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[MaggieToo]

Early into the marriage and in a new house that had an electric range. I was making pancakes and was whipping the batter in a plastic bowl. I got distracted and set the bowl down on a dark burner, which was still hot. I wasn't thinking. The bowl melted and batter seeped through everywhere on the stove. It was a real mess trying to clean it up.

[shoptilyadropagain]

Growing up, I took Foods in 4-H and was going to make cookies. I was making a practice batch and tasted one from the first batch I had baked. They were sooooo SALTY. My mom and I came to the conclusion that I had used salt instead of sugar. To this day, I HATE baking and never bake anything (well, other than a casserole). I don't even own cookie sheets.

[scotttie]

These are all so funny and heartwarming (jules). Keep them coming. The rest of the story with my beans was that it was for some family occasion. I forget what...Thanksgiving maybe. My sil was young like me and she brought a cake that looked like the mice had been at it. It must have stuck to the pan. It had holes all over. Those were the days....mom and dad, we were young, had our babies...

[kittymomNC]

I have a couple I've never forgotten:

I was a cheerleader in high school, and one Saturday morning we had to meet at school for a special practice. My mom had put on a pot of pinto beans to cook before she left for work and told me to make sure I turned them off before I left. Off I went to my practice and returned 3 hours later to a house filled with smoke! I ran through the house, upstairs, back downstairs, and was headed for the basement stairs, which were right next to the stove. OMG, there sat the pot of beans. Thankfully it had not melted and a real fire had not started--but when I finally managed to pry off the lid, there were little bits of charcoal in the bottom. I worked on that pot (Revere Ware) for 2 weeks until I got it back in shape for my mom to use it again!

I had cooked off and on as I was growing up (apparently didn't do too well with beans!), but was certainly no expert at anything. As a newly married young woman, I decided to make chicken & dumplings. Dummy me, I didn't go by a recipe of any kind-I thought I knew what to do. So I cooked the chicken, took it out of the pot to cool, and proceeded to add cornstarch to the broth to thicken it. (Not sure now what I was planning to use for the dumplings!) It got thicker, and thicker, and thicker, and..........I wound up with a 5-qt Dutch oven full of chicken flavored starch! Needless to say, I had to throw the whole batch out. I guess we ate the chicken, but it was a while before I learned to make the chicken and dumplings.

My husband and my father-in-law were hunters, and they came home one day with a pheasant. My FIL put it in a pot, cooked it, dumped some milk into the broth, quickly made the dough and pinched off pieces and dropped it in the broth--the flour thickened the broth and --- pheasant and dumplings! Delicious! I've tweaked it a bit, but still use the same basic method and I make great chicken and dumplings!

[brewhaha]

I wanted to make shrimp canton so I googled some recipes. Instead of typing canton I typed tampon. I couldn't understand why I couldn't find any recipes. After a while, I finally realized my mistake.

[scotttie]

On 5/19/2014 brewhaha said:

I wanted to make shrimp canton so I googled some recipes. Instead of typing canton I typed tampon. I couldn't understand why I couldn't find any recipes. After a while, I finally realized my mistake.

[scotttie]

THese are great stories girls. I'm enjoying very much.

[JustJules]

On 5/19/2014 brewhaha said:

I wanted to make shrimp canton so I googled some recipes. Instead of typing canton I typed tampon. I couldn't understand why I couldn't find any recipes. After a while, I finally realized my mistake.

Shrimp tampons sound gross... you always make me laugh Brew. Hope you got your shrimp canton sorted.

[JustJules]

On 5/19/2014 kittymomNC said:

I have a couple I've never forgotten:

I was a cheerleader in high school, and one Saturday morning we had to meet at school for a special practice. My mom had put on a pot of pinto beans to cook before she left for work and told me to make sure I turned them off before I left. Off I went to my practice and returned 3 hours later to a house filled with smoke! I ran through the house, upstairs, back downstairs, and was headed for the basement stairs, which were right next to the stove. OMG, there sat the pot of beans. Thankfully it had not melted and a real fire had not started--but when I finally managed to pry off the lid, there were little bits of charcoal in the bottom. I worked on that pot (Revere Ware) for 2 weeks until I got it back in shape for my mom to use it again!

I had cooked off and on as I was growing up (apparently didn't do too well with beans!), but was certainly no expert at anything. As a newly married young woman, I decided to make chicken & dumplings. Dummy me, I didn't go by a recipe of any kind-I thought I knew what to do. So I cooked the chicken, took it out of the pot to cool, and proceeded to add cornstarch to the broth to thicken it. (Not sure now what I was planning to use for the dumplings!) It got thicker, and thicker, and thicker, and..........I wound up with a 5-qt Dutch oven full of chicken flavored starch! Needless to say, I had to throw the whole batch out. I guess we ate the chicken, but it was a while before I learned to make the chicken and dumplings.

My husband and my father-in-law were hunters, and they came home one day with a pheasant. My FIL put it in a pot, cooked it, dumped some milk into the broth, quickly made the dough and pinched off pieces and dropped it in the broth--the flour thickened the broth and --- pheasant and dumplings! Delicious! I've tweaked it a bit, but still use the same basic method and I make great chicken and dumplings!

Kittymom, that is the best story!!!!! What a great way to learn to make dumplings. I love chicken & dumplings, but never made them because for some reason my daddy didn't like them. I have not perfected them, but I like them lots.

[SydneyH]

I must have been really paying attention to my mother, who is master at baking, cooking and entertaining. I can't recall any mishaps right now.