Cooking disasters

Oh goodness, glad I am not alone,,just poured boiling water into tea caddy(tea leaves) instead of cup,,
The garden plants were happy.

Long ago when we were young marrieds we took turns to invite neighbours, friends and inlaws to small dinner parties.

It was tempting to try new recipes and show off a bit.
I embarked on something called a cooked lemon soufflé. I seem to remember it was in a ceramic jelly mould and came out, to great hilarity, like a lump of yellow rubber.
it went straight in the bin

I was mortified, especially when my supercook neighbour told me she always had a spare pudding in case of disasters.

As a teenager I forgot the eggs in a chocolate cake, it was in the oven for quite a few minutes before I remembered. Then carried on like a pork chop which annoyed my mother more. Rescued it ok -(ish).

I’m not a good cook but I am okay with cakes, however, pastry defeats me. I decided to practice some Brie and cranberry bites for a bring and share do next week. I was using ready rolled puff pastry. Thank goodness, I did, they turned out awful! Hard and greasy. How can anyone go wrong with ready rolled puff pastry? All I did was cut it into squares!

I made mushy peas in a pressure cooker. I took the weight off too soon and it was like Mt Vesuvius erupting. My white ceiling was dripping with green peas !