What's your worst kitchen disaster?

[expatgirl]

gotcha.....did you order pepperoni or veggies with that disaster?????:)

[DaveSoMD]

Delux: mushrooms, pepperoni, onions, peppers, sausage, anchovies, black olives.

[TATTRAT]

I burnt down 8million dollar restaurant.
















































j/k

[candelbc]

My worst (and ironically the most painful) kitchen disaster was one time I was working up my own recipe for Pumpkin Fudge. I had figured out a way to modify my usual base for Peanut Butter and/or Chocolate fudge by adding pumpkin and pumpkin spices.

The result was a somewhat lava like consistency that reacted in the same way. Basically, every time a bubble would come to the top of the pan, it would burst with a somewhat amazing force. I had a sweetened, soft-ball staged concoction on the ceiling, floor, my arm, face, and just about everything else in the kitchen. It was painful, but something Sarah and I still laugh about.

Interesting note about making the different types of fudge. I use Fudge as a way to collect donations every year for the "Relay for Life" cancer walk. I sell it for $25.00 a pound, with all proceeds going towards the Relay. At my work, sweets sell big. It's gotten to a point where people are lining up when the annual event takes place, just waiting to buy fudge. I make Peanut Butter, Chocolate, Cookies & Creme, Butterscotch, and Pumpkin (I did finally figure out a good recipe). I usually average about $1000.00 a day selling it for Relay.. Just thought it was worth mentioning for those of you who have charities. Sweets always sell!

-Brad

[Lisa Breuer]

You guys are killing me! I'm totally laughing at these stories. If anyone needs a fun prank, my favorite (of many - it's how I work) was what I did to my mom when I was a teenager. She used to ask me to hop up and get her stuff when I was comfortably settled in, which sort of annoyed me sometimes. One night when she asked for a glass of milk, a dropped a raisin in the bottom. She drank it all the way down, then got to the "thing" partially covered in milk in the bottom. I sat there about to burst, while she asked (and I'll always remember this one - ) "Was this glass clean when you took it down to use it?"

[Jeff G.]

Originally Posted by TATTRAT

I burnt down 8million dollar restaurant.
















































j/k

DING... we have a winner... Wow.. now that's a kitchen disaster!!

[Saphellae]

Ew about the praying mantises!!! LOL!!! How long did it take you to realize that they had hatched?

[LavenderLily]

My worst was when I decided to bake a cake from scratch for my son's first birthday. (Actually several small cakes and different sizes of cupcakes to make the Baby Einstein caterpillar.) I used the wrong measuring spoon and put in twice as much baking powder and baking soda as I was supposed to. I was up all night cleaning the oven. I made a second attempt the morning of the party, with better results, except that they didn't have time to fully cool before I had to frost them and the frosting got all melty and drippy.


For his second birthday, the control panel on the oven shorted out the day before his party and I had to bring the cakes to a friend's house to bake them. I shudder to think what will happen this year.

[Fisher's Mom]

Originally Posted by LavenderLily

My worst was when I decided to bake a cake from scratch for my son's first birthday. (Actually several small cakes and different sizes of cupcakes to make the Baby Einstein caterpillar.) I used the wrong measuring spoon and put in twice as much baking powder and baking soda as I was supposed to. I was up all night cleaning the oven. I made a second attempt the morning of the party, with better results, except that they didn't have time to fully cool before I had to frost them and the frosting got all melty and drippy.


For his second birthday, the control panel on the oven shorted out the day before his party and I had to bring the cakes to a friend's house to bake them. I shudder to think what will happen this year.

OMG, I'm sorry to laugh but a disaster in the oven that looked like that was a weekly occurrence in my house for years!!! I know how long it takes to clean that up, girlfriend. You must love your son very much.

[Wart]

Originally Posted by TATTRAT

I burnt down 8million dollar restaurant.
j/k

Thanks for the lung cleaning!


I think the worst 'disaster' was putting too much oregano in the eggs. Maybe I think that because my friend still ribs me about it 20 + years later.

Then there was the time I was making a broth and let the pan run dry. Had to toss the pan.

Then there was the time I sterilized dirt in the oven ... worked but golly it stunk!

I got it! The worst disaster in my kitchen was when I allowed Wife to replace the old Centurian range with a more modern unit.