Sun Mar 27, 2005 4:15 am
It wasn't me, but this was really funny:
My friend's little cousin put his Hershey bar (wrapper and all!) in the microwave and it exploded! When asked why he did it, he responded in a dignified, aristocratic sort of way that he "liked his chocolate moist".
My friend's little cousin put his Hershey bar (wrapper and all!) in the microwave and it exploded! When asked why he did it, he responded in a dignified, aristocratic sort of way that he "liked his chocolate moist".
Sun Mar 27, 2005 4:44 am
Fiddelysquat wrote:It wasn't me, but this was really funny:
My friend's little cousin put his Hershey bar (wrapper and all!) in the microwave and it exploded! When asked why he did it, he responded in a dignified, aristocratic sort of way that he "liked his chocolate moist".
lol Great story Fidds
Sun Mar 27, 2005 4:52 am
That same little boy has had many incidents with food. My friend and I were making saltines with peanut butter as munchies for a barbeque. He was about 4 at the time. He grabbed this box of saltine crackers and put it on the floor. He screamed "CHOO CHOO TRAIN!" and sat right on it! The front and back burst open and crumbs shot out either end! I nearly wet myself laughing.
Sun Mar 27, 2005 8:50 am
Nothing really. Just two points for all you amatuer cooks:
1. Easter eggs and the microwave don't mix.
2. If your six years old and your mums making a cake, stay well away from the beaters unless u wanna be bald.
1. Easter eggs and the microwave don't mix.
2. If your six years old and your mums making a cake, stay well away from the beaters unless u wanna be bald.
Sun Mar 27, 2005 12:01 pm
When I was small I once set out to concoct the most tasty beverage of all time. Being daft and naive, I thought that I should combine all the delicious drinks in the world to make it.
Taking a cup of herbal tea, I added in Pepsi, coffee, tea, Milo (a chocolate drink), condensed milk, Ribena (blackcurrent juice), and apple cider vinegar. Then I added some sugar, salt and pepper because I remembered somewhere that a little pinch of salt and pepper enhances the flavour of anything dish/soup. Combining salt with gassy drinks also gets rid of excess gas too.
It being my sister's birthday, I decided give her the privilege of being the first to taste my miracle beverage. She was suspicious of it initially, but after repeated coaxing, she agreed to taste the mystery juice.
She vomited and cried.
Taking a cup of herbal tea, I added in Pepsi, coffee, tea, Milo (a chocolate drink), condensed milk, Ribena (blackcurrent juice), and apple cider vinegar. Then I added some sugar, salt and pepper because I remembered somewhere that a little pinch of salt and pepper enhances the flavour of anything dish/soup. Combining salt with gassy drinks also gets rid of excess gas too.
It being my sister's birthday, I decided give her the privilege of being the first to taste my miracle beverage. She was suspicious of it initially, but after repeated coaxing, she agreed to taste the mystery juice.
She vomited and cried.
Sun Mar 27, 2005 12:42 pm
Thankfully I'm treated well with cooking *touches wood*. But there are a few careless mistakes I made 
1-
I was pizza making a few years ago and couldn't quite read the instructions properly, especially the ingredients bit. So I added more salt than anything else. The crisp was incredibly salty.
2-
Same as pizza, was making these "crystal cakes" (direct translation from the Chinese name of it). Apparently I added too much of one flour Forgot what happened but the result was having loads of them little cakes.
3-
Cookies! I've made cookies before, else I wouldn't be called the cookie ladeh for no reason. Advice for you all who make cookies: stuff your dough in the fridge for at least an hour before you chuck them in the oven 
. Or you'll end up with...flat and overly sweet cookies. Though I didn't mind the sweetness (it got a bit sickening when I ate more than a certain amount of cookies a day).
4- This is not me, my mum did this:
Early in the morning my mum made black soya bean milk and poured out three cups. She decided that she would be kind and add sugar to ours since we didn't quite like plain soya bean milk. So then she woke me up and I washed up and got outside, happy that I got to drink soya bean milk. Happier that my mum decided to add sugar for us. When I drank it, I nearly spat it out. It was SO salty. Yep, she added salt instead of sugar. TWO teaspoons of salt. And so I tried to balance it out by adding sugar. It does no good.
At the end we poured them out
1-
I was pizza making a few years ago and couldn't quite read the instructions properly, especially the ingredients bit. So I added more salt than anything else. The crisp was incredibly salty.
2-
Same as pizza, was making these "crystal cakes" (direct translation from the Chinese name of it
). Apparently I added too much of one flour Forgot what happened but the result was having loads of them little cakes.
3-
Cookies! I've made cookies before, else I wouldn't be called the cookie ladeh for no reason
. Advice for you all who make cookies: stuff your dough in the fridge for at least an hour before you chuck them in the oven . Or you'll end up with...flat and overly sweet cookies. Though I didn't mind the sweetness (it got a bit sickening when I ate more than a certain amount of cookies a day).
4- This is not me, my mum did this:
Early in the morning my mum made black soya bean milk and poured out three cups. She decided that she would be kind and add sugar to ours since we didn't quite like plain soya bean milk. So then she woke me up and I washed up and got outside, happy that I got to drink soya bean milk. Happier that my mum decided to add sugar for us. When I drank it, I nearly spat it out. It was SO salty. Yep, she added salt instead of sugar. TWO teaspoons of salt. And so I tried to balance it out by adding sugar. It does no good.
At the end we poured them out
Sun Mar 27, 2005 4:50 pm
Last night my french class went to my french teacher's house to make crepes, talk, etcPWNAGE So, after we stuffed our faces with amazing homebaked madeleines she made for us, we set on making crepes and flipping them and whatnotPWNAGE She put some batter in the pan, let it cook a bit, and then each one of us went up and tried to flip his/her crepePWNAGE Short story long- I ended up with an extremely hot crepe falling on my handPWNAGE And her husband, who was taking pictures, captured it- there's a picture of me about .5 seconds before i realize my hand is in painPWNAGE
(PWNAGE=dare on ddg)
(PWNAGE=dare on ddg)
Sun Mar 27, 2005 4:52 pm
Worst I've ever done was burning my arm on the over door as it shut on me >_< or over baked cookies. *is good at cooking*
Mon Apr 04, 2005 6:57 am
I was making Mac and Cheese and there wasn't enough water in the pan, but I was to busy to notice, and poured the macoroni in.
Then later i smelt something burning....and the macaroni had burned to the bottom of the pot. My mom made my scrub it, and it was a big mess....lol
Then later i smelt something burning....and the macaroni had burned to the bottom of the pot. My mom made my scrub it, and it was a big mess....lol
Sun Apr 10, 2005 3:50 am
I consider myself a fairly good cook. Now, if you need a chemistry lab set on fire, I'm your girl! I can set anything in a chemistry lab on fire!
But I do have some cooking stories!
Last May I went camping with a school group, which involved cooking over a propane stove. Not a huge problem, I'd use it before. I was making ravaoli (sp) for the first time and I guess I didnt think it had to be stirred. Long story short, I had a lot of burnt ravoli that smelled really, really bad. I still had to eat it, so I fished out the still closed pieces. It was either that or starve!
I have put tin foil and forks in the microwave, but nothing too horrible came out of those situations.
I thikn the absoulte worst experience was when my friend and I tried to make Mars Bar ice cream! We mixed chocolate ice cream, mars bars and thats it, but we got so sick from it... biggest mistake ever!
But I do have some cooking stories!
Last May I went camping with a school group, which involved cooking over a propane stove. Not a huge problem, I'd use it before. I was making ravaoli (sp) for the first time and I guess I didnt think it had to be stirred. Long story short, I had a lot of burnt ravoli that smelled really, really bad. I still had to eat it, so I fished out the still closed pieces. It was either that or starve!
I have put tin foil and forks in the microwave, but nothing too horrible came out of those situations.
I thikn the absoulte worst experience was when my friend and I tried to make Mars Bar ice cream! We mixed chocolate ice cream, mars bars and thats it, but we got so sick from it... biggest mistake ever!
Sun Apr 10, 2005 7:46 am
Hmm, lets see.
I tried making Semolina once, and attempted boiling milk. (NOTE: Never, EVER try boiling milk on the stove, or anywhere for that matter.) So I began to let it heat up on a little saucepan on the stove, stirring at it the whole time. Eventually, it started boiling, and boiling, and boiling, and in thirty seconds the whole stove top was covered in the milk which boiled out of the saucepan. I took me about thirty more seconds (mainly of me standing there, eyes wide, mouth open, in shock) until I used my brain and picked the saucepan off the hotplate and turned the stove off. It smelled sooooooo incredibly, horribly bad. Anyway, after cleaning everything and fanning out the kitchen. My mum came in to ask me what the horrible smell was, and then decided to reveal the fact that you're supposed to milk together the semolina and milk and then gently heat in on the stove.
Another bad cooking experience of mine...
I was trying to make Kettle Corn (which I saw on my holiday to the US, and we don't have here). My dad had made it a few days before that, but he had gone away on a business trip. To make Kettle Corn you dissolve sugar in oil, then add the popcorn kernels and heat it. To cut a long story short, in the end I had burnt sticky popcorn with half the kernels unpopped.
Apart from those few times (and a few attempts at making custard in the microwave, which usually ends with a custard filled microwave) I'm actualyl pretty good at cooking. I make pasta, ravioli and pasta sauce (all from packets and jars), and make salad, and can cook any type of meat in a fry pan. And I make a nice pasta bake in the oven too.
I tried making Semolina once, and attempted boiling milk. (NOTE: Never, EVER try boiling milk on the stove, or anywhere for that matter.) So I began to let it heat up on a little saucepan on the stove, stirring at it the whole time. Eventually, it started boiling, and boiling, and boiling, and in thirty seconds the whole stove top was covered in the milk which boiled out of the saucepan. I took me about thirty more seconds (mainly of me standing there, eyes wide, mouth open, in shock) until I used my brain and picked the saucepan off the hotplate and turned the stove off. It smelled sooooooo incredibly, horribly bad. Anyway, after cleaning everything and fanning out the kitchen. My mum came in to ask me what the horrible smell was, and then decided to reveal the fact that you're supposed to milk together the semolina and milk and then gently heat in on the stove.
Another bad cooking experience of mine...
I was trying to make Kettle Corn (which I saw on my holiday to the US, and we don't have here). My dad had made it a few days before that, but he had gone away on a business trip. To make Kettle Corn you dissolve sugar in oil, then add the popcorn kernels and heat it. To cut a long story short, in the end I had burnt sticky popcorn with half the kernels unpopped.
Apart from those few times (and a few attempts at making custard in the microwave, which usually ends with a custard filled microwave) I'm actualyl pretty good at cooking. I make pasta, ravioli and pasta sauce (all from packets and jars), and make salad, and can cook any type of meat in a fry pan. And I make a nice pasta bake in the oven too.
Sun Apr 10, 2005 7:56 am
I'm an awful cook. Seriously. I almost gave my home ec teacher a nervous breakdown. Ah, the hijinks we used to get up to.
Like the time I set a cake on fire. I'd left out the self raising flour and it came out the oven like a blazing inferno. Actually, it was a blazing inferno. Anyway the sprinklers came on, the fire alarms went off and the building had to be evacuated. Unfortunately, it was vocation day. Our school is Catholic so once a year we have nuns, monks and other members of the church come to talk to us on their vocations. It's quite a sight to see the entire school lined up in the school yard with half a dozen nuns with sandals on in the rain.
Also, my teacher used to get really ratty at us (wonder why) and I'd just dropped a fairy cake in the middle of someones piella (sp?) so I decided to offer it to the teacher. I think she liked it. *nods*
There was the time where I failed at multi-tasking at home. I was ironing and cooking a pizza at the same time. But I'd left the oven door open.
Like the time I set a cake on fire. I'd left out the self raising flour and it came out the oven like a blazing inferno. Actually, it was a blazing inferno. Anyway the sprinklers came on, the fire alarms went off and the building had to be evacuated. Unfortunately, it was vocation day. Our school is Catholic so once a year we have nuns, monks and other members of the church come to talk to us on their vocations. It's quite a sight to see the entire school lined up in the school yard with half a dozen nuns with sandals on in the rain.
Also, my teacher used to get really ratty at us (wonder why) and I'd just dropped a fairy cake in the middle of someones piella (sp?) so I decided to offer it to the teacher. I think she liked it. *nods*
There was the time where I failed at multi-tasking at home. I was ironing and cooking a pizza at the same time. But I'd left the oven door open.
Sun Apr 10, 2005 8:09 am
Aww Twinkle.
You should've been at my school. Before we got the new ovens in there were 2 ovens I always had to use.
Both had one heat setting.
One had 'blazing inferno i shall charcoal your cake within seconds'
One had 'light summer breeze your cake with just liquify more and drip all over the oven'
Nightmare.
You should've been at my school. Before we got the new ovens in there were 2 ovens I always had to use.
Both had one heat setting.
One had 'blazing inferno i shall charcoal your cake within seconds'
One had 'light summer breeze your cake with just liquify more and drip all over the oven'
Nightmare.
Mon Apr 18, 2005 3:36 am
I would like to add another cooking disaster... I have just deisovered I can not cook oatmeal. I think I actually made a new cement... I'll be lucky if I can get it out of the bowl! I dont think I added enough water...
Mon Apr 18, 2005 3:48 am
The first time I made an apple pie, I used this really cheap shortening in the pie crust. I believe it was called Fluffy or something like that. We had a group of people over for dinner. All of a sudden, we see black smoke coming from the oven and smell something burning. The top crust of the pie melted in its entirety and slid into the oven. We opened the door and helplessly watched it slide onto the oven floor--like lava from a volcano. Talk about embarassing.
It took a long time before I ventured to make a pie again. From then on, I only used lard in my pie crust. And, they turn out perfectly.
It took a long time before I ventured to make a pie again. From then on, I only used lard in my pie crust. And, they turn out perfectly.