Earlier today, two of the Her.ie team members revealed that they still don’t know how to make scrambled eggs.
In an effort to deflect from their culinary shortcomings, we decided to ask you to share your most embarrassing kitchen fails and boy, did you deliver!
Two of the @Herdotie team just admitted that they don’t know how to make scrambled eggs. Anyone got a more embarrassing cooking fail?
— Her.ie (@Herdotie) January 15, 2015
Here are some of our favourites!
@Herdotie Friend of mine still can’t. At 33. With children.
— Genna Farnan (@MissGennaFarnan) January 15, 2015
@Herdotie I once put chicken stock in a frying pan and waited for it to ‘melt’ … I still get slagged to this day.
— Esther ✈️ (@Essiejosie) January 15, 2015
@Herdotie my sister once attempt to “fry” an egg in the microwave by putting it on a saucer of oil. There was a very loud explosion!
— KAW (@KezzieWoods) January 15, 2015
@Herdotie I roasted a chicken. When I took it out of the oven, it exploded & most of it ended up on the ceiling. #genius #cookingfail
— Lornagh Coyle (@lonb) January 15, 2015
@Herdotie I’m nearly 24 and can’t peel potatoes
— Leanne Kearney (@LeanneKearney2) January 15, 2015
@Herdotie the only success I have in the kitchen is with several small fires! Even the smoke alarm cheers me on…
— Michelle (@LuxeAspirations) January 15, 2015
@Herdotie I tried cooking a pizza baguette in a microwave in a house with no working oven in 2001. 30 Mins. later I gave up.
— Daithi O’Laoghaire (@Cunionsandphey) January 15, 2015
@Herdotie My friend once asked if she adds pasta sauce before or after draining the pasta…
— Amy Bartlett (@trinigal84) January 15, 2015
@Herdotie I once tried cooking pasta without any water, assumed heat from pan would soften the pasta
— Petrice Mc (@allgernon29) January 15, 2015
@Herdotie my clever pal @kate_molloy boiled milk in the kettle because she wanted warm milk #RipKettle
— Grace (@GraceHeffron) January 15, 2015
@Herdotie I wanted to heat up a boiled egg so I took off the shell and microwaved it. It exploded.
— Ráichéal (@raicheal2006) January 15, 2015
@Herdotie I once managed to melt the bottom of the kettle while making noodles. Don’t even ask how.
— Ciara Manifold Gore (@lollipocalypse_) January 15, 2015
@Herdotie dad thought a Christmas turkey would cook in about half an hour once..
— Eimear (@TyrionsEmmy) January 15, 2015
@Herdotie Promised dinner by a friend – end up cooking the whole thing as she couldn’t turn her own oven on – over 10 years there! #fail
— Hannah Schofield (@HannahScho12) January 15, 2015
@Herdotie A friend of mine got midnight hunger after a night of beveraging … she ended up ironing rashers!
— Aimée Keane (@AimeeLouKeane) January 15, 2015
@Herdotie my bro tried to cook a frozen pizza under the grill, with the door closed on it.. Safe to say there was smoke… A lot of smoke
— Cassie Matthews (@Cassie_Matthews) January 15, 2015
@Herdotie I cleaned the microwave in our college house a few weeks ago with jif… then turned it on to dry!:/ It nearly exploded!! Haha!!
— Mary McLoughlin (@MaryMcL21) January 15, 2015
@Herdotie me&my cousin made apple tarts wen we wer younger&used salt instead of sugar.We served at a family gathering. No1 said anything
— Julie Kerr (@jules06_231) January 15, 2015
@Cassie_Matthews @Herdotie 1st married Christmas in London, frozen turkey in hot press, us in pub
— Pauline FeckThisWk (@pmcchambers) January 15, 2015
