Do you have a food disaster story?

[rusty@saving]

Re: Do you have a food disaster story?

jacuzzi and jello....enough said,LOL

[abowers]

Re: Do you have a food disaster story?

Slightly different but I was down at the atlantis in the bahamas recently and ordered the feature of the evening and a bottle of wine. My waiter almost made it to my table when he tripped and fell. I watched helpless as my $70 steak and $300 wine fell to the floor. Such a waste but they were nice enough to comp the meal to me after that.

I would expect them to... it was their mistake, not yours.

[Kris10Leigh]

Re: Do you have a food disaster story?

For us it was the Thanksgiving of 2004. For some reason, in my head, it was all about the gravy. The entire dinner centered all around the perfect gravy I was going to make. (I had watched a few too many episodes of "Good Eats". DH cut the bag that the finished turkey was in and a good portion of the wonderful juice spilled out onto the stove top. Then, after the turkey was removed and all the turkey goodness remained in the pan, DH lifted the pan to pour it into a second pan, and in slow motion before my eyes we had turkey juice and grease all over my kitchen floor. Any thoughts on how slippery that is? And how hard to clean up?

[toys]

Re: Do you have a food disaster story?

I often cook without (directly using) recipes. I enjoy creating totally new dishes... by incorporating aspects of a variety of recipes. Sometimes, it works. Sometimes, however...

This one time I was trying to make something chocolately, something similar to a brownie, but healthier (being hypoglycemic I avoid sugar and carbs like the plague). I forget whatall I used, but I know it involved whole wheat flour and cocoa. After an hour in the oven, it still hadn't harden, so I let it go for another half hour, and still nothing changed. It remained just as liquid as when I started. Finally after 2 hours, I gave up, decided a liquid confection might be just as tasty. I left it out to cool, for about fifteen minutes. It finally hardened... to a solid inedible brick. No amount of scraping, scrubbing, and soaking would save that pan. And no, even the dog wouldn't touch it.