Write about your most epic baking or cooking fail.
Lucky for anyone reading who wants to feel better about themselves and their cooking/baking skills… I have several fun failures I’m willing to share 🙃😬
The title of the post is a pretty good story: I absolutely LOVE Korean food, and several years ago, I came across a Korean marinade for beef. The package recommended using a pot roast/rump/shoulder roast, but I couldn’t imagine Korean BBQ pot roast 🤯 so I figured I would just get a “better cut”… I got a great price on a flank steak and proceeded to follow the instructions on the marinade, even though I didn’t get any of the cuts of meat that recommended… so I put a perfectly good flank steak in my crockpot with this marinade and went to work. I was expecting a delicious meat when I got home that I could add a few sides to… (anyone with a shred of sense and cooking knowledge can probably guess the rest). When I got home and checked the crockpot, I was actually surprised to see that the meat was like a hockey puck 😳 I really thought I made a good choice with the flank steak 😫🤦♀️. I’m not sure why I thought putting a flank steak into the crockpot for the whole day was a good idea… Obviously, it wasn’t! I talked to my chef brother after, and once he stopped laughing, he told me he understood where my thought process started ❤️ I call him more now before I start stuff like this 🤣
Just as my brother was an extremely accomplished and talented chef, my mom spent many years working as an extremely talented pastry chef.
I’ve tried to bake from scratch a few times, thinking maybe I could create baked goods like my mom… they pretty much all ended in disaster or inedible junk 😕 I completely ignored the fact that baking is a science and the steps and order of the recipes matter… A LOT. I tried to make cookies, a cake, and pancakes ‘my way’ (aka, not following the recipe/directions). I actually concocted something that was “supposed to be” pancakes that I couldn’t get to solidify, no matter how long I cooked it 😳🤯🤦♀️
Luckily, I understand myself much more now than I did before, so I don’t try to bake unless it’s a box mix that I can throw in one bowl 😬
Once Upon a Lifetime 