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| This is a post I made to egullet.com's
forums. The question was about silly/stupid cooking mistakes.
Which, as you can see I've had plenty of. And I don't even go into
some of my early exploits in cooking, those alone would be enough
that no one would ever eat anything I cooked again.
Never pull a cast iron pan out of the oven, set it on the front burner, then reach to over it to turn the oven dial off. I've done this, not once or twice,
but three times. I have lovely U shaped scars on my inner right forearm
from this. After the third time I wisened up and I use a long, cheap
pair of tongs to reach over and turn the dials, while I cook.
Never pull a pyrex pan out of the oven, then sit it on the counter underneath an open window on a cold winter's night. It will explode, glass shrapnel will go everywhere, and you will never get all of it up. When we moved out of that house 2 years later, we were still finding shards of Pyrex, here and there. Not to mention, after you've spent
hours making dinner, seeing it everywhere full of glass will make you cry
and call the local pizza place.
A chipotle based marinade is not the best thing for steaks you plan on searing, at least not in a house that does not have an adequate vent fan. Everyone in the house will cough for hours, even if the food does taste wonderful. A couple of more stupid things I did when I was first learning to cook. Don't buy cheap bulk buillion. Green chicken gravy is not attractive in any way, shape or form. (hey, I didn't know how to make my own broth/stocks back then and we were broke, it was cheap, and scary as hell. My husband, then fiance, did eat it, though.) I still haven't figured out how I made cream gravy that tasted sweet enough to be frosting. I didn't mix up the flour and sugar, but it was so disgusting that we had to throw it and the plates of food under it, out. Always taste your gravy before you pour it onto your food.
Bacon tastes wonderful cooked over a campfire. But, before you try to scramble eggs, let the fire burn down. Rubbery doesn't begin to describe them. Baked potatoes take a lot less time in a fire. Oh, and make sure the fire is burned way down before trying this as well. If you don't you'll have potato charcoal. Jiffy Pop will work over a campfire,
even though it says it won't. Just make sure the fire is going good
and have something long to shake it around with.
Suzy Smith
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Leave it alone, damn
it. 2000-2003.
Suzy Smith
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