Do you ever make a mistake when cooking?

Once I made a double batch of brownies. They turned out horrible and when I went back and looked, I doubled everything except the eggs... They were for my kids school function, so I took them anyways, and threw out whatever didn't get eaten.

I made a mistake last night marciascott.I have to prepare raasam.In that i forgot to put tamarid,salt.I heated the raasam for a couple of time and after that i served it to my family members.While eating i came to know what mistake i made.Like this,we ate the food by adding some what salt to it.Even it doesn't taste we ate it. Instead my family members said that sometimes it happens like that only no probs..... By listening those words i felt happy and at the same time i felt i shdn't repeat this thing again and again....... have a nice day..... http://beautysceneries.blogspot.com

What I normally do is to add water as well but usually I end up with such a lot of the stuff that it lasts forever--and ends up in the garbage--so for example I added too much salt on my marinade--I just use a portion of it and dilute only this part and then I freeze the rest so the next time I need this--at least I have some on hand already--ready for diluting! ;)

ha ah....the responses are quite good.i do not remember making a mistake while cooking and now i do not want to play with fire if any untoward thing could happen.

LOL. I don't do the cooking here, but have had to help hubby save more than one dish in the past! I usually end up cooking for tinned tomatoes or a bit of chilli! lol. However, if it is that bad, we end up having cereal! lol.

I seldom cook...when I really do,I always miss sth.like salt,water,etc.As for salt,it is easy to deal with for me:add to the dish if I forget to do it previously,or add water to the dish if it is very salty...The result is that nobody dare to touch the dish any more except myself.In other words,I am wasting food.

If you are ever making homemade soup and you put too much salt in it all you have to do it add a raw, peeled potato and it will absorb the salt then discard the potato. This really works.

hi Marcie! When I made spaghetti last week, I made a horrible mistake. I always make my own sauce. I was adding the spices when the *sprinkle* cap of the basil fell off. I had dumped at least a quarter cup into my spaghetti sauce. EWWWW I scooped and scooped with a spoon. I could not remove it all. The flavor of it was not too bad. BUT...the 'hard leafiness' of the basil had left a taste of wood in the sauce. Did you know that spaghetti noodles with butter on them can make a wonderful meal? LOL ((Hugs))

Yes one cannot do much. It also depend on what we are cooking and how much extra ingredient we have put. In a curry with gravy if more(nt too much) salt have been put then we can add extra water to decrease the excess. Just remind me of my mother's advice to dip charcoal if there is excess salt.

It all depends on what you are making. One time I put too much pepper in my cabbage and there was no saving it at all. I rarely use what I would consider too much sugar. But, should I do this, I just add more of the product I was making. For instance, if I were making hot cereal in the morning, I could just make more cereal and blend it all together. Now salt, sometimes you can get away with adding water, depending on how rich the flavor of your soup is. Even if it is meat. Lets say boneless chicken or steak. Put it in a skillet, pour water over it and let it simmer until the some of the seasonings come out. Then you can make gravy.

my mistake when cooking almost everytime is burning my food and my caserole hehe and also put too much salt and or sugar but when i put too much salt in my food like when im cooking vegetable i just add 1 potato so the salty taste will gone:-)

When I mess my meals up like that I just throw it away no one wants to eat something with to much of something in it.

Hi marciascott, If tht happens, Only 1 thing comes to my mind....Lets eat out! hee...hee..

Yes.I took salt when I should put in sugar

I would like to think I never mess up, but sometimes I do. Everyone who has ever cooked has messed up sometime. it depends on what I am making if I throw it out or not. Sometimes it does go in the trash and then its time to call the pizza man.

I sometimes put in too much salt, and then I double the other ingredients or put more in. Sometimes it does not work because well a tablespoon of salt is different from a tsp. and since I do not like too much salt, I wind up throwing it away. My husband would probably eat it as he likes salt, but well it is not that good for you, so out it goes. With sugar, it is easy, I just add more flour and an extra egg, plus more margarine. I am good at making up recipes in my head.

mostprobably all are making the mistake our cooking ,but dont throw it away. suppose if i prapare the tea i got a mistake means like its more sugar something i add some milk more ,like that good cooks not throw the food , however they will manage isnt it..