BS: Culinary Disasters

Subject: RE: BS: Culinary Disasters
From: GUEST,Fullerton
Date: 04 Dec 05 - 06:56 PM

Old fashioned deep frying pans ( chip pans )

So dangerous they should be illegal.

My elderly Dad bought one recently - I threw it out before he had a chance to use it.

Subject: RE: BS: Culinary Disasters
From: gnomad
Date: 04 Dec 05 - 06:53 PM

Oh and shallow-frying fish on an open fire in a thunderstorm, with no lid. Result is only for the brave, and the seriously hungry.

Not my own disaster (the others were) but rabbit pate by someone who doesn't know a bulb of garlic from a head, not for the faint-hearted.

Subject: RE: BS: Culinary Disasters
From: Micca
Date: 04 Dec 05 - 06:43 PM

When heating a tin of beans on a camping stove it is a good idea to pierce the tin!!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Culinary Disasters
From: gnomad
Date: 04 Dec 05 - 06:35 PM

Making toffee with salt in stead of sugar doesn't work (trust me on this one).

Curried spam on the other hand....

Subject: RE: BS: Culinary Disasters
From: frogprince
Date: 04 Dec 05 - 06:35 PM

Late in 1964, Galley (mess hall) 409, Great Lakes Naval Training Center. The sign over the window where you dropped off your tray said, "Are You Throwing Away Food? Why?". Personally, I thought the pieces of light bulb in the augratin potatoes was a good enough reason...

Subject: RE: BS: Culinary Disasters
From: Morticia
Date: 04 Dec 05 - 06:34 PM

If you put a peeled potato in, it will absorb some of the extra salt.

Subject: RE: BS: Culinary Disasters
From: jeffp
Date: 04 Dec 05 - 06:18 PM

Brown butter is really damn hot!!!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Culinary Disasters
From: Peace
Date: 04 Dec 05 - 05:34 PM

I think Bob the Deckman should be posting to this thread.

Subject: RE: BS: Culinary Disasters
From: Rapparee
Date: 04 Dec 05 - 05:27 PM

Drain the oil off the canned tuna before you cook with it.

Subject: RE: BS: Culinary Disasters
From: wysiwyg
Date: 04 Dec 05 - 05:22 PM

That's exactly it, Georgiansilver-- I'm after posts where one line sums it up and leaves room for the imagination to work.

~Susan

Subject: RE: BS: Culinary Disasters
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 04 Dec 05 - 04:44 PM

I didn't have quite the same success trying to get the salt out of a hotpot when the top came off as I added it! That's life eh?

Subject: RE: BS: Culinary Disasters
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 04 Dec 05 - 04:39 PM

Was it using your magnetic personality?
G

Subject: RE: BS: Culinary Disasters
From: Peace
Date: 04 Dec 05 - 03:49 PM

It's good for a person to be on a staple diet. Or so I've heard.

Subject: BS: Culinary Disasters
From: wysiwyg
Date: 04 Dec 05 - 02:35 PM

Mmm, that risotto WAS really good-- and it turns out I DID get all of the staples out of the two servings I served! (From a staple gun, not a mere desk model)

~Susan