cooking disasters

[slinky.kate]

i consider myself quite a good cook 'but'dont ask me to make cheese sauce or pankakes,a disaster every time,what doesnt turn out right for you?????

[ummmm]

Nothing. Things only go wrong if I get distracted.

What goes wrong with your cheese sauce?

[craft1948]

I am rubbish at fruit loaves, the fruit always sinks.

[EvianBaby]

Nothing ever.

That might be because I don't cook though.

[Old_Geezer]

Can never boil the water for tea. Always burn it.

[slinky.kate]

i could use the cheese sauce as cement,i think i put in too much flour,i tried less but it ends up awful so i keep having to buy a jar of dolmio

[boxtops]

Made some doughnuts once and seized the wrong jar, and rolled them in salt instead of sugar.

[slinky.kate]

ha ha boxtops,its the kind of stuff i do

[carolegif]

Scones! they always turn out like bricks!
worst disaster was when I was first married and wanted to make a rice pudding. I called my Mum to ask what the amount of rice to milk was and she said 2 to 1. So I put half a pound of rice to a pint of milk - I had to throw the dish away it was so solid!!!

[DTCwordfan]

Not mine, but imagine being served crunchy pasta - who can't cook that I ask you.....then there was the pork and prunes that overloaded the sewers.....

[boxtops]

Conversely, I put sugar on my chips in a cafe once, I was too embarassed to mention it so I had to eat some of them - bleah.

[pdust]

im crap at yorkshire puddings.... its cos i dont let the lard/oil or whatever get hot enough... my mam and nanas always said leave it til its smoking... i panic and darent leave it that long...result.... not very good looking puds but they always taste okay...easier to buy em....

[joggerjayne]

"what doesnt turn out right for you?"

Oh, god ... where do I start?

[vodkancoke]

I have had one major disaster when I was a pastry chef. It was April Fool's Day and I wasn't paying attention. I had made a batch of 6 souffles and they were all returned. I was asked to taste them and that's when we realised some a*****e had replaced the sugar in the sugar bin for salt! I was lucky I had a very nice head chef and I managed to whip up some more using sugar lol :)

[albaqwerty]

Crafty, turn the cake upside down halfway through cooking :)

My mum made a chocolate cake with bisto instead of cocoa powder.

The secret of a good cheese sauce is a whisk Kate :)

[annie0000]

Roast beef for me - never works out right and to be fair I haven't tried it for years now.

[slinky.kate]

my ex took me into an italian restuarant once as a treat for my birthday,it was only about the second or third time i had been in a restuarant and i ordered lasagne,i did;nt know what half of the other stuff was any way,when lasagne came it was so salty i moaned to ex but was afraid to complain and forced myself to eat half of it so nobody would feel offended,how daft was I.

[Meg888]

Chocolate cake for me, they taste nice but never seem to rise as well as my vic sponge.

Slinky: melt butter in pan, then add flour & whisk till it forms a paste, then add milk gradually. Once you've got the consistency, add the cheese - it can't fail, if you a) don't leave it on the burner b) don't stop whisking - if you have to stop whisking, take it off the hob.

[slinky.kate]

right meg,i'm going to try yet again,i just ate one of the pancakes ,bloody hell they're rotton

[beanebabe]

Gravy, packet every time. Pancakes, Delia recipe, knob of butter and a hot, non stick pan. Need to wait until edges just start to brown before you turn it over.

[firewatch]

roast beef cant cook it for love nor money! that and some cakes, though i wont be beat!