Funny food prep mishaps

[DotfromOz]

I was blending my favorite sweet potato soup for lunch when it quit moving due to an air bubble. So, I stop the blender and lift the lid to poke it around...JUST as the bubble blows upward splashing soup all over my glasses and under them, directly into my right eye.

Now, had it been carrot soup, I bet that'd have done me whole bunches of good, but sweet potato soup in the eye does not light up yer life much nor does it digest particularly well. :rolleyes:

Another poke or two, and the soup was just as yummy as usual. ::::spooning up more of it::::::

What's your funniest preparation mess? Bet you can top this one easily.

[VeganVixen]

this one was from my sad days -I was making brown rice -I forgot to turn the temp down low after the rice was boiling and left it on for 45 minutes

,I went into the kitchen when the timer went off and found it full of smoke I was scared because my dad would be home soon and they would see all the smoke so I opened the door rushed back pulled up the lid and a ton of smoke came out so I rushed outside and let the smoke come out -

then I noticed that I left the burner on and some rice was on fire on the range -so I freaked rushed back and turned it off and put down the rice pot after I got the fire unlit I noticed smoke from under the pot -lifted it up and relised that the counter was burned because its made out of BLONDE pine -so I moved our marble cutting slab and sild it over the black circle that the hot pot bottom had made,2 mnths later my mom cleaned under the marble cutting slab and found the burn mark .......of course I DENIED IT!!!.....

I HAD NEVER SEEN THAT ,MAYBE DAD INEDVERTENTLY PUT DOWN A HOT POT????lol I REALLY WISH I WAS RAW THEN....

[rawpriestess]

Well, let's see as a non raw chef.

I was boiling down a huge vat of tomatoes into sauce, and forgot it was on the stove, I was in my studio, in the east wing of the house, so no one noticed it till my hubby got home 4 hours later, we have since installed a new smoke detector that rings all over our home.

I cooked a mini pizza in the oven, again forgot about it, and it was so black the dog used it as a frisby until the rain ate it the next day, the dog still would never eat it.

Now as a raw chef.

I grew a weird mushroom, kumbacha alien presence in punch once, I forgot it in the frige, it was soooooo cool, I wanted to name it, but my hubby said we needed to set it free.

I made some biscuits that the dog wouldn't even eat, this was a raw morning muffin thingy. The dog loves these.

I made almond cookies once, that again, the dog loved, I hated them.

I made some really good and slimy concoction that no one would touch, my hubby took it out to the compost and I believe he said it slithered away. Probably had avocados in it. LOL

I have taken an entire dehydrator tray of barley burgers, and hit the edge of the dehydrator with the screen and they all flopped onto the counter. Of course, my hubby and I had a big laugh about it, as we were scraping it off the counter, and remaking them.

I did the same thing with really gooey fundge treats once, all flopped upside down onto the floor, except thank God/dess the teflex sheet stuck to the gooey parts, and it folded itself in half, otherwise I would have had Dog and Cat hair treats.

I continually make untried recipes for raw feasts that I am hosting, and only when someone tries it do I really know what I did or didn't do right. I can't believe I do this.

My hubby did this, he made an herb salad once for 10 people, with way too many herbs, so everyone had to spit it out, it was so bitter, of course, HE ate the entire thing to prove it was edible. We all laughed at him, he loved the attention.

Oh, yes, my hubby made a wonderful fruit leather, layered crunchy dessert with pumpkin seeds out of our garden, but he didn't shell the pumpkin seeds, it is still in our freezer waiting for some unsuspecting raw feast I am sure.

I just read this to him, and he has corrected me, he fed it to our birds the other day.

I turned on the Vita Mix when it was full of almonds and water to make almond milk, and walked away, forgetting the lid was not on, ceiling washing time.

I am always making something yummy in my cuisinart, then taking it apart to spoon out the delicious concoction and taking out the S blade, then dropping junk down the center hole, and then I play with my fingers trying to remove it, and I know my fingers are too big to remove it, but for some reason, I feel like I can coax that stream of goo out from that hole with my willpower alone. Never works.

I forgot to put flax meal into my crackers once and they were better tasting, although they did fall apart. So, I had cracker crumbles. A new invention.

I have (more than once) taken a recipe, made it, dehydrated it for days, then tasted it, didn't like it, put it back into the cuisinart, added water and whatever else I could think of and re-blapped it up (technical term) then re-dehydrated it, only to have it come out great, but with no way to reproduce it.

I took my bamix (hand held blender) and playing around, while blending something, I held it out like a ray gun, probably playing with my dog or son (he's 36 so I still have no excuse) and turned it on, of course it had stuff in it, and flung itself hither and yon to all the corners of my kitchen and the vast gallaxies beyond space and time. Who knows where the remnants lie?

A couple of weird things I've done is to use watercolors as food coloring for my lover's son's school projects with food. He needed dark green, we had no food coloring (of cours not) but I did have watercolors, so I used them. Turned out green.

But mostly, I say to new chefs get a dog, or several, you will think your food is great. Dogs are not too discriminating when it comes to food.

Hope you had a few laughs with my foibles, I always do.

[JustMe]

Yes RP those were hilarious!! LOL

Mine was when I was making banana ice cream. It was my first time using a processor and I put alot in there at once and turned it on. It was so loud it made me jump and then it started dancing on the counter. I stopped it and thought for sure that I had broken. Then my boys (3 toddlers) came in and was asking what happened and if i broke it. lol I kept thinking i hope not! But, needless to say it is still fine and working good :)

[Wendy]

I was using cayenne the other day to spread on my tulips and bulbs that are coming up, to keep away the squirrels. Then put my finger right in my eye with cayenne on it. That really HURT!

[rawpriestess]

OH WENDY OUCH!!!

Oh, that hurts just thinkng about it.

I've done that with jalepeno, must NEVER do that again.

OH OUCH. I hope you and your eye are all right now.
OUCH< still hurts thinking about it.

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more OUCH

[Wendy]

RP,

Thanks. I've had something digging up bulbs, so I tried the cayenne. One of the secrets to making and eating jalepeno is to use light rubber gloves and to dispose of the seeds (the seeds are the hot part).

Thanks for sympathy. My eyes were watering two days ago because of all the onions I cut up for onion bread.....this week's the week for eyes....

[DotfromOz]

Stick onions you're going to cut up in the fridge to chill them well before cutting and then cut the root end off last. Makes a BIG difference in how much of the vapor that gets to your eyes will be released into the air.

Lemon juice on your hands is an inexpensive and effective onion smell remover.

[Raw Jewelrylady]

;) OK, I'm a natural blonde so I am only making fun at myself. With that said, I had just bought my new food processor, & I really HATE to read instructions. anyways, I put some food in-pushed the button--got mad as nothing happened...OH, You have to plug it in. :confused:

Plugged the machine in...again...nothing, OH, you have to put the blades in. I still do not read instructions. LOL
Lana Q ;) :D

[DotfromOz]

Funny you should say that as I did that very same thing last night with my trusty little Cuisinart that I've had for a dozen years at least!

Do you suppose it's something seasonal like an allergy maybe?

Can't use the blonde excuse myself except for my gradually becoming a "platinum blonde" in my impending Croneage.

:::::giggling::::::

[Raw Jewelrylady]

I forgot.... I also have MANY times forgot to put the stupid little white guard on my food processor before I hit the button & things go flying all over the kitchen. LOL :eek:

I just had to clean up a ton of corn. Boy can corn FLY !!!! :) I think I need to put up a sign...Remember the Guard !!! :p I love these stories. :)

Laughter is the best medicine... :)
Lana Q.

[sweetgoddess]

what a hoot I had reading all these....lol

Amazingly, I have had no mishaps since raw. Whew...so glad. Before raw it was always water that got me. I once made my husband buy me this beautiful, expensive teakettle..and not too long afterward..I left it boiling for so long the porcelain actually melted onto the burner, never to come off. Within the next month, I ruined 2 pots the same way. Raw has saved all our lives, me thinks. ;)

[fruitbat]

wow these stories have had me gigging so much my family are looking at me like what the heck is wrong with her :D
these kinda posts take me right out of depression your all so funny
thankyou for the giggles and wered looks im getting :D

[Autumn]

Danielle,
My hubby was thinking the same thing as I was reading these. I often sit here and giggle and he'll say to the dog, "Mandy, Mommy's gone kooky." :D

[blue_sky]

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I'm not sure if it worked, but this image is the first time I tried to open a green water coconut. What a mess :) The young cocos are way easier.

Hm..... I don't think i've had many other raw mishaps... YET :)

[fruitbat]

Danielle,
My hubby was thinking the same thing as I was reading these. I often sit here and giggle and he'll say to the dog, "Mandy, Mommy's gone kooky." :D

yes its funny isnt it your laughing and there looking at you like your mad and you end up laughing even more cause of it oh i love these silly posts there great your all great well mummy thinks so too cause she likes seeing me laugh so much shes not used to seeing that so she thinks your all great here as your all making me do better nowadays ! :D

[Wendy]

Fruit bat:

I'm so glad you like being in this forum.

[rawpriestess]

Oh, Sweetgoddess,

I forgot about teakettles, I have murdered at least 3 in my current residence.

Each one I left on, and the enamel one did melt to the burner, the copper one, turned black, never to be seen again, and the third one was a whistling one -- you think that would have worked, but NOOOOOOOooooOOOOOoooo
I used to put it on for tea or coffee or cocoa, or whatever hot drink then walk away, thinking I would remember, you think after I burned up the first one that I would have learned.

NOPE, then the second? maybe the third, finally my hubby bought me a teakettle almost to heavy for me to lift, so HE heats up water whenever he wants something hot, or whatever, I pretty much stay away from that gadget, as I never go near the stove anymore anyway, it get sooooo dusty now.

But the NEW teakettle looks nice and shiny now.

[VeganVixen]

this isnt very funny but it IS a mishap

3 years ago I was chopping veggies for a political fundraiser "gumbo" with a new knife -my mom was yelling at me and how was chopping the celery wrong and I looked up and accidently sent the knife all the way through my hand -the end of the knife came out ont the other side-blood was EVERY WHERE!!!I almost permenently disabled my hand -the vital "flexing muscle was skimmed and not completely severed ,If I had ruined my hand then It would be hard to ride my horse or go to school or become a nurse -yikes ,just thinking about it!
now only a scar exist -Im so gratefull!

ditsy me-I always end up in the hospital one way or another,lol

[rawpriestess]

GEEEEZ veganvixen,

Please, choose to release that energy, "I always end up in the hospital, one way or another."

Let's just say, "I used to end up in the hospital as a patient, now I am there as a nurse", doctor, consultant, anything but patient.

[VeganVixen]

GEEEEZ veganvixen,

Please, choose to release that energy, "I always end up in the hospital, one way or another."

Let's just say, "I used to end up in the hospital as a patient, now I am there as a nurse", doctor, consultant, anything but patient.



lol - thats what EVERYONE around says"oh look shes in the hospita again" ,so its sort a ingrained -but yeah youres is MUCH better -I actually like the hospital-its a big family enviroment ,I guess I have been in the place so much its like a second home.........