I love cooking.
I don’t get much time to cook for pleasure, so it is often more of a functional thing, but one day I will have time to do that.
I loved cooking and baking as a child, and any opportunity to be the kitchen, I was there. I baked a lot with my grandmother, took home economics food classes at school and loved trying new things out.
I was gradually allowed more freedom in the kitchen at home as I got older and I liked to cook things for my family.
A family favourite back then was spag bol (just like it is in our house these days). I had watched my mum make it hundreds of times, how hard could it be right?
I offered to make it for everyone one weekend. I must have been about 12 I think.
I was so impressed with my chopping and remembering everything I needed.
I put the mince in the pan and began breaking it up with the spatula. As I did this enthusiastically I realised something…
You know the paper that it stuck to the bottom of the mince? Well, erm…I had forgotten to take it off and had instead mashed it up in the pan with the mince and onions. I felt myself get very hot. What an idiot right? I pulled out all the really big bits that I could see easily and then I had two choices as I saw it.
- Confess all to my parents – they would be cross I had wasted the mince and wouldn’t let me cook for a while
- Carry on, and serve the food – they might not notice
I opted for option number 2!
I carried on cooking and served with lots of parmesan, a side salad, with a homemade dressing and poured them a nice glass of red wine.
They never noticed…and I never confessed.
And do you know what?
They said it was so good I could cook again!
Do you have any cooking confessions ?
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We did that with a cake. We left the bottom grease proof paper on and layered it up with jam and cream only to find out when we tried to cut it!! I love those kind of mistakes. They make us all laugh and everyone at the party (oh yes it was for a party) feel better about their mistakes.
Oh nightmare! A party cake! You are right though, it gives everyone a smile x
Brilliant… I’m sure we all have a few culinary-related skeletons lurking somewhere. Well donefor getting away with it!
lol thanks – sent this link to my parents so I guess that’s a confession… 23 years too late!
I’ve done that too! No one noticed thank goodness. #bigfatlinky
Oh really? Brilliant 🙂
Good save! This is why I don’t really cook, too much to navigate x
Haha – not such a bad plan lol 🙂
Love this – Especially that you got away with it 🙂 #bigfatlinky
Debbie
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Thanks Debbie! It still haunts me all these years on!
love it hun, something I would do. Me and my hubby can’t think of anything I’ve done the one thing I know ive done is cook cheese on toast and forget to turn the bread over so it was soggy cheese bread
Oh no – I love cheese on toast!
Very easily done. Love that you wanted to cook something for everyone so much. Always try to give mine as much independence in the kitchen as possible to they can get that feeling too. Really hope you enjoy the book #ShareTheJoy
Thanks Annabel! It didn’t stop me trying anyway!
Well done you, I have plenty of cooking confessions, most involve fooling by kids over the quantities of meat to veg in their spag bol!
Ah yes – I’m guilty of that too!
Thats so funny- the first time I cooked for my husband I left the paper on the mince too! x
Oh phew ! Not just me then 🙂
Ha love this and love the idea behind it. Sadly though I can’t think of any cooking confessions. I’m so careful and precise that I always seem to stick with what’s said or written. I’m sure there’s something….I’ll have a think. #bigfatlinky
Oh blimey well done you!
That made me laugh. 😀 In the past, I’ve also forgotten to take the paper off before putting the mince into the pan, but thankfully I’ve noticed and removed it before it’s broken up.
Oh – much better than me then #fail