[alanseago]

I would suggest you find a good, reasonably priced restaurant.

[sadie1263]

LOL........I didn't do all those things........would have to give up in the kitchen if I had.........I'm trying to think of the worst thing I've done in the kitchen.........don't think I've had anything quite that drastic............I'm still thinking though....may have to ask hubby.....I'm sure he would remember!

[alanseago]

I know you did not do all that, I was teasing. Pity though, I would have been most impressed if you had done them all.

[sadie1263]

Wouldn't that be great!!! I would love to have seen the faces of the people where the turkey went sliding across the floor!!!! How the heck do you get out of that one gracefully??

I don't think I do stuff like that in the kitchen but I'm really klutzy other places!! I was putting stuff in the washing machine (when it was one that loaded on the top) and dropped some stuff.....and just instantly reached down to grab it......didn't allow for space for the machine and almost knocked myself out hitting my head on the machine........was really happy no one was watching......would never have lived that one down.

[alanseago]

How do you get out of it? You jump up and down and sing,'this is the way they serve it in Bandar Seri Bugawan. It is a wonderful ceremony, we thought you would like it.

[sadie1263]

Then toss all the plates on the floor and say "come and get it"......lol............bet you never have to worry about cooking Thanksgiving dinner for everyone again.

[chefmate]

my worst disaster was putting beans down the kitchen sink and not keeping the water on long enough to wash them out of the pipes while the disposal was running so my brother in law had to come over with a snake and clean the mess out for me and my mother in law was sorta pissed.

[Greylek]

Everytime I turn the stove on, decided to bake something or attempt a new reciepe a disaster is bound to happen.

[DAS (formerly BushAdmirer)]

We were roasting a whole beef brisket using slow and low heat in the oven. The brisket was on a metal rack with a jelly roll pan beneath to catch the considerable grease melting off the beef. When the roast was finally done after many hours in a very slow oven, my wife tried lifting out the entire roast and pan together. In the process she tipped the pan and spilled about a pint (half liter) of fat onto the floor of the oven. Then she made the mistake of thinking our self cleaning electric oven could solve the problem using the self cleaning mode. Big mistake.

When in self cleaning mode the oven heats to a very high temperature and vaporizes any grease deposits on the oven's surfaces. For safety the oven locks during this cycle and can't be opened until the cycle completes and the oven cools down.

So when the oven got super hot the spilled grease got very hot and filled the oven and kitchen with heavy smoke. I couldn't turn it off and couldn't open the locked door. I was sure the grease was about to catch fire and it probably would have if not for the smoke consuming any available oxygen. After about five minutes, that seemed like an hour, I thought of the electrical circuit breaker in the garage. By cutting off electricity we were able to interrupt the cleaning cycle and let the oven cool down. Whew!

Moral of the story is don't ever run a self cleaning cycle if there is very much spilled fat in the oven.

[chefmate]

Jun 6, 2010 0:04:38 GMT DAS (formerly BushAdmirer) said:

We were roasting a whole beef brisket using slow and low heat in the oven. The brisket was on a metal rack with a jelly roll pan beneath to catch the considerable grease melting off the beef. When the roast was finally done after many hours in a very slow oven, my wife tried lifting out the entire roast and pan together. In the process she tipped the pan and spilled about a pint (half liter) of fat onto the floor of the oven. Then she made the mistake of thinking our self cleaning electric oven could solve the problem using the self cleaning mode. Big mistake.

When in self cleaning mode the oven heats to a very high temperature and vaporizes any grease deposits on the oven's surfaces. For safety the oven locks during this cycle and can't be opened until the cycle completes and the oven cools down.

So when the oven got super hot the spilled grease got very hot and filled the oven and kitchen with heavy smoke. I couldn't turn it off and couldn't open the locked door. I was sure the grease was about to catch fire and it probably would have if not for the smoke consuming any available oxygen. After about five minutes, that seemed like an hour, I thought of the electrical circuit breaker in the garage. By cutting off electricity we were able to interrupt the cleaning cycle and let the oven cool down. Whew!

Moral of the story is don't ever run a self cleaning cycle if there is very much spilled fat in the oven.

I did that when I was nineteen and had no idea of what to do with a self cleaning oven so when I hit the controls it never dawned on me to remove the drip pan which was full of grease........I'll never forget the huge column of smoke that rose from the stove and there was nothing we could do except hope for no fire.......never thought of the fuse box

[beth]

My worst thing doesn't seem so bad after reading these.

We had guests coming for Thanksgiving dinner and, the night before, decided to make several pumpkin pies (4). We were making them in a kind of assembly line fashion to finish quickly - me doing most, but Mr.B taking care of the spice additions. I told him to leave the cloves out of the last pie, since not everyone likes that spice as much as we do.

The next day, we served the pie with whipped cream and crushed pecans for dessert. Cleaning up later, we noticed there were lots of pie slices with only a bite or two taken out of them. On investigation, we found out why. Only the "no cloves" variety was fit to eat. Mr.B had been using sage, liberally, instead of cloves.

How embarrassing.

Now, when we have holiday get-togethers, I'm always asked to bring cake - never pie. May be a coincidence, but I doubt it.

[june]

Jun 7, 2010 21:23:09 GMT beth said:

My worst thing doesn't seem so bad after reading these.

We had guests coming for Thanksgiving dinner and, the night before, decided to make several pumpkin pies (4). We were making them in a kind of assembly line fashion to finish quickly - me doing most, but Mr.B taking care of the spice additions. I told him to leave the cloves out of the last pie, since not everyone likes that spice as much as we do.

The next day, we served the pie with whipped cream and crushed pecans for dessert. Cleaning up later, we noticed there were lots of pie slices with only a bite or two taken out of them. On investigation, we found out why. Only the "no cloves" variety was fit to eat. Mr.B had been using sage, liberally, instead of cloves.

How embarrassing.

Now, when we have holiday get-togethers, I'm always asked to bring cake - never pie. May be a coincidence, but I doubt it.

;D ;D Bleugh!

[sadie1263]

Oh gosh I love those stories........I have a self cleaning oven now......I'm so glad I read that tip about cutting the breaker if I ever do something like that.....I WOULD NEVER have thought of that ever......ever!!!!!

love the pie story......

My mother was over at my house......she lives next door so I don't remember why she was using my stove......but she was just warming some tortillas up or something......she's not really used to my stove....her's is electric....mine is gas.....I think a part of the tortilla broke off and got down around the burner and started smoking......well.....it set off my smoke alarm....which is connected to the security system....which she didn't know how to shut off and ended up having the fire department show up. She was really embarrassed. She doesn't cook much at my house anymore come to think of it.