I will never again . . . (Part 1)

[oraklet]

i did the stock-in-drain thing, too. may even do it again, if i know myself right.

[C Squared]

I am glad to find so many others who have watched the stock they spent hours developing gurgle down the drain.

Maybe I won't feel so stupid next time.

[nyfirepatrolchef]

try to burn the alcohol off of Grand Marnier by putting it in a pot, heating it to vaporize a bit, then lighting it. Can you say hand held jet engine?

[Stephanie]

Make brownies or any other bar cookie without first checking that my pan is the correct size. If you want to ruin a recipe, this is one of the easiest ways to do it.

[Suzanne F]

Pour untasted wine into a batch of stew on the stove. Did it once with a bottle of Michigan wine, which made the stew (and the whole house) smell like Chateau Mucilage.

See, there IS a good reason to have a slurp while you're cooking (besides the enhanced creativity!).

[southern girl]

Forget to put the pot under the coffee maker....nothing like coming back to massive amounts of steaming coffee all over the counter and floor at 5am!!!

[Fat Guy]

. . . try to catch a knife that's falling off the counter . . .

[tommy]

one of my newest ones is "putting [fill in the blank] on the stove/oven and going up to check egullet only to return waaaay to long after i should be to find [fill in the blank] burned/gone/etc"

[C Squared]

Forget to put the pot under the coffee maker....nothing like coming back to massive amounts of steaming coffee all over the counter and floor at 5am!!!

I'm afraid I must 'fess up to this one as well

[CathyL]

...reduce an oil-and-vinegar marinade to a glaze in the microwave. WHOMP

[Stone]

Forget to put the pot under the coffee maker....nothing like coming back to massive amounts of steaming coffee all over the counter and floor at 5am!!!

Pushing the "brew" button twice on the coffee maker at the office. Coffee on the floor of my own kitchen is bad enough. Coffee ruining the newspapers on the office kitchen counter . . . .

[Wilfrid]

I shouldn't my cafetiere (or moka pot?) on the heat without water. But I will do it again, I know I will...

[Suzanne F]

And how about pouring the grease from the Sunday morning bacon onto the as-yet-unused coffee grounds in the french press canister?

[ShawtyCat]

one of my newest ones is "putting [fill in the blank] on the stove/oven and going up to check egullet only to return waaaay to long after i should be to find [fill in the blank] burned/gone/etc"

GUILTY as charged.

[ShawtyCat]

Forget to put the pot under the coffee maker....nothing like coming back to massive amounts of steaming coffee all over the counter and floor at 5am!!!

Geez, guilty again! I keep this up and I'll be in Cooking jail for life.

[ChocoKitty]

I will never again....puree hot soup by filling a blender over 2/3 full and closing the top without leaving a vent.

[bigbear]

... try to cook anything for my breakfast after coming in from a night of drinking. Can you say, "Wake up and smell the smoke?"

[Shiva]

...attempt to make pasta with the cornmeal I mistook for semolina.

[Aurora]

...assume that the rubber gasket is unimportant when assembling a blender pitcher.

1977 - Lesson learned while assisting my father in making Grasshoppers for business associates during a dinner party. Oopsy, doopsy!

[Kim WB]

call each person in my family to the stove, and have a conference as to whether the roux is the "dark peanut butter" color the recipe describes...debating with 4 others if we're talking dark SKIPPY or dark JIF, while it becomes darker and darker and darker and BURNS!

[Jinmyo]

And how about pouring the grease from the Sunday morning bacon onto the as-yet-unused coffee grounds in the french press canister?

I don't understand?

[Rachel Perlow]

You all make me feel so much better. I've done almost all of these. I blame eGullet for many recent fuck-ups: burned rice, carbonized orange peels.

You only try to catch a falling knife once (long long ago), better to let it drop and jump out of the way. Better if the blade breaks than slices your hand or goes point down into your foot. A new knife is cheaper than a trip to the emergency room.

The stock thing is agony, and you always realize it just as the liquid is about 3/4 out of the pot.

[southern girl]

try to slice open a bag of nuts in midair with a very sharp knife...results...one partly severed fingertip...4+ hours waiting in the emergency room only to be told "Gee, you needed stitches but, we can't do them now...it's been too long, an infection might have set in, we could butterfly it, but, you'll have to pay full charges"...speaking of adding insult to injury...went home and butterflied it myself

[vega]

As I'm reading over this thread and calling my husband in to have a laugh

too, I'm wondering why my banana bread is taking so long to bake.

I can't beleive I turned the oven on broil instead of bake!

I wondered why the top is so flat instead of rounded.

I blame this thread for undo influence .

[greenhitop]

I will never again attempt to cook Glutinous by the boiling

method. You have to steam the rice, and it helps if you

soak the Glutinous rice over night in water.

My boiled Glutinious looked like mush and tasted like paste!!