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Subscribe to forums RSS#1 Tue 31 Jul 12 8:08am
dhartley
- Member Occupation Office Wallah
- From Yorkshire / E Sussex
- Member since Thu 15 Mar 12
Food experiments that went wrong!
I read on a website that samphire goes just as well with lamb and rosemary as fish. Trust me, it doesn't!
Anybody had any epic fails in the kitchen, either by own merit or following bad advice? Please share it here so others don't make the same mistakes!!
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#2 Wed 01 Aug 12 12:05am
mummza
Occupation avoiding housework
- From The land of song.
- Member since Tue 04 Oct 05
Re: Food experiments that went wrong!
I have only had one real culinary disaster and that has gone down in family history .
That was when I was 'not myself' and I accidentally put a mousaka topping on the lasagne ... This mistake has gone down in family history and I get reminded of my error at least 5 times a year !!!
It happened at least 10 years ago now .. Maybe more .
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#3 Wed 01 Aug 12 1:53am
JoyYamDaisy
- From Melbourne Australia
- Member since Sun 12 Apr 09
Re: Food experiments that went wrong!
My sister tried making marshmallows with no sugar.
I know I have said this before, but it was so amazing. They tasted like nothing! And they bounced.
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#4 Wed 01 Aug 12 2:33am
Birdymum
- From Newcastle, NSW, Australia
- Member since Thu 23 Oct 08
Re: Food experiments that went wrong!
Rich chocolate cake, minus the sugar is quite bitter really. 
Dropping the whole contents of a pot into the sink is my most usual one, collanders don't always survive the process. Might need to get help to lift the pot.
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#5 Thu 02 Aug 12 6:32am
RedfoxEstonia
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Occupation museum guide in Tallinn Seaplane Hangars
- From Tallinn, Estonia
- Member since Tue 16 Mar 10
Re: Food experiments that went wrong!
I remembered one. I tried to make multi-colored bread and decorate it with a face. wayyyy too artistic approach. I mixed some dough with cocoa powder, some with turmeric, some with instant coffee and god knows what. Needless to say it became heavy and fell flat. it was horrible! tHats why the bread needs to be kept simple.
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#6 Sun 16 Sep 12 9:23am
youaretall123
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Re: Food experiments that went wrong!
Such a shame you can't upload a pic.
I cooked a horror last night for a vintage inspired dinner party.
I made a GOLDEN CIRCLE BROWN VELVET PUDDING.... sounds good huh?
It required me to place rings of pineapple in the basin so it would look pretty when turned out. They fell off instead in random sections... Also w being turned it out on the plate it came out like a ball, rolling and bobbing on the plate. This was'nt the plan either. It was also too dry even though I added more juice than the recipe said... It tasted, ok.
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#7 Mon 17 Sep 12 8:10am
dhartley
- Member Occupation Office Wallah
- From Yorkshire / E Sussex
- Member since Thu 15 Mar 12
Re: Food experiments that went wrong!
I really buggered up a fish pie last night, made the sauce too thin and the mash too light resulting in a potato fish soup! Still, the loaf of bread was a triumph at least!
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#8 Tue 18 Sep 12 12:13am
Grandmadamada
- Member since Fri 19 Nov 10
Re: Food experiments that went wrong!
I tried to make an omelette after separating the egg yolk from the white and throwing it in the sink, then started beating the yolk and 
............. I was used to beat the yolk with sugar as breakfast in the morning, that was my first omelette I was cooking for my brother ............. but why did he not do it himself, I must ask him 
things happening in the last century 
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#9 Tue 18 Sep 12 12:41am
minerva
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Occupation Walking the Old Ways
- From Living in the Wild Woods
- Member since Wed 16 Jan 08
Re: Food experiments that went wrong!
JoyYamDaisy wrote:
My sister tried making marshmallows with no sugar.
I know I have said this before, but it was so amazing. They tasted like nothing! And they bounced.
This made me laugh so hard, tea came out of my nose (yes, I know, that's gross)....!
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#10 Tue 18 Sep 12 12:12pm
The White Rabbit
- From Sydney, Australia
- Member since Tue 22 Jun 04
Re: Food experiments that went wrong!
minerva wrote:
JoyYamDaisy wrote:
My sister tried making marshmallows with no sugar.
I know I have said this before, but it was so amazing. They tasted like nothing! And they bounced.This made me laugh so hard, tea came out of my nose (yes, I know, that's gross)....!
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