My worst meals have been accidents of fate and ill timing. It is cruel to laugh at the incompetent.

Peas in spaghetti sauce is an Italian thing. My friend's mother who spoke English as a second language prepared her sauce that way once in a while. But her sauce was a day long labor of love and was pure heaven. There is no excuse for making garlic bread wuthout butter.

That said, my worst experience was Thanksgiving at my brother's many years ago. His wife had taken a course in authentic Chinese cooking and served a chicken with it's head still on. Or maybe it was a duck. Whatever it was it wasn't turkey and we were all bitterly disappointed.