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What was the worst meal you've ever prepared and why was it so bad?

8 years ago by doodlegirl with 7 comments

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  • Zephyrium
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    Once for a date i tried making Spaghetti, I didn't have enough sauce and too many noodles it came out a dry mess... and unfortunately I didn't realize it was going to be a problem until we were already eating.

  • Gracey
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    LOL -- the worst... what a long list that is...

    Perhaps the very worst ever would be when I made homemade pizza dough and forgot to put the salt in for the dough.... YUCK!

  • stitches
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    In two words: mock duck.
    Literally the most disgusting thing I've ever eaten. I tried it out in my veggie days of old, thought I'd whip up a nice sweet and sour. It wasn't nice, it made me sick.

  • spectregris
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    I made my very first red sauce. It was supposed to be a simple recipie of just diced canned tomatoes flour, basil oregano and parsley. It ended up being a disgusting slime (probably the flour, haven't used it since). So that night since I was poor I ate my tears.

  • voicesinmyhead
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    I make a huge pot of chili every 3-4 months. This gives me lunches for the following few days, plus another 10+ single servings in ziplock bags for the freezer.

    For some reason, one time I seriously misunderstood "1-2 cloves of garlic, minced". There's absolutely no explanation as to why, as I've made this several times before and should have known exactly what I was doing. I guess I really wasn't paying attention this time.

    Anyways, the pot ended up with a full minced bulb of garlic in it (which is roughly 10-15 cloves) and then it simmered for a good 4-5 hours.

    It was, by far, the worst thing I've ever tasted. I like garlic, but this was so overpowering that there was no possible way to salvage any part of it.

  • Qukatt
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    i made a birthday dinner for my friends once, i had bought a block of the then brand new "seriously strong cheddar" in a large size which was on special.

    So as a Fairly recent Student I was making a cheese and tomato pasta bake, one of those foods you don't mind as a poor student but wouldn't dream of eating now. It was kind of shameful because I knew how to cook fairly well and had a wealth of recipes and kitchen skills and common sense that just escaped me that night.

    So i make the pasta bake pretty normally and i have like.. all this cheese left. And i haven't tasted it yet (urg, first rule of kitchen club completely broken). so i'm like "i know we'll put a cheese top on, it'll be great". So i start slicing up the cheese into the sort of slabs you'd put on toast for the grill right? and we use up the rest of this massive block of cheese.

    So anyways i pull it out, we serve the 6 people there. we're at the table eating and i'm like two forkfuls in before i just know it's bad. it's so strong this cheddar. It's like i'm eating the melted block of cheese and nothing else. It's soooo bad. and I'm like sitting there watching everyone else trying to eat politely and wondering how long i should let them pretend to be able to stomach it, sure one of them will throw up soon?

    Sure enough the friend who helped me all afternoon has stopped eating and she's looking at me and i look at her and i'm like.. ok this has gone too far and i say out loud "it's alright if you don't like it, it's a bit too cheesey for me" and everyone else is like suddenly "OH THANK FUCK!!" and puts down their forks and stuff "oh no it's fine just a bit strong" they assure me and in my head i'm screaming at them "no! it was awful!"

    The worst thing I've ever cooked hands down. I'm so ashamed from it that I've never made a cheese and tomato pasta ever again.

  • NinjaKlaus
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    London Broil, it's a steak and easy right...WRONG! I didn't realize they came in two cut types, one is a shoulder and one is a flank steak type. I got the flank steak version and proceeded to marinate it like a normal steak, brush on the marinade as it cooked on the grill...it came off tough as leather. Turns out it should have been soaked overnight in a vinegar style marinade and not for a few hours in a Worcestershire one. Of course it may have come out ok if I had used a longer worcester one though. That night we had to have green beans, potatoes and shoe leather. It was very embarrassing... the good news is, dog treats were cheap that week.

    So the lesson is; If you make a London Broil, I suggest you like rare to medium rare meat, it comes out tenderest that way.