What's your worst kitchen disaster?

[Chef Mark]

mine involved my then future in-laws...crawfish bisque and allergic reation for my sweet little soon to be mother-in-law

[bowlingshirt]

Using the restroom shortly after cutting up some jalepano peppers and forgetting to wash my hands.

[Andy M.]

Chef Mark, check out this thread

[jabbur]

I think my worst was when I was in junior high school. My family still talks about it! We had learned to make baked alaska. I decided I would make dinner for my brother's birthday. I made our family lasagne recipe with a salad and baked alaska for dessert. Everything went fine until dessert. Set the oven to 500 deg. while whipping the meringue and the next thing I know the oven is shooting flames and smoke out the door! The run over from the lasagne had caught fire! It took a whole container of salt to put out and lots of fans to clear the smoke. Fortunately, it didn't damage anything permanently. We ended up having the dessert as a midnight snack after cleaning the oven.

[Robo410]

Ive had two...a from scratch pie crust that was obviously too dry...it browned nicely and tasted great but it turned to dust rather than flakes and absorbed all the juice of the pie!

the other was actually worse...used a "natural gourmet rice" for a paella (standard recipe nothing out of the ordinary) and the rice just wouldn't soften beyond a distinct crunch...never had that problem before or since.

[Jeekinz]

I learned that one way to avoid kitchen disasters is to not answer the telephone.

[sattie]

This one is silly, but forgetting to put the lid on the blender prior to pushing the 'PUREE' button!

[mozart]

Something to do with an over full Fry Baby and a handful of very wet hand cut fries

[Goodweed of the North]

The only way my wife can stomach liver is to cook it as a slab, buried in tomato sauce and cheese. Don't burn this dish. Let me tell you this again, don't burn this dish. It ruined my pan beyond repair (never could get the disgustin smell out of it), and stunk up the house for 2 days, and that's after scrubbing the kitchen walls (I really burnt it bad, all dried out and smoking!).

Seeeeeya; Goodweed of the North

[B'sgirl]

I was cleverly showing DH how to separate the egg white from the yolk--so clever that I slipped and dropped the egg on the counter. I watched the whole thing slip down the crack between the stove and the counter and make a huge mess down the side of the cabinet and underneath the stove. I sure showed him.