Last summer my hubby and I grew a bunch of fresh herbs. Basil, Mint, Cilantro- the works!
One night the hubby started making lunches for the both of us. I was in the other room when he asked
“Honey, did you want fresh Basil on your cheese, tomato, and mustard sandwich?”
I agreed and he finished packing.
The next afternoon I took the sandwich made out of love and had a big bite. My taste buds were instantly confused.
The hubby accidently picked the mint and not the basil.
Hehe. He asked if we could label the herbs this year.

Hehe! Betty Crocker Blogger Andi just posted about her recent funny kitchen mishap in this post!

Too cute. :)

Sincerely, Cate

A couple weeks ago my hubby and I went out to dinner with friends. We came back to our place for a movie and dessert. I decided to make a batch of Betty Crocker brownies while we watched a movie.

I was distracted talking to my guests while I was mixing. 3 eggs, oil...  check.

1/2 way though the cooking time I jumped up. I forgot to put in the 1/4 cup of water! Oh, no! I feared that I was going to serve my guests a chocolate brick.

It came out fine though... tasted more like a chocolate cake. My guests were kind enough to gobble it down... I think that extra egg saved me.

Oh, always an adventure in the kitchen!

Sincerely, CC

So, so cute! Don't you love our little mishaps! It is what makes our lives full of fun.

This is a story from my childhood and my grandmother's kitchen.  Grandma had a Hoosier cabinet where she kept all her spices and seasonings, amidst other things.  She made everything from scratch.  She used to make homemade egg noodles and let them dry on a floured towel on a counter in her pantry.  Anyway, my family was at Grandma's for Sunday dinner.  We had pumpkin pie for dessert.  My sister, who was 7 at the time, was working on her slice and found it a little more "chewy" than a pumpkin pie should be.  Eventually, she started working something out of her mouth, and discovered that my grandma had accidently knocked a large rubber band out of the Hoosier cabinet and into the mixing bowl where she was stirring the pie ingredients. 

It was the topic of discussion for many events as we gathered at Grandma's table.

A while back when my nephew was in elementary school, my sister taught him to make cinnamon toast.  He was quite good at it and made it for himself almost every day.  One day my sister came home from work to find two pieces of cinnamon toast on a plate, untouched, except for one bite missing from one piece.  When my nephew got home from school, my sister asked him why he didn't eat his cinnamon toast.  He told her it tasted funny.  My sister took a look around the kitchen and noticed that the cinnamon was still in the cabinet, but the paprika was on the counter.  So my nephew learned that paprika toast is not very good.

Hi CateC!  This section is just SO funny!!! I can't wait to read some others.  This best mishap I will never be able to live down happened in my Mom's kitchen.  I was grown (around 30) and stopped off to chat with Mom on the way home one evening.  The kitchen had a wonderful aroma like garlic, onions, and spices such as Italian food.  I immediately went to the frig and found a pot inside that was still a little warm.  I raised the lid and found the source of the wonderful aroma.  Of course I took a bite.   I immediately began spitting out the stuff in my mouth and going OH YUCK !!  HOW AWFUL !!  My Mom, Dad and brother who just happened to have stopped by also, came a running.  Then started laughing like crazy.  I had sampled the dog food my mom had cooked for their german shepard with the Purina Dog chow mixed in!!  love to all

idabyou: LOL Thank you for sharing! I love reading these kinds of stories! Sincerely, CC

I placed a Tupperware plastic bowl of pancake batter on one electric burner and turned on the burner under the skillet. Or so I thought. The bottom of the bowl started smoking. I snatched it away. The bottom of the bowl stuck on the burner, the rest of the bowl came away and pancake batter went everywhere. What a mess.

@antilope, Oh, no! Heh, new rule... no plastic on the oven

I burned plastic in the micro before...That's tough smell to get out of the kitchen! Thank you for sharing!

Sincerely, CC

CateC, What a great thread, I love reading/hearing about fun/funny mishaps in the kitchen, lets me know I'am not the only one. This is from my Mother-in-law. She was at her daughters in W.Va and got up earily one morning and thought she'd get the coffee started, boiled coffee on the stove. After they had coffee, and was clearing away the dishes, she couldn't find the dish cloth( that she had washed the dishes with the night before) , when she dumped thecoffee grounds from the pot, the dish cloth fell out to. She said the coffee didn't taste bad or any different, they laughed a many of years about that. My mother-in-law passed away about 10 yrs. ago and I can almost see her face and her her laughter when she told this story. Granna2

I give up.  I've been trying to share my story for hours, have changed any word imaginably questionable, without success.

Haha cute at least your breath was minty fresh!

Granna2: Haha! Thank you for sharing!

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Sincerely, Cate

One Thanksgiving, several years ago, my mom had just finished removing the meat from the Turkey bones, on a ceramic plate.  She also had a plate of scraps for the dog on a paper plate....can you guess what happened next?  My mom told my sister to take the plate out to the dog and to bring back the plate.  Well my sister thinking "bring back the plate"  chose the ceramic plate full of nice turkey.  She came back inside and mom asked her to take out the plate and she said she did and showed her the plate she was bringing back.  Needless to say the dog had a HAPPY Thanksgiving!  All we could do was laugh!  Mom couldn't get mad at her, she was only following directions! This is a favorite story every year.  Ahh, memories!

A funny thing happened in the kitchen..

A Thanksgiving Flashback 

My husband and I have been married over 20 years... early in our marriage he took a lot more interest and participated a great deal more in cooking than he does now.

One Thanksgiving about 18 years ago my husband was making the turkey gravy... he said to me, hand me the flour and mistakenly I handed him the container with the powder sugar, EEEEK, he did not realize it was powder sugar and continued to wisk the gravy.  He did however make the comment how easily the "Flour" dissolved, no doubt. 

When we sat down to eat... to our suprise the gravy was remarkably SWEET.  It was not until we poured gravy over our food and took the first bite did we then realize the flour was sugar.

This is truly a Thanksgiving Oooops... We then gave thanks to the big bird and extra food we had.

I was 7 years old and so excited to be able to read a recipe and help my mother make guacamole for a party.  I mashed the avocados and started adding spices.  When it was time to add the Cayenne pepper I asked her if a dash was the same as a teaspoon.  Busy working on her own recipe, she just nodded.  Tht guacamole didn't make it to the party and I learned that a dash is NOT the same as a teaspoon.

Just a little advise on baking ladies, any time a baking recipe asks for oil replace it with apple sauce, yes the same amount,  this will add the moisture the recipe needs but will also be better for you.  You will not taste the difference and even in a cake they come out fluffier and so moist.  I have been doing this for years and have always gotten raves about how moist they are.

My mom has always made the turkey on Thanksgiving, but she was out of town several years ago- so I made it.  Followed her directions - washed it - tied the legs - coated it put it in the covered pan.   It was beautiful.  One thing she forgot to tell me was to remove the little packages of "innerds" that are stuffed in the cavities.  Which we discovered as my hubby carved the turkey. 

We still laugh about this, but I have told each of my daughter - in -law's the story, but the 1st one shelby's mommy made had the innerds in the cavity also.  LOL  

We always cook the stuffing in a separate pan which is why we didn't detect our problem before cooking.