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Stupid Kitchen Tricks

FunkyHulaGirl — Sat, 19 Apr 2014 01:01:41 GMT

I was talking to my BFF yesterday, and she was telling me about her neighbor who isn't a very good cook...nor is she the sharpest knife in the drawer.

The neighbor decided to try and bake a cake for the first time, and she asked my friend why the cake was sticking to the pan, even though she followed the instructions exactly. My friend, who apparently is getting to know what her neighbor is like, had her explain everything she did. to try and figure out the problem Well, the instructions said to grease the bottom of the pan....so that's what she did: She greased the BOTTOM of the pan!

Another time the woman made a recipe, and told my friend it didn't taste quite right. The recipe called for cloves, and she used cloves alright....of garlic!

Anyone hear of any other stupid kitchen tricks they'd like to share...your own or someone else's?

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Flo08 — Sat, 19 Apr 2014 01:50:39 GMT

I had a roommate bake a ham without taking off the plastic casing that it was wrapped with. Then there was my exSIL that cooked a big pan of oatmeal for breakfast so she could have extra for her oatmeal bath. Wanted to know how much sugar and butter to add to the bath water.

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house cat — Sat, 19 Apr 2014 02:02:06 GMT

When we were kids, my cousin made a grilled cheese sandwich without removing the wrapper from the Kraft singles.

The first year my SIL and I were new to hubby's family we were each asked to bake something for Thanksgiving. When we cut into her pumpkin pie it became apparent that she didn't take the wax paper off the frozen crust. That was 32 years ago and she still gets teased about it!

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brewhaha — Sat, 19 Apr 2014 02:02:28 GMT

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house cat — Sat, 19 Apr 2014 02:04:24 GMT

On 4/18/2014 Flo08 said:
I had a roommate bake a ham without taking off the plastic casing that it was wrapped with. Then there was my exSIL that cooked a big pan of oatmeal for breakfast so she could have extra for her oatmeal bath. Wanted to know how much sugar and butter to add to the bath water.

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glmama — Sat, 19 Apr 2014 02:14:32 GMT

OMG. I Love this story, Funky.

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lolakimono — Sat, 19 Apr 2014 02:15:38 GMT

BF made me a turkey/cheese sandwich for my school lunch a few weeks ago. When I bit into it, I noticed he didn't take the paper off of the cheese.

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lolakimono — Sat, 19 Apr 2014 02:17:11 GMT

I once passed a "cheeseburger rice" recipe onto a co-worker. Hers didn't quite turn out, as she forgot to use Minute Rice and instead used a long cooking rice. Her husband thought it was a bit "crunchy" but was a good sport about it and still ate it.

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DoneTryin — Sat, 19 Apr 2014 02:20:05 GMT

After an afternoon spent baking & frosting a cake, I mistook a dish of powdered sugar for flour in my haste to get dinner on the table & accidentally used that instead of flour in the pan gravy.

The first time my youngest sister cooked a holiday turkey, she did not know the neck & giblets were in a package inside the bird. At least they got cooked so Mom could use them for the gravy.

Guess my family just has gravy issues

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Sooner — Sat, 19 Apr 2014 02:26:43 GMT

A lady at work rolled the cinnamon rolls up on the short side then tried to cut them the short length. She wondered why it only made four. . .

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luv pzzl — Sat, 19 Apr 2014 02:43:54 GMT

On 4/18/2014 glmama said:
OMG. I Love this story, Funky.

ditto. Thanks Funky!

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Rainbows and Roses — Sat, 19 Apr 2014 02:45:22 GMT

Funny thread.

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tiamaria — Sat, 19 Apr 2014 03:04:52 GMT

When we were younger my parents were away on vacation and so my sister was cooking dinner for her boyfriend. I stopped home after work quickly to change and he was in the family room watching baseball, and she was frantically cooking in the kitchen. I ran into the kitchen quickly to say hi and bye, and there she was stirring something in a pot with one hand and holding a clear bag with the other. She was making "boil-a-bag" veggies and she thought that you had to open the pouch and dump the frozen veggies into the boiling water. It was cauliflower in a cheese sauce!!! A little common sense!!!! As she stirred it she had absolutely no idea there was anything wrong!!! AND she was serving it with chicken parm!!!! She kept insisting it would be fine and I left just as she realized the cheese sauce was starting to foam on the top of the water. She still can't cook.

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In-x-s — Sat, 19 Apr 2014 03:13:07 GMT

On 4/18/2014 tiamaria said:
When we were younger my parents were away on vacation and so my sister was cooking dinner for her boyfriend. I stopped home after work quickly to change and he was in the family room watching baseball, and she was frantically cooking in the kitchen. I ran into the kitchen quickly to say hi and bye, and there she was stirring something in a pot with one hand and holding a clear bag with the other. She was making "boil-a-bag" veggies and she thought that you had to open the pouch and dump the frozen veggies into the boiling water. It was cauliflower in a cheese sauce!!! A little common sense!!!! As she stirred it she had absolutely no idea there was anything wrong!!! AND she was serving it with chicken parm!!!! She kept insisting it would be fine and I left just as she realized the cheese sauce was starting to foam on the top of the water. She still can't cook.

The big question is, did the boyfriend she was cooking for become her husband?? LOL!

Great thread!!

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tiamaria — Sat, 19 Apr 2014 03:21:15 GMT

On 4/18/2014 In-x-s said:
On 4/18/2014 tiamaria said:
When we were younger my parents were away on vacation and so my sister was cooking dinner for her boyfriend. I stopped home after work quickly to change and he was in the family room watching baseball, and she was frantically cooking in the kitchen. I ran into the kitchen quickly to say hi and bye, and there she was stirring something in a pot with one hand and holding a clear bag with the other. She was making "boil-a-bag" veggies and she thought that you had to open the pouch and dump the frozen veggies into the boiling water. It was cauliflower in a cheese sauce!!! A little common sense!!!! As she stirred it she had absolutely no idea there was anything wrong!!! AND she was serving it with chicken parm!!!! She kept insisting it would be fine and I left just as she realized the cheese sauce was starting to foam on the top of the water. She still can't cook.

The big question is, did the boyfriend she was cooking for become her husband?? LOL!

Great thread!!

NO!!!! And his mom was a great cook so he was totally grossed out by the whole thing. My sister is so easy going and carefree. She told me the next day he probably just didn't like cauliflower!!! No, that is NOT why he didn't eat it!!!

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FunkyHulaGirl — Sat, 19 Apr 2014 03:52:07 GMT

You know, I just remembered one from a board I used to participate in....

One of the posters said she was having the entire family over for Thanksgiving dinner, and her mother (or maybe it was her sister) was helping her out with the cooking, as she had a new baby and things were a bit hectic. The helper made the mashed potatoes, adding the milk that she found in a small container in the refrigerator. Everyone proclaimed the mashed potatoes were the best they ever had.

After the meal the poster said she had to feed her baby, and went to the refrigerator to get the breast milk she had put in a small container.....

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DukeBlueNan — Sat, 19 Apr 2014 04:11:45 GMT

Thanks for starting this! These stories are hilarious.

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house cat — Sat, 19 Apr 2014 04:15:22 GMT

On 4/18/2014 lolakimono said:
BF made me a turkey/cheese sandwich for my school lunch a few weeks ago. When I bit into it, I noticed he didn't take the paper off of the cheese.

Lola! You didn't mention the "grilled" pancakes!

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Desertdi — Sat, 19 Apr 2014 05:12:30 GMT

My husband cooked burgers once.......and coated them with a whole can of caraway seeds

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LTT1 — Sat, 19 Apr 2014 11:39:15 GMT

On 4/18/2014 lolakimono said:
BF made me a turkey/cheese sandwich for my school lunch a few weeks ago. When I bit into it, I noticed he didn't take the paper off of the cheese.

This is hilarious...! Must admit that DH (bless his heart) makes my lunch and often doesn't quite get the edges of the salmon wrapped... ewwwww... fish juice in my lunch....