Thread: Kitchen Mistakes

Tara <[email protected]> wrote:
> My latest: I wanted to make egg salad. I brought the eggs to a
> boil, then covered the pot. I forgot to turn off the heat. The
> eggs boiled hard for about ten minutes. I chopped them extra fine
> and used extra mayonnaise to make up for the rubberiness. The egg
> salad was edible, but not great.
>
> What's your latest?
>
> Tara

I never make a mistake. Once I thought I did, but I was wrong.

"Tara" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> My latest: I wanted to make egg salad. I brought the eggs to a
> boil, then covered the pot. I forgot to turn off the heat. The
> eggs boiled hard for about ten minutes. I chopped them extra fine
> and used extra mayonnaise to make up for the rubberiness. The egg
> salad was edible, but not great.
>
> What's your latest?
>
> Tara

Making peanut brittle for my grandkids a couple of days ago, and putting it
on wax paper. What could I have been thinking!

Cheri

On Sat, 3 Sep 2011 16:16:07 -0700, "Cheri" <[email protected]>
wrote:

> "Tara" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]..
> > My latest: I wanted to make egg salad. I brought the eggs to a
> > boil, then covered the pot. I forgot to turn off the heat. The
> > eggs boiled hard for about ten minutes. I chopped them extra fine
> > and used extra mayonnaise to make up for the rubberiness. The egg
> > salad was edible, but not great.
> >
> > What's your latest?
> >
> > Tara
>
> Making peanut brittle for my grandkids a couple of days ago, and putting it
> on wax paper. What could I have been thinking!
>
What *should* you have done? I need to know.

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On 9/3/2011 5:59 PM, Nunya Bidnits wrote:
> Tara<[email protected]> wrote:
>> My latest: I wanted to make egg salad. I brought the eggs to a
>> boil, then covered the pot. I forgot to turn off the heat. The
>> eggs boiled hard for about ten minutes. I chopped them extra fine
>> and used extra mayonnaise to make up for the rubberiness. The egg
>> salad was edible, but not great.
>>
>> What's your latest?
>>
>> Tara
>
> I never make a mistake. Once I thought I did, but I was wrong.
>
>

Made one of the worst steaks of my life this past week. A tough,
tasteless piece of meat made worse when I over-cooked it. In my
defense, even if I had grilled it perfectly the steak would have still
been terrible.... but I didn't even come close.

George L

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> On Sat, 3 Sep 2011 16:16:07 -0700, "Cheri" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> "Tara" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]..
>> > My latest: I wanted to make egg salad. I brought the eggs to a
>> > boil, then covered the pot. I forgot to turn off the heat. The
>> > eggs boiled hard for about ten minutes. I chopped them extra fine
>> > and used extra mayonnaise to make up for the rubberiness. The egg
>> > salad was edible, but not great.
>> >
>> > What's your latest?
>> >
>> > Tara
>>
>> Making peanut brittle for my grandkids a couple of days ago, and putting
>> it
>> on wax paper. What could I have been thinking!
>>
> What *should* you have done? I need to know.

I usually put it on a sheet pan that's been slightly buttered, or parchment
paper. Oh lord, the wax paper was a mess, and I did know better, but still
did it. I had the kids pulling off the bits of wax paper, it kept them busy.
:-)

Cheri

On Sep 3, 7:37*pm, George Leppla <geo...@cruisemaster.com> wrote:
> On 9/3/2011 5:59 PM, Nunya Bidnits wrote:
>
> > Tara<jarvi...@ix.netcom.com> *wrote:
> >> My latest: * I wanted to make egg salad. * *I brought the eggs to a
> >> boil, then covered the pot. * I forgot to turn off the heat. * The
> >> eggs boiled hard for about ten minutes. * I chopped them extra fine
> >> and used extra mayonnaise to make up for the rubberiness. * The egg
> >> salad was edible, but not great.
>
> >> What's your latest?
>
> >> Tara
>
> > I never make a mistake. Once I thought I did, but I was wrong.
>
> Made one of the worst steaks of my life this past week. *A tough,
> tasteless piece of meat made worse when I over-cooked it. *In my
> defense, even if I had grilled it perfectly the steak would have still
> been terrible.... but I didn't even come close.
>
> George L

What cut of meat did you use?

On Sat, 03 Sep 2011 18:48:26 -0400, Tara <[email protected]>
arranged random neurons and said:

>My latest: I wanted to make egg salad. I brought the eggs to a
>boil, then covered the pot. I forgot to turn off the heat. The
>eggs boiled hard for about ten minutes. I chopped them extra fine
>and used extra mayonnaise to make up for the rubberiness. The egg
>salad was edible, but not great.
>
>What's your latest?

Making multiple batches of 3 different kinds of cookies, followed by a
peach pie. Completely forgot the last batch of almond butter cookies
were still in the oven when I cranked the heat up to 450°F in
preparation for the pie. Caught it just as the cookies turned
inedible.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

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On Sat, 03 Sep 2011 18:48:26 -0400, Tara <[email protected]>
wrote:

>My latest: I wanted to make egg salad. I brought the eggs to a
>boil, then covered the pot. I forgot to turn off the heat. The
>eggs boiled hard for about ten minutes. I chopped them extra fine
>and used extra mayonnaise to make up for the rubberiness. The egg
>salad was edible, but not great.
>
>What's your latest?

Well, I was cleaning the dishes.......... then the wife says to feed
the cat. Then the phone rang. In my haste and confusion, I cleaned the
cat and fed the garbage disposal unit. On the upside, our pet food
bill has dropped dramatically.

Tara wrote:
>
> My latest: I wanted to make egg salad. I brought the eggs to a
> boil, then covered the pot. I forgot to turn off the heat. The
> eggs boiled hard for about ten minutes. I chopped them extra fine
> and used extra mayonnaise to make up for the rubberiness. The egg
> salad was edible, but not great.
>
> What's your latest?
>
> Tara

I incinerated a waffle the other day while busy eating the previous one.
I expect that's a pretty common occurrence for most folks.

"Tara" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
> My latest: I wanted to make egg salad. I brought the eggs to a
> boil, then covered the pot. I forgot to turn off the heat. The
> eggs boiled hard for about ten minutes. I chopped them extra fine
> and used extra mayonnaise to make up for the rubberiness. The egg
> salad was edible, but not great.
>
> What's your latest?
>
> Tara

I did the same thing only the water boiled out. My wife was laid up in bed
and I put some eggs on the stove and went in the bedroom to be with her.
Shortly after, she asked 'what is that popping noise?". It was not until I
heard the second egg explode did I remember them.

On Sat, 3 Sep 2011 16:37:41 -0700, "Cheri" <[email protected]>
wrote:

> "sf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > On Sat, 3 Sep 2011 16:16:07 -0700, "Cheri" <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Making peanut brittle for my grandkids a couple of days ago, and putting
> >> it
> >> on wax paper. What could I have been thinking!
> >>
> > What *should* you have done? I need to know.
>
> I usually put it on a sheet pan that's been slightly buttered, or parchment
> paper. Oh lord, the wax paper was a mess, and I did know better, but still
> did it. I had the kids pulling off the bits of wax paper, it kept them busy.
> :-)
>
You clever and crafty woman! That's one way to keep them busy with no
complaints. They knew what the payoff would be.

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On Sep 3, 6:48*pm, Tara <jarvi...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> My latest: * I wanted to make egg salad. * *I broughttheeggs to aboil,then coveredthepot. * I forgot to turn offtheheat. *Theeggs boiled hard for about ten minutes. * I choppedthem extra fineand used extra mayonnaise to make up fortherubberiness. *Theeggsaladwasedible, but not great.
>
> What's your latest?
>
> Tara

This isn't my mistake, but it sure is funny. One of the apprentices
working in a hotel in a smallish Canadian city, was outside, at his
parents home, grilling on their deck. Now I think what happened is
that the curtains billowed out onto the deck, and caught fire off the
grill. He burned his parent's house down. LOL.

"George Leppla" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On 9/3/2011 5:59 PM, Nunya Bidnits wrote:
>> Tara<[email protected]> wrote:
>>> My latest: I wanted to make egg salad. I brought the eggs to a
>>> boil, then covered the pot. I forgot to turn off the heat. The
>>> eggs boiled hard for about ten minutes. I chopped them extra fine
>>> and used extra mayonnaise to make up for the rubberiness. The egg
>>> salad was edible, but not great.
>>>
>>> What's your latest?
>>>
>>> Tara
>>
>> I never make a mistake. Once I thought I did, but I was wrong.
>>
>>
>
> Made one of the worst steaks of my life this past week. A tough,
> tasteless piece of meat made worse when I over-cooked it. In my defense,
> even if I had grilled it perfectly the steak would have still been
> terrible.... but I didn't even come close.

What did you do with it? Did you manage to make something from it or did it
have to be thrown away?
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"A Moose in Love" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Sep 3, 6:48 pm, Tara <jarvi...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>> My latest: I wanted to make egg salad. I broughttheeggs to
>> aboil,then coveredthepot. I forgot to turn offtheheat. Theeggs boiled
>> hard for about ten minutes. I choppedthem extra fineand used extra
>> mayonnaise to make up fortherubberiness. Theeggsaladwasedible, but not
>> great.
>>
>> What's your latest?
>>
>> Tara
>
> This isn't my mistake, but it sure is funny. One of the apprentices
> working in a hotel in a smallish Canadian city, was outside, at his
> parents home, grilling on their deck. Now I think what happened is
> that the curtains billowed out onto the deck, and caught fire off the
> grill. He burned his parent's house down. LOL.

That was funny??? Man you are one sick bunny!


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On 9/4/2011 9:55 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>> Made one of the worst steaks of my life this past week. A tough,
>> tasteless piece of meat made worse when I over-cooked it. In my
>> defense, even if I had grilled it perfectly the steak would have still
>> been terrible.... but I didn't even come close.
>
> What did you do with it? Did you manage to make something from it or
> did it have to be thrown away?

I ate most of it. Should have saved it and sliced it very thin and used
in fajitas or something.

I'm too cheap to have thrown it away. <vbg>

George L

On Sep 3, 6:59*pm, "Nunya Bidnits" <nunyabidn...@eternal-
september.invalid> wrote:

...

> I never make a mistake. Once I thought I did, but I was wrong.

I mever nake mistakes either.

Jerry
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-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

On Sun, 4 Sep 2011 15:56:44 +0100, Ophelia wrote:

> "A Moose in Love" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> On Sep 3, 6:48 pm, Tara <jarvi...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>>> My latest: I wanted to make egg salad. I broughttheeggs to
>>> aboil,then coveredthepot. I forgot to turn offtheheat. Theeggs boiled
>>> hard for about ten minutes. I choppedthem extra fineand used extra
>>> mayonnaise to make up fortherubberiness. Theeggsaladwasedible, but not
>>> great.
>>>
>>> What's your latest?
>>>
>>> Tara
>>
>> This isn't my mistake, but it sure is funny. One of the apprentices
>> working in a hotel in a smallish Canadian city, was outside, at his
>> parents home, grilling on their deck. Now I think what happened is
>> that the curtains billowed out onto the deck, and caught fire off the
>> grill. He burned his parent's house down. LOL.
>
> That was funny??? Man you are one sick bunny!

Yeah. I'm a sick **** and I totally fail to find the humor in burning down
a house.
Now if he had burned his face off while putting the fire out... That would
be funny.

TFM®

"George Leppla" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On 9/4/2011 9:55 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>> Made one of the worst steaks of my life this past week. A tough,
>>> tasteless piece of meat made worse when I over-cooked it. In my
>>> defense, even if I had grilled it perfectly the steak would have still
>>> been terrible.... but I didn't even come close.
>>
>> What did you do with it? Did you manage to make something from it or
>> did it have to be thrown away?
>
> I ate most of it. Should have saved it and sliced it very thin and used
> in fajitas or something.
>
> I'm too cheap to have thrown it away. <vbg>

Heh I wondered if you had ground it but I see you sliced it very thin)
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"George Leppla" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On 9/4/2011 9:55 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>> Made one of the worst steaks of my life this past week. A tough,
>>> tasteless piece of meat made worse when I over-cooked it. In my
>>> defense, even if I had grilled it perfectly the steak would have still
>>> been terrible.... but I didn't even come close.
>>
>> What did you do with it? Did you manage to make something from it or
>> did it have to be thrown away?
>
> I ate most of it. Should have saved it and sliced it very thin and used
> in fajitas or something.
>
> I'm too cheap to have thrown it away. <vbg>
>
> George L

That reminds of another goof up. A few years back, I wanted steak for
dinner and they were not defrosted. No big deal, that is what the microwave
does so well. I pushed the wrong buttons and instead of just defrosting,
the steaks cooked through. A beautiful shade of grey.

The dog enjoyed dinner, my wife and I went out for sandwiches.