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Cooking Faux Pas.......

this-one-time-at-bandcamp — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 15:33:46 GMT

I stuck a frozen burrito into the over-the-stove microwave a number of years back, punched in 3 minutes, then decided I needed to spend a little time on the throne.

I was immersed in a magazine, when I noticed kind of a burned smell wafting through the bathroom.........remembering the burrito, I returned to the kitchen, through a haze of smoke ( detector never did go off) and gazed at the now dark microwave.

Inside, what looked like last night's log fire glowed malevolently deep inside. Apparently I had entered 30 minute into the oven, instead of 3 minutes. Not only the burrito had been toasted, but the microwave also...........

A $400 experience!!

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tcmsecretuseid — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 15:47:42 GMT

If that burrito had a foil wrapper on it, you could have at least experienced a cool $400 light show. 😉

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this-one-time-at-bandcamp — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 15:49:13 GMT

'Fraid not, as I mentioned, I was otherwise occupied.......

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serendipityricho — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 19:57:14 GMT

First time i made fried rice--followed all the instructions.

Nowhere in the recipe did it mention--boiling the rice first...............................Richo.

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serendipityricho — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 20:00:04 GMT

Never ever-attempt to roast silverside--mumble mumble.........................Richo.

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*pepe — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 21:41:48 GMT

@this-one-time-at-bandcamp wrote:
I stuck a frozen burrito into the over-the-stove microwave a number of years back, punched in 3 minutes, then decided I needed to spend a little time on the throne.

I was immersed in a magazine, when I noticed kind of a burned smell wafting through the bathroom.........remembering the burrito, I returned to the kitchen, through a haze of smoke ( detector never did go off) and gazed at the now dark microwave.

Inside, what looked like last night's log fire glowed malevolently deep inside. Apparently I had entered 30 minute into the oven, instead of 3 minutes. Not only the burrito had been toasted, but the microwave also...........

A $400 experience!!

just how long did you spend in the throne room?????

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this-one-time-at-bandcamp — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 21:49:11 GMT

Well, the magazine was interesting............

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azureline** — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 21:51:31 GMT

@serendipityricho wrote:
First time i made fried rice--followed all the instructions.
Nowhere in the recipe did it mention--boiling the rice first...............................Richo.

I never cook my rice first?

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lurker172602 — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 22:21:42 GMT

One of my sons had a children's cookbook when he was young.
One day he and a friend decided to follow the recipe for making a pot of tea.
The first step said to fill the kettle and put it on the stove to boil.
Trouble was, we had a plastic electric kettle and gas hot plates 😞

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tasfleur — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 23:15:23 GMT

My first experience cooking in the microwave was to cause a lovely christmas pudding to turn into Mount Vesuvius complete with pyroclastic flow ....

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sineaterdoodah — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 01:05:04 GMT

my beloved hubby decided to heat up some goulash in the oven,since i had taken apart the micro to clean it. this would be fine,except for the fact that he put the tupperware container in the oven.

suffice it to say,my MIL bought me a new stove,and threatened her son's life,lol!

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durruticolumna — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 01:30:33 GMT

Reminds me of Lisa's cupcakes on Greenacres. She made them in china cups 🙂

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imastawka — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 02:07:53 GMT

@durruticolumna wrote:
Reminds me of Lisa's cupcakes on Greenacres. She made them in china cups 🙂

Funny story line, but that's actually how the term originated

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lind9650 — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 04:48:07 GMT

My mother was hard boiling some eggs when the phone rang and she answered to a friend. I could hear her talking and laughing as I was sitting on the verandah. All of a sudden there were several explosions and an ugly burnt smell. Mother had forgotten about the eggs, the water had boiled out and the bottom of the saucepan was red hot, shooting eggs up at the ceiling.

Since then, I never left boiling eggs unattended.

Erica

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boris1gary — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 04:55:44 GMT

I have managed to set fire to 2 oven mits and have set fire to the baking paper on the plate while getting food out of the wok - twice.

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amber-eyed-girl — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 05:21:11 GMT

at least your limit is twice 🙂

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katymatey* — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 06:42:43 GMT

It was my job to supply a pavlova for a family function. I made it, and it ended up looking like a flat biscuit? Cursed and made another one, same result. That was when I realised I had added plain flour instead of cornflour. Think that ranks as my most annoying faux pas.

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soulart2 — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 07:30:44 GMT

I was making a white sauce and it just wouldn't thicken..kept adding more cornflour mix...nup, and it started looking and tasting weird.

I had been using custard powder instead of cornflour !!!!

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ten*teeny*tiny*toes — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 07:39:44 GMT

I tried a coq au vin recipe back in the 80's to impress my man.
We still laugh about it today....it turned out iridescent PURPLE, the wine must have been a really rough Red.

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kopenhagen5 — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 07:55:37 GMT

As children, making pop corn for the first time is exciting.

Well, who knew a lid was meant to be placed on the saucepan.

Popcorn everywhere.