On a trip to visit some friends last year, I volunteeredto make some Oat-Rageous Chocolate Chip
Cookies. I began by measuring the "sugar" into a large bowl,
and adding the butter. Thankfully, I hadn't put in
the peanut butter yet...After mixing the butter and "sugar" a
few minutes, I scraped a little of the mixture off of the edge
of the bowl and tasted it...
Imagine my surprise when I realized I was eating salt!
The salt and white sugar were in identical containers,
with only a very small label on the top; and in my haste to
put the ingredients in the bowl, I had accidentally added
salt instead of sugar! Needless to say, I started over. =)
Can you imagine what those cookies would have tasted
like (with a whole cup of salt!) if I hadn't taste-tested the
butter mixture?! (grin)
...And yes, in the end they did turn out; and were delicious!
Do you have an amusing "baking or cooking blunder"
to share? I'd love to hear it! =)
9 comments:
I am always in favor or tasting the butter and sugar mixture -- or in your case butter and salt!
Well, I was big into making chocolate chip cookies years ago. I had the recipe memorized, and they were always perfect. :) The county fair came along, and I decided to submit my cookies. It must have been the one time I didn't taste test the dough or the fresh baked cookies. I only ate one after we dropped a plate full off at the fair. To my horror, I discovered small pieces of egg shell evenly distributed throughout the cookies. Oops! I did get a participation ribbon.
Elizabeth,
Oh my! :) That made me laugh! I'm sorry though that you cookies didn't turn out! Thanks for sharing the story! :)
Reminds me of the time when Grace and I made cookies out at Aunt Karen's house. A jar of salt fell out of the cabinet and spilled into our dough. Well, we scooped out most of it and thought it was fine. Turned out they tasted awful! I don't even think Snaps would eat them lol:)
As a 12 year old, enthusiastic, beginning baker, I decided to make strawberry shortcake. It was my great-grandmother's recipe, and an absolute family favorite. At the time, I was not too keen on asking my mother for help, so when the recipe called for baking powder, and I realized we didn't have any, I decided to substitute baking soda!! Needless to say, the cake was a total flop, coming out of the oven flat and burned. Bursting into tears, I vowed I would NEVER bake another shortcake again. However, I got over it, and I'm happy to say that my family has enjoyed quite a few shortcakes that I have baked since that time!
Nice post, Amy! Sounds like taste-testing certainly paid off in your case! ( I usually do experimental tasting while in the kitchen as well :) - Anna
Emily, I remember hearing about that! (laugh) Things like that can be discouraging, and also funny!
Anna,
I think I would have been very discouraged also! Glad to hear that you tried again,:) I'm sure your shortcakes are very delicious now!
-Amy
I well remember the time, as a beginner in the kitchen, that I had made one of my first cakes... The recipe said to broil it after putting the coconut frosting on...so I set it on HIGH...:) came back after about seven minutes...and found the frosting in flames!! lol
Joyful Maiden, That must have been a little frightening!!
I'll bet just about everyone has an interesting cooking or baking tale to tell! :)
Had an experience with salt, as well. I added TBSP instead of tsp. ;) I think Mom calculated that I had put in 9 times the salt needed... thankfully, I caught it in time and we mixed up enough dry ingredients for that amount of salt. Had cookie mix for awhile!! :)
Another time, I was in the time of my angel food cake (from scratch) sprees. We had lots of eggs/milk and were always making pudding (which takes egg yolks). I decided to experiment and added peppermint flavoring and green food coloring. It smelled sooo good while baking. And it was also very pretty (I love the color green ;)). We had company that evening and I served the cake. I didn't taste it beforehand.
After our company left, I took a bite. It was so strong on the peppermint, I almost got tears in my eyes. It was then I remembered our guest's eyebrows when he bit into the cake for the first time. Being a gentleman, however, he manfully finished his piece and gracefully declined a second. :D
You're right. We should *always* taste test. ;)
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