O/S disasters.... let us share...

kboss2010

Sethisis wrote: »

:rotfl: Oh these are fantastic!

I've had many disasters, but the one I'm most sore about is the honeycomb one. I added the ingredients and tried to heat it up on the hob, but had the hob too hot, so it really started foaming over the edges and burning onto the hobs. Instead of just turning the heat down, I stood there for ages taking the pot off, holding it then putting it back on and repeating until I felt satisfied. The result was a transparent orange block of glass like material. I'd tried pouring it into a glass container before it set, then once it did I couldn't get it out. I ended up slamming a knife in and shattering the container.

This was supposed to be a surprise for my boyfriend, and he laughed his !!!! off when he saw me cleaning up a pile of shattered glass and sugar.

:rotfl::rotfl: Nigella makes it look so easy! Maybe I won't try that 'easy 5 minute' treat!

kboss2010

I set my wok on fire. I was on the phone to my dad with a wok with a couple of tablespoons for oil in it on the gas hob. I literally turned my back to grab something out of the cupboard and whoosh!

I dropped the phone, grabbed the fire blanket and carried the pan outside carefully with the blanket still on it (like I said it was only a few tbsp of oil so it wouldn't have sloshed on me, thank god I don't like my food deep fried!)

I came back and picked up the phone and my dad was still chatting away oblivious lol. The luckiest thing was that I'd only bought the fire blanket on a whim when I went to Ikea with my dad when I visited him a few weeks earlier. I've taken that as a sign and now I won't be without one in the kitchen lol.

juno

I was just making some fancy coffee drink which had two sachets of powder (one coffee, one milk) and was supposed to make a cappuccino style drink at home. I was making the frothy milk and stirring lots, but it wasn't mixing particularly well and was lumpy.

So I decided I'd put it in a jar and shake it to see if that got the lumps out.

I remembered to put the lid on the jar, and even put my hand over the lid just in case it wasn't on particularly tightly.

I shook it once, and the lid shot off with such force I couldn't hold it, and warm frothy milk shot everywhere. Up the walls, up the cupboard, on my glasses... everywhere. I'm guessing that because it was made with warm water (that part was following the instructions) the shaking upset the air molecules or something.

Then, in all the kerfuffle I forgot to look after my toast, so that burnt, and now my parrot is trying to eat my boiled eggs.

Living_proof

Years ago when adult education still provided cheap weekend courses in cooking etc. I did a 'how to bone and roll a chicken'. Very MSE. We were taught exactly that and how to make stock from the bones and make the stuffing, and so carried away was I chatting to the instructor that instead of straining the stock into the bowl I strained it down the sink! Oxo to the rescue and it still tasted good, but I have never made that mistake again.

scottishminnie

These are brilliant! I've had too many disasters to mention. One of my memorable ones came just after we were first married. I put on some eggs to boil and went off upstairs to tackle some ironing. Completely forgot about the eggs ......... some time later there was a huge explosion from my tiny kitchen and hubby and I ventured through to find a burnt out saucepan and boiled egg hanging from absolutely everywhere. We had an artexed ceiling and every inch of it was sporting bright yellow boiled egg.


Several hours later we had the kitchen cleaned to an acceptable standard - or so we thought. About 3 days later I switched on the cooker hood and we were showered with boiled egg - what a nightmare!
We had a little Jack Russell at the time who was majorly traumatised by the whole experience. Every time he heard a loud bang he disappeared under the nearest table
I never, ever left eggs to boil unattended again!

Gingernutty

I am absolutely kicking myself!!! :mad:

Last year, I bought a long coat. It was long and covered in pop fasteners which annoyed me but it was warm in the wet and windy weather.

I spent a tenner on the coat at Barnardo's, another £25 on getting the sleeves adjusted and then, for good measure, I used an expensive product especially for waterproof garments, even though the washing instructions didn't call for it.

It is fabric, but layered and has been washed in the proprietary wash a couple of times now.

Today, I decided to give all the winter coats a thorough wash before putting them into a storage bag AND FORGOT ABOUT THE PROPRIETARY WASH for my pop fastener coat.

I followed the washing instructions and used a small amount of detergent, some stain remover, washing soda, a limescale prevention tablet and white vinegar and Zoflora in the conditioner drawer.

On emptying the machine I found this



I've destroyed the waterproof layer which 'snaps' like rubber.



What remains in the coat is shredded.



The coat is fit for nothing now - it's about as waterproof as a sponge and only fit for the rag bag.

OooooH I'm so mad. :mad: