Hilarious Chowhound "food prep tragedies "

[pengillian101]

Good grief, I about split a gut laughing at some of these stories. :silly:

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/539031

Example:

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not one i did personally, but this may make you laugh. i bought my mom a new KA blender a few years ago, and one day she decided to make smoothies for herself & my dad. she blended everything the way i had taught her, but when she went to pour the finished product into glasses, for some ridiculous reason she didn't even try to lift the pitcher off the base. instead, she *assumed* you were supposed to unscrew the jar from the base...so she did. and sent a cascade of smoothie flowing out of the bottom of the jar and all over the counter & the floor. when she called to tell me the story i was ROFL, particularly because she's not the strongest woman around, and i could picture her cursing at the jar & struggling, trying to twist it off the base. she said for the life of her she couldn't understand why it was so tight - until she finally got it off :)

what's even funnier is that apparently she *forgot* about the first fiasco, and did it AGAIN several weeks later.

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Many more funnies at the link. Enjoy :hi:

[Warpy]

1. I've been capable of kitchen dumbfuckery myself

But at least she didn't think you had to pour with the base still attached and then put the whole business into a dishwasher.

It's a good thing I never had a dishwasher when I was young and dumb.

[Phentex]

2. I enjoyed these. I'm guessing everyone has their moments...

or else they've never set foot in a kitchen!

[kestrel91316]

3. Oh, the handmixer tales bring back memories of my college days,

when I tried to lick the beaters clean of cake batter while they were still plugged in. No, I did not get my tongue tangled or torn off, but I did get a heck of an electric shock.

:rofl:

I play it safe. I don't even OWN a handmixer anymore.

[gkhouston]

4. One of the first things my grandmother taught me about cooking

was that there's always time to unplug the mixer.

on edit: And one of the things she didn't teach me, but should have, is that when you're whipping jello, you should put the bowl in the sink unless you were already planning on cleaning the kitchen counter... floor... cabinets... curtains... walls...

[gkhouston]

5. Thanks for the link. It reminded me of a few "tragedies" of my own.

It's a wonder anyone ever goes into the kitchen, considering how much mayhem occurs there!