Just had a "should have had my glasses on" moments, and ruined my lunch

I did once sprinkle a roast chicken with mixed spice instead of mixed herbs

Oh, and I also thawed out a tub of rhubarb to make crumble - it was celery

Similar to eddiecat78, I took out what looked like stewed apple for crumble, only to discover the tub contained butter beans.

My mother, in one of her off moments, gaily squirted the uncooked chicken with washing up liquid instead of sprinkling salt on it. She then proceeded to wash it under the tap. Oddly enough, no one ate the skin...

Many years ago my SinL and her DH were having afternoon tea in a Blackpool hotel when the waiter came tearing out of the kitchen, waving his arms at them. Apparently ‘someone’ had loaded mayonnaise instead of cream on the scones. Luckily, neither had bitten into one.

We’re getting a good crop of blackberries from the allotment so I defrosted a bag of last year’s apple pulp to make a crumble for when the DGCs come round at the weekend.

Except it was chicken soup!!😮

Thank goodness I haven’t lost my sense of smell but it meant I’ve had to pop out for some apples as it was the last bag of mystery lurking in the bottom of the freezer. 😂

Making icing for a cake. Instead of icing sugar I used cornflower which I’d put in a container and didn’t label. I thought this isn’t mixing very well and had a taste. Urgh!!

Pre-prandial drinks at our bookclub dinner - I reached forward to take a few pistachios and plunged my fingers into... hummus which had decorative whole chickpeas on the top!

I love porridge topped with apple and a sprinkle of cinnamon. One morning I used Chinese 5 spice instead of cinnamon!
Just awful 😂

I once put pearl barley instead of sunflower hearts in my granola. I had my glasses on …

A few months ago I went out for breakfast with my DD & family. I squirted chocolate sauce all over my grandsons scrambled egg thinking it was brown sauce. I didn't realise what I’d done until he took the first mouthful.
Luckily it was an all you can eat buffet so I could go up and get him some more eggs. The chocolate sauce was there for the pancakes.

Years ago we went to a wedding party with an extensive buffet. I helped myself to a large dollop of mayonnaise to eat with my salad - it was horse radish

I made a chocolate cake with gravy browning instead of cocoa powder. (unlabelled jars,)

I once covered a plate of roast turkey with what I thought was bread sauce only to discover that it was horseradish which I hate.

DH once stuffed the Christmas turkey with bread sauce!

Made my son’s first birthday cake with salt instead of sugar! It was understandable as we were living in a communist country where all staple foods were in white paper bags with blue writing in a language with which I was not familiar.

I know someone who helped herself to a large mouthful of pot pourri at a candlelit buffet. She thought the bowl contained vegetable crisps...it wasn't me, of course.

Thank you. I've had a good giggle at some of these, and now I don't feel quite so bad about my own daftness 😅

I may have previously mentioned my 'should have gone to Specsavers experience, but for the benefit of more recent posters, I will admit to the time I thought I had made couscous but when it came to trying it, I discovered that I had used oatmeal. No - it wasn't edible!

On holiday in Lanzarote a few years ago I was looking for a small present to take home for my daughter.
Knowing she enjoys cooking & wanting to buy something useful I chose some coarse pink “salt”from amongst the olive oils etc in a gift shop.
A few weeks later I spoke to a rather bemused daughter who had added pink bath crystals to her tomato & basil salad!
Fortunately her guests were amused rather than harmed by the experience.
She is now very wary of any “gifts” from me & always checks the small print.

I once absentmindedly sprayed my hair with deodorant instead of hair spray.

I have done the opposite Doodledog and sprayed my arm pits with hairspray.

Nannytopsy

I have done the opposite Doodledog and sprayed my arm pits with hairspray.

Years ago my dear mum made her usual bread pudding but instead of mixed spice used curry powder.