SEEING-TO-BELIEVE
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what are some mistakes you made in the kitchen lately..?
What are some mistakes you made in the kitchen lately..?
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HeyItsSara
Sous Chef
Not checking to make sure i had all the ingredients before I started cooking.
Halving a recipe but forgetting part way through and adding the whole amount of yeast.
Halving a recipe but forgetting part way through and adding the whole amount of yeast.
Sir_Loin_of_Beef
Chef Extraordinaire
Entering it!
pictonguy
Sous Chef
Forgot to add the sugar to my liquid for a bread pudding recipe. lol... 
Attending to the call of nature without removing the fry pan from the burner. 
RobertHolloway
Assistant Cook
Just last week, I forgot to set a timer while baking cookies and ended up with crispy little hockey pucks instead of soft treats. Lesson learned never trust 'just one more minute'!
BAPyessir6
Senior Cook
I accidentally burned some apple butter i was reducing down for a bread. Luckily I had made a successful batch earlier that day and put it into caramel apple pull apart bread.
I tend to be very hard on myself when I mess up in the kitchen, so I'm working on being kinder and also trying to look on the bright side/use it as a learning opportunity. "Hey, turn that burner down a bit/use a different burner next time!" And all that.
I tend to be very hard on myself when I mess up in the kitchen, so I'm working on being kinder and also trying to look on the bright side/use it as a learning opportunity. "Hey, turn that burner down a bit/use a different burner next time!" And all that.
Badjak
Sous Chef
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Not checking if my yeast. that was open and been on the counter for months. was still active
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SEEING-TO-BELIEVE
Head Chef
very common for me too.
tho lately i'm more careful
what were you making?
when im making vegetables in the oven that i want to brown and caramelized, i'm often lazy to wait until it happens fully and get a less tasty vegetables.....
but also, sometimes i don't look for an intense taste so it is not always a drawback.......
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SEEING-TO-BELIEVE
Head Chef
how to check? by putting in water with sugar and seeing if it foams?
larry_stewart
Master Chef
Although not too big of a deal, since it was just my daughter and her husband, but a combination of :
1) Trusting my wife with a recipe she thought was good
2) Not doing a trial run ( making it first and testing the recipe before we counted on it for dessert).
- We had a few left over banana's, and my wife wanted to make banana pudding to have for dessert for when the kids were over.
- She started making it, but then asked if I could help. ( I don't like putting my name on something unless I know it will work and be good. Trust me, I've thrown my share of crappy stuff out, but usually Im a pretty good judge of what will work or taste good in advance, she isn't!)
- Anyway, she had already started, so we were all in at this point. Bottom line is it never set up. It was more like a thick banana soup than a pudding.
- No big deal. We had Oreos instead.
1) Trusting my wife with a recipe she thought was good
2) Not doing a trial run ( making it first and testing the recipe before we counted on it for dessert).
- We had a few left over banana's, and my wife wanted to make banana pudding to have for dessert for when the kids were over.
- She started making it, but then asked if I could help. ( I don't like putting my name on something unless I know it will work and be good. Trust me, I've thrown my share of crappy stuff out, but usually Im a pretty good judge of what will work or taste good in advance, she isn't!)
- Anyway, she had already started, so we were all in at this point. Bottom line is it never set up. It was more like a thick banana soup than a pudding.
- No big deal. We had Oreos instead.
Badjak
Sous Chef
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Correct
jennyema
Chef Extraordinaire
I haven’t made any mistakes in the kitchen for awhile but I’ve made them at the store by buying the wrong items! I keep forgetting my reading glasses….
HeyItsSara
Sous Chef
i only wanted to make half a recipe of onions rolls but because of the yeast error, i made a whole batch. yum.
as far as not checking ingredients - i didn't have the right spice for an indian chicken recipe and then i didn't have the right ingredients for a salad recipe and had to to substitute water chestnuts for hearts of palm.
not too terrible!!!
as far as not checking ingredients - i didn't have the right spice for an indian chicken recipe and then i didn't have the right ingredients for a salad recipe and had to to substitute water chestnuts for hearts of palm.
not too terrible!!!
LOL these errors!
I once, not recently, accidently made the marinade meant for a piece salmon and put it on the salad.... it was delish!
I once, not recently, accidently made the marinade meant for a piece salmon and put it on the salad.... it was delish!
Badjak
Sous Chef
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My biggest is grabbing wrong and putting lots and lots of chili powder in my gulash instead of paprika powder.
Long time ago
Long time ago
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SEEING-TO-BELIEVE
Head Chef
today i've made an omelette with too much salt..
Sir_Loin_of_Beef
Chef Extraordinaire
I wasn't paying attention to my cat. She got underfoot and I stepped on her tail. Man, can she scream!
I never salt eggs. They are naturally salty.
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