LOL @ myself...learned a very important thing today!

[Jenne]

The coffee filter must be used if you are going to make some coffee in the coffeemaker!

Yeah, you REALLY REALLY *REALLY* can't skip that step. Well, ok, you could, but you wouldn't like the result. Unless you LIKE a kitchen full of muck and coffee grounds.

Yup, I was on auto-pilot making coffee this a.m., and forgot to put the filter in before I put the freshly-ground Starbucks French Roast in, put the water in and turned the damned thing on. I go in, and major disaster! http://members.cox.net/jrmo/doh.gif

It looked like the coffeemaker had had a sick tummy and barfed steaming coffee and grounds--in clumps, mind you--all over the counter, all over all the other appliances *around* the coffeemaker, and over onto the floor, down the cabinets underneath.

YUMMAAAYYY!

Took about 45 mins to clean up. And did you know that spilt coffee makes your floor sticky?

Anyway, that's my too-stupid-to-want-to-mention-but-too-funny-not-to story for the day. http://members.cox.net/jrmo/image012.gif

So...anyone else gotta story about stupid mistakes? http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/happy.gif (and I wonder why I have OCD about shutting the garage door and such--b/c I know I'm capable of messing up like this!!!)

[WickedBttrfly]

lol don't feel bad. Listen to this:
One time i was making brownies, and I poured half the powder mix in, and then the eggs and butter, etc. I was planning to put the other half in afterwards and mix it as I went, but I forgot. After I put the pan in the oven I turned around, and there's the other half sitting on the counter.

[Flar's Freyja]

You also can't skip putting the pot back on the burner = big mess everywhere

or water in the reservoir = a trip to Wal-Mart at midnight for a new coffee pot

When Flar's dad visited, he told us that our brand new coffeemaker was leaking. They live in Kansas and he occasionally gets contracts in Tulsa and stays with us. He gets up at 5 a.m. and makes coffee. He showed me where it had leaked water all over the counter. I was upset because I really love trips to the customer service desk......

I went to work, and it just so happened that my client has the same coffeepot. When I lifted the reservoir lid, I saw, in huge white letters: "Fill Line" and a slit of an opening above that line.

When I got home, I looked at hours. Same slit. No words. He was overfilling it!

I thought about taking it back for one with words in big white letters but I really love those trips to the customer service desk, so I settled for teasing him about it every time he comes back!

[carmenmaria]

oh i used to mess up in the kitchen all the time! most memorably, when i made cookies and *somehow* doubled the butter! they melted then hardened, leaving me with a greasey toffee type thing... we cracked it and set it out, but it was too disgusting to eat :sick:

also remember: when making popcorn, use a LID! :p

[LadyTrinity]

:lol:

[PAGANFILES]

Two 7 year olds......
Cantaloupe.........
Microwave.........
Me taking nap.......
Tea pot and cup on tray next to me.....
explosion........
Nuff said?

Terry

[Romani Vixen]

I've accidentally gotten just a couple of the grounds outside of the filter and had it over flow... same effect!!!

I've learned though... get the coffee maker ready for the morning. Water, grounds... everything... then you just turn it on!!! and that's if you don't have one of the nifty ones with a timer! :D

[Jenne]

Ahh...thank you! See now, instead of feeling like a colassol dimwit, I just feel human! LOL ;)

[Goddess Rhiannon]

You graduated from kitchen witchcraft.....and you forgot a coffee filter....that is way too funny.
I am not laughing at you....really I am not
I just thought that was wicked funny.....rotflmao

[{Tigress}]

My, then boyfriend, now husband, was moving to Georgia from New Jersey to be with me. I figured I would surprise him by showing him just how domesticated I could be, so I made a batch of Brownies.

When I go to pull them out I am in absolute shock! They are nothing but a lumpy mess of chocolate and flour!! I tried to stir them up and make them look like little lumps of gooey goodness, but it just wasn't working... it was very obvious that these "things" were a VERY poor attempt at baking.

So, I scrapped the whole batch, praying he wouldn't smell the remanents of them when he showed up. I figured if I scrubbed the kitchen down I might be able to drown out the smell of baking with the smell of cleaning fluids, so I started to clean my spotless kitchen.

It was during that unnecessary cleaning that I found the eggs resting peacefully on the crack between the counter and stove. Yep, I'd forgotten to add in the eggs when I was mixing up the brownies! :bangyourh So much for showing off my domestic talents!

[Felidae]

The coffee filter must be used if you are going to make some coffee in the coffeemaker!

Yeah, you REALLY REALLY *REALLY* can't skip that step. Well, ok, you could, but you wouldn't like the result. Unless you LIKE a kitchen full of muck and coffee grounds.

Yup, I was on auto-pilot making coffee this a.m., and forgot to put the filter in before I put the freshly-ground Starbucks French Roast in, put the water in and turned the damned thing on. I go in, and major disaster! http://members.cox.net/jrmo/doh.gif

It looked like the coffeemaker had had a sick tummy and barfed steaming coffee and grounds--in clumps, mind you--all over the counter, all over all the other appliances *around* the coffeemaker, and over onto the floor, down the cabinets underneath.

YUMMAAAYYY!

Took about 45 mins to clean up. And did you know that spilt coffee makes your floor sticky?

Anyway, that's my too-stupid-to-want-to-mention-but-too-funny-not-to story for the day. http://members.cox.net/jrmo/image012.gif

So...anyone else gotta story about stupid mistakes? http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/happy.gif (and I wonder why I have OCD about shutting the garage door and such--b/c I know I'm capable of messing up like this!!!)

I've done this and seen the horrifying results first hand.

But the scariest thing is, I've done it 2-3 times...

[Dallin]

:hehehehe: Eesh! Yes, coffee is best served without floor :D But c'est la vie, it could happen to anyone.

Be careful boys and girls, if you're not careful, this could happen to YOU!

Okay this is what happens when I don't get enough sleep :D

Dallin

[Yasmine Galenorn]

Put the turkey in the oven one Thanksgiving and forgot to turn it on...four hours later, couldn't figure out why I didn't smell turkey (was a self-basting one). Bingo--heat helps cook the damned bird!

Yasmine

[Faeawyn]

Dont EVER try to frost a cake that has not completely cooled. Patience is very important before the frosting process is to begin. I was in a hurry because guests were coming....as I would spread the frosting on, the cake just kinda started falling apart and getting stuck in the frosting. Eventually, I wound up using the frosting as a sort of glue to hold the poor thing together. It looked like a huge pile of chocolate goo...actually, it looked like poop. No amount of decorating could make it look nice :lol: but it still tasted yummy :D

[Goddess Rhiannon]

Put the turkey in the oven one Thanksgiving and forgot to turn it on...four hours later, couldn't figure out why I didn't smell turkey (was a self-basting one). Bingo--heat helps cook the damned bird!

Yasmine
I guess in that case.....the bird gave you the bird.

[Nighthawk]

He he.. we all do these things.. I wish I had one. I am sure I have several, just cannot remember right now. I will say that a paper towel folded works for a filter when you run out.....

[mucgwyrt]

Put the turkey in the oven one Thanksgiving and forgot to turn it on...four hours later, couldn't figure out why I didn't smell turkey (was a self-basting one). Bingo--heat helps cook the damned bird!

Yasmine

I've done that before, but the other way round - the oven's on, and an hour later I go to check it - the chicken's still sitting on a tray next to the hot oven :rolleyes:

[Dallin]

I've done that before, but the other way round - the oven's on, and an hour later I go to check it - the chicken's still sitting on a tray next to the hot oven :rolleyes:
*holds up hand* Uh... I'd be guilty of that one myself :D

Dallin

[{Tigress}]

Dont EVER try to frost a cake that has not completely cooled. Patience is very important before the frosting process is to begin. I was in a hurry because guests were coming....as I would spread the frosting on, the cake just kinda started falling apart and getting stuck in the frosting. Eventually, I wound up using the frosting as a sort of glue to hold the poor thing together. It looked like a huge pile of chocolate goo...actually, it looked like poop. No amount of decorating could make it look nice :lol: but it still tasted yummy :D

Been there, done that! And my frosting had these wonderful little cake flakes in them... quite attractive... NOT! :meanface:

[WitchJezebel]

I've done the coffee filter thing, I've done the no water in the resevoir thing. I think the best one I can say I've done (and thankfully it was years before I went to culinary school!) is I was making a spiced gingerbread loaf and when I measured the ingredients I put too much baking powder and baking soda in it. 20 minutes later I can't figure out why my loaf was spewing all over the oven like a volcano... it was thoroughly humiliating - glad I was alone.

[blugirrl1]

well i will say NEVER take a HOT glass casserole dish ( mine had a pork loin in it) and add luke warm water too. it shattered all over the kitchen. big mess. hard to clean up. and i say luke warm but knowing me it was cold. hmm cold water hot glass. no good.

[Lady Tana]

hahhaha
ok i didnt do this one but my mom did... its more.. ummm.. not being really bright than just forgetful
you know how in cookie recipes it says "leave room to spread".. well.. she took it literally.. after putting the dough on the sheets she left the room for about half an hour to give them time to spread before cooking them..
her mother corrected her when she called to ask her how long she should leave the room for...
:durrrr: :rollingla

[charmedkisses1]

You sound like me :kooky:

[Arwyn]

I have my fair share of dumb kitchen stories.
My earliest lessons:
When I was really little, say, six or seven, I was at a next-door neighbor's house. I was good friends with their daughter, so her mother is helping us to bake something. We decide to make a meringue pie. I take a stick of butter and stick it in the meringue. Mother goes, "Was that the meringue?"
I go, "Yeah, was I not supposed to do that?" :excuseme:
I also learned, when I was just starting to learn to bake for myself, that baking powder and baking soda are *not* interchangeable.
Once I tried baking this shortbread-type thing with my friend. Though I'm the blonde one, she goes, "Are we supposed to break the eggs before putting them in the blender?"
(Excuse me, I just want some reason to incorporate the following smileys into this message: :spidey: :hutone: :fpipesmok :whatmewor Okay, done. Thanks.)
Cheers :cheers:
-Arwyn

[Mysticism Deity]

Two 7 year olds......
Cantaloupe.........
Microwave.........
Me taking nap.......
Tea pot and cup on tray next to me.....
explosion........
Nuff said?

Terry



hahhaha I just pictured my twins doing that. scary SCARY thought!!!!!!

well one time I was making popcorn at my best friends place and I put it in for too long cus I didnt think about her microwave being different from mine and set the minutes for what I am use to and well burnt the inside of her microwave. The popcorn disinigrated, literally, there was maybe 2 black peices in there. I felt so bad about it.

Another time (when I was pg with the twins) I was so out of it and instead of putting the milk back in the freg. I put it ontop of the freg. The next day when I went to make myself a bowl of cereal I couldnt find the milk. I look up and there it was .......all gross.