The terrible musical Oliver gave us the saying "Food, Glorious
Food", and since you are most likely an American using the
internet, you will probably agree with its sentiments. It's
important to realize, however, that not all food is guaranteed
to have you singing and dancing with glee as if you were an
annoying British orphan. When you screw up in the kitchen, the
results can leave mental (or even physical) scars that will
haunt you for the rest of your life. Enjoy this generous helping
of stories from the forum goons about the food-related moments
they would like to forget. Bon appetite!   I was making chicken
gravy tonight for dinner (there were other dishes involved). I
usually make a big batch of the stuff and freeze smaller
tupperware containers of it for later use, then defrost however
many I'm going to use. Tonight I pulled two out, melted them in
the pot, then served the gravy. On tasting it, my boyfriend
commented that it was very good but a little different tonight,
sort of tangy, and wanted to kno