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50 Times People Failed In The Kitchen So Badly, They Just Had To Share Pics Online (New Pics)
Nothing makes human beings happier than a nice freshly cooked meal made with love and effort (skill optional). So no wonder so many of us are putting on the aprons and rocking our inner Gordon Ramsay back at home.
And while many succeed in cooking something that ends up on their Instagram feed, others are not so fortunate. So this post is about hope and failure, failure and hope: kitchen edition, where dreams of tasty bites get shattered by the reality check of burned, overcooked, weirdly shaped and very unappetizing (in)edible artifacts.
Scroll through some of the best of the worst ones below and be sure to check out our previous cooking fails here, here and here.
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#1
Dumplings From The Hell's Gate
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#2
My Crescent Rolls Came Out Looking Like Walruses That Just Can't Anymore
#3
Here Is My Favorite Picture Of My Grandma. She Was Having A Hard Time With The Mixer
Previously, pie artist and baking and cooking pro Jessica Clark-Bojin shared a few great tips and tricks with Bored Panda to help all of us out in the kitchen and prevent massive disasters from happening. "Kitchen 'mistakes' can range from the catastrophic, 'I forgot the pot roast in the oven and now the kitchen is on fire' to the more benign, 'I accidentally put paprika in the cookies instead of cinnamon,' but in most instances, they stem from the same thing: distraction and a lack of preparation."
#4
Turned My Back For A Minute And She Peed In 20 Cups Of Uncooked Rice
#5
This Was Way Cuter When I Pictured It In My Head
#6
My Bff Just Melted Her Favorite Pot. I Didn’t Even Know That Was Possible
Desiree McKinnon 3 years ago
I did that once myself... once. Had water and potatoes in a favorite pot. Left it on boiling so long, all the water evaporated. I noticed when I smelled something strange. The potatoes were burned to the inside and the metal was melted just like in this pic. I think it's the soldering between the pot and the bottom piece they put on the pot for better cooking.
Jessica pointed out that anyone who wants to improve in the kitchen should start by taking some time to think about and picture in their mind all the steps before diving in and starting to bake or cook. That way, you can avoid slip-ups, blunders, and setting your entire kitchen aflame. "Make sure you have all the ingredients you need before you start baking. Work 'mis-en-place' and have all the bowls, spoons, tools, etc. cleaned and out on the counter ready for you. Measure out dry ingredients in advance, and (if called for) portion out wet ingredients to chill in the fridge. Clean up pots and pans while your mixture bakes," Jessica shared.
#7
My Wife Likes To Keep Dog Food Beside Coffee Beans. Guess What I Did At 5:30 Am This Morning
Hannah Edwards 3 years ago
Ahhh, nothing like the fresh aroma of percolating dog biscuits first thing in the morning
#8
You Ever Mess Up Burgers So Bad That Even Your Grill Is Surprised?
#9
New Style Ribs. Introducing: Hell Done
#10
The Way My Pasta Spilled
#11
Making Brownies Didn't Go As Planned
#12
My Sister Tried Making Popcorn At Work Today... Didn't Go Very Well
#13
You Did Your Best, Chef
#14
So We Had Pizza And Tears For Dinner. So Much For That Shepherd's Pie
#15
See Those Eggs? They Are Supposed To Be In The Pies. I Made Two Hot Oily Chocolate Garbage Circles
#16
I'm An Idiot And My Wife Won't Stop Laughing At Me
#17
Having Currywurst In Your Trunk
#18
My Attempt At Baking A Brownie Turned Out Like A Before And After Picture Of An Addiction
#19
Yes, This Was Freshly Made Hot Sauce
#20
My Wife Worked For An Hour On This Peach Crisp And Burst Into Tears Right Before My Parents Showed Up To Our House
#21
Finally Made A Good Lattice Crust Then I Went And Knocked My Cactus Onto It
#22
My Dumbest Injury, I Was Flipping A Steak In A Curved Pan, Like Flat Bottom Wok, And All The Butter Splashed Out
Chucky Cheezburger 3 years ago
Yikes...my sympathies to this person...that do look to be painful
#23
Failed Baked Bread, May I Ask If I Underbaked It, Over Fermented It, Or Had Too Much Yeast? I Ate 3 Of Them In Anger
#24
Accidentally Baked A Fly Into My Cookies
#25
Nightmare Lamb Cake
#26
Prepared Cinnamon Toast Crunch In The Dark. It Was Cheeze Its
#27
I Was Very Excited To Try To Make French Omelette This Morning. It Was Going Well Until It Quickly Went From Omelette Au Fromage To Omelette Au Floormage
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
Tell the truth. You tried to flip it, didn’t you? Come on, you can tell me. You tried to flip it like some kind of professional chef, and totally f****d up. Am I right?
#28
What's The Worst Thing To Find After You Took The Last Batch Of Cookies Out? The Real Cinnamon
#29
My Friend's Mother Thought That The Croissants Would Just Roll Themselves Up While Cooking
Dorothy Parker 3 years ago
Do the Jack Daniels bottles have anything to do with her thought processes?
#30
We Had 6 Eggs Left. I Thought I Would Scramble Them For Breakfast. The 6th One I Cracked In The Bowl Was Completely Rotten
#31
Pizza That Looks Like Lava
#32
Moved The Flour Away From The Kid So He Wouldn't Make A Mess... And I Knocked It Off The Counter With My Elbow
#33
Ever Wondered What Happens When You Microwave A Frozen Uncooked Croissant? Wonder No More
#34
Ramen: Microwave For 4 Minutes On High Power. Follow Me For More Great Recipes
#35
I Tried My Grandmother's Donut Recipe And I Have To Admit, It Kinda Stinks
#36
My Friend Writes "Apparently I Bought A Bringing Bag Instead Of A Baking Bag"
#37
Spent 12 Hours Making "Cinnamon Swirl" Sourdough Bread
#38
I Did Not Look Closely Enough At That Label
#39
My Fridge Just Decided To Freeze My Eggs. Have A Nice Day
#40
My Roommate Made Soup
#41
Craving Pizza But Convinced Myself To Get Groceries And Make A Healthy Dinner Instead. Why Do I Even Try?
#42
My Sister Toasted Bread With Jelly In My Brand New Toaster. She's 31
#43
Spent 10 Minutes Looking For The Drip Tray For The Forman Grill, After I Turned It On
#44
Tried To Make A Cake. Not Sure What Went Wrong
Candia Lee 3 years ago
I call fake - the pan is too clean. They baked in a larger pan and transferred it for giggles.
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Vicky Z 3 years ago
I'll tell you what's wrong! Instead of baking powder you put baking soda (been there done that)
Steph Harrison 3 years ago
You made a cake bowl, stick some ice cream in that bad-boy while it's still warm.
April Caron 3 years ago
Looks like a Dutch baby or German pancake. Dust it with powdered sugar and enjoy!
RoseTheMad 3 years ago (edited)
Dutch babies and German pancakes are the same thing. They are not Dutch or German. They are in fact, a sweetened version of a Yorkshire Pudding .-. But honestly, I was reminded of a toad in the hole minus the sausage (toad in the hole is a big rectangular yorkshire pudding with sausages in the batter. it's delicious)
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PixxelDust 3 years ago (edited)
it's waiting for you to get closer so it can bite your hand off like a venus flytrap on steroids
Leesa DeAndrea 3 years ago
Looks like a lovely puffy pancake, also called a German pancake or a Dutch Baby. Put some butter & jelly on it & enjoy it warm.
Margaret Weaver 3 years ago
This is thermal shock, a classic mistake of soufflé. Imagine the cake is a mass of bubbles that sloooowly inflate as the air warms up. Opening the oven door fully all at once drops the temperature by over 100°C literally instantaneously. That shrinks the warm air all at once, turning all the bubbles into a vacuum. Anywhere the crust isn't strong enough to resist that suction, the cake hollows out. In this case the suction was so strong it actually bent the bottom of the cake. It does look MARVELOUSLY fluffy, though, well done despite the outcome! Keep trying, because getting a soufflé right is SOOO rewarding. Good luck!
Vivian Orr 3 years ago
If it’s from scratch it looks like u forgot the baking powder or soda or possibly it was outdated. Leavening agents do expire.
Katinka Min 3 years ago
You maybe stirred in the eggwhite instead of folding it in? Or it's the glassware? Who bakes in a glassware??
Violet Smith 3 years ago
If you bake in glass, it is a good idea to lower the recommended temp by about 15-25 degrees (Fahrenheit), as glass is an insulator and gets hotter and holds heat more than traditional light-coloured metal (such as aluminum, which is what professionals mostly use).
Robert Beveridge 3 years ago
Either that's a really small dish or a rather impressive yorkie...
Terilee Bruyere 3 years ago
I did this once with a box mix. My son's double layer birthday cake was one giant hard-as-a-rock cookie.
Jackie Porter 3 years ago
If you added some sausages to the batter then you'd have toad in the hole. Proper English dinner.
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SuperChicken 3 years ago
Does not look bad. Just add some fresh (or macerated) fruits; sprinkle some powdered sugar, enjoy!
Daniel (ShadowDrakken) 3 years ago
This looks fake... looks like someone moved it from a 9x13 to an 8x8 after it was cooked
#45
This Medium Rare Sour Bread My Mom Made
#46
I Forgot That My Sister Baked Salmon And It Looked Like A Scorching Salmon, So I Just Took A Picture Of It, So It's A Memorial Service
#47
Pizza Is Ready
#48
Forgot Apple Pie Was In The Oven
#49
Tomato Soup - It's On The Ceiling, Too
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Brigitte 3 years ago
The amount of people, who forgot they had something on their stove/in their oven for hours... is disturbing.
Monday 3 years ago
I'm the type of person to do that...which is why I always set an alarm or stay in the kitchen until it's done.
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Kari Panda 3 years ago
It surprises me how many shattered glass lids there are. How does that happen? (Not judging, just wondering. I use glass lids, too, and never had anything like that.)
Monday 3 years ago
Yeah...If this thread has taught me anything it's that I might have to stop using my glass lids.
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Rannveig Ess 3 years ago
Sometimes, little scratches or nicks that you may or may not see, from washing or storing, overheat and then shatter. If the temp changes too fast, like putting cold water on the lid, that of course happens. Sometimes there are tiny bubbles or flaws in the glass from manufacturing that you might not see, and wear or age will cause that weakness to snap. Also, putting a glass lid directly on a cook top, if the cook top is still warm, can cause suction - pulling the lid down and then breaking the glass.
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Shine Caramia 3 years ago
Use your fingers or measuring spoons to add seasoning. Don't pour directly from the storage container onto your food.
GoddessOdd 3 years ago
Agreed. My mom taught me as a little kid, never add or measure ingredients or break eggs into your pot; it's too easy to mess up and dump too much or have the lid come off, and the eggs you break into a bowl to make sure they're good and you didn't get any shell. She taught me to use a measuring spoon or my fingers, away from the pot. As for a single dish seasoned at the table, I guess there isn't much you can do but buy good pepper mills and check your shaker's tops I guess.
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Michelle Brandt 3 years ago
I"m sorry, but when I smell something even remotely burning on the stovetop/in the oven, I'm immediately up and checking on it, even if it's just a drip in the catch plate. Also, no smoke detectors????? Set an alarm on your phone if you're that tired so you'll at least wake up from that unplanned nap before your house burns down.
Glirpy 3 years ago
I have a friend that poured a bag of uncooked rice down the garbage disposal. He thought that was ok. It wasn’t.
Tobias the Tiger 2 years ago
I once messed up at making mug cakes because I forgot to mix the powder, and I was wondering why it tasted so grainy. The amazing thing is that I had just made bruschetta in my culinary arts class a few hours earlier.
Caroline Driver 3 years ago
I can't help wondering how many people were on their phones whilst they were cooking. Just sayin
Brigitte 3 years ago
The amount of people, who forgot they had something on their stove/in their oven for hours... is disturbing.
Monday 3 years ago
I'm the type of person to do that...which is why I always set an alarm or stay in the kitchen until it's done.
Load More Replies... Kari Panda 3 years ago
It surprises me how many shattered glass lids there are. How does that happen? (Not judging, just wondering. I use glass lids, too, and never had anything like that.)
Monday 3 years ago
Yeah...If this thread has taught me anything it's that I might have to stop using my glass lids.
Load More Replies... Rannveig Ess 3 years ago
Sometimes, little scratches or nicks that you may or may not see, from washing or storing, overheat and then shatter. If the temp changes too fast, like putting cold water on the lid, that of course happens. Sometimes there are tiny bubbles or flaws in the glass from manufacturing that you might not see, and wear or age will cause that weakness to snap. Also, putting a glass lid directly on a cook top, if the cook top is still warm, can cause suction - pulling the lid down and then breaking the glass.
Load More Replies... Shine Caramia 3 years ago
Use your fingers or measuring spoons to add seasoning. Don't pour directly from the storage container onto your food.
GoddessOdd 3 years ago
Agreed. My mom taught me as a little kid, never add or measure ingredients or break eggs into your pot; it's too easy to mess up and dump too much or have the lid come off, and the eggs you break into a bowl to make sure they're good and you didn't get any shell. She taught me to use a measuring spoon or my fingers, away from the pot. As for a single dish seasoned at the table, I guess there isn't much you can do but buy good pepper mills and check your shaker's tops I guess.
Load More Replies... Michelle Brandt 3 years ago
I"m sorry, but when I smell something even remotely burning on the stovetop/in the oven, I'm immediately up and checking on it, even if it's just a drip in the catch plate. Also, no smoke detectors????? Set an alarm on your phone if you're that tired so you'll at least wake up from that unplanned nap before your house burns down.
Glirpy 3 years ago
I have a friend that poured a bag of uncooked rice down the garbage disposal. He thought that was ok. It wasn’t.
Tobias the Tiger 2 years ago
I once messed up at making mug cakes because I forgot to mix the powder, and I was wondering why it tasted so grainy. The amazing thing is that I had just made bruschetta in my culinary arts class a few hours earlier.
Caroline Driver 3 years ago
I can't help wondering how many people were on their phones whilst they were cooking. Just sayin
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