These tales aren't exactly about disasters; but more accurately are about the prevention of one or two:

Years ago I had a guy living next door who seemed to think I knew something about cooking. Once in awhile he would knock on my door to ask my advice on how to cook something. Mostly, though, it seemed that he had no sense of the refrigerator life of some items.

One day he asked me if bacon was like cheese. I was fascinated by the question and eagerly awaited more details so that I could figure out how he arrived at such a comparison. Continuing his thought he asked, "Well, y'know how with cheese you can scrape off that blue stuff and still use it? I was just wondering..."

I remember one November that he was so proud that he somehow managed to bake a turkey for a Thanksgiving dinner that he served to his girlfriend. In mid-January he asked me a question about how long one could safely keep a turkey in the refrigerator...