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No matter what Top Chef and MasterChef may show us, the truth is not everyone was born to cook. And it’s totally fine. We find our ways around it, from ordering in, eating out, finding happiness with a way more cooking-savvy partner, and opting for ready-mades and super easy meals a child could make.

The brave ones, however, dare to play games with their cooking talent, or rather the lack of it, and take their kitchen on a ride. Surprise, surprise! Often, cooking fails and mishaps follow, but hey, you never know if you never try. And if you never try, you never learn!

After all, it gives us the greatest gift of laughter because life is short, and if it takes a tray of burnt muffins to make us smile, so be it. Scroll down below and be sure to share our previous features with more cooking fails here and here.

#1

My 20-Year-Old Cousin Got His Own Apartment And It's Going Pretty Well

My 20-Year-Old Cousin Got His Own Apartment And It's Going Pretty Well

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Kylie Mountain
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Honestly, high school should have a class that's just 'adulting.' This is how to use and maintain the basic kitchen appliances, this is how to do a budget, this is how insurance works, this is how college loans work. Not every little thing, just the first few big things a new adult has to deal with.

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Husband's Turn To Cook... I Pop In The Kitchen For A Moment. He Says We're Out Of Breadcrumbs. No Problem, I Say, You Can Use Crackers As A Substitute

Husband's Turn To Cook... I Pop In The Kitchen For A Moment. He Says We're Out Of Breadcrumbs. No Problem, I Say, You Can Use Crackers As A Substitute

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#5

Tried To Make Purple Lemonade... Got Dirty Mop Ade Instead

Tried To Make Purple Lemonade... Got Dirty Mop Ade Instead

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#7

You Might Think “Oh, Cute, A Child Tried To Decorate Halloween Cookies!” Nope. This Was All Me. A Grown Man With A Career And No Artistic Ability

You Might Think “Oh, Cute, A Child Tried To Decorate Halloween Cookies!” Nope. This Was All Me. A Grown Man With A Career And No Artistic Ability

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#8

I'm Supposed To Bring A Snack To Share At A Work Meeting, I'm Thinking The Beef Broth Gelatin With Hot Dogs And Eggs Should Do It

I'm Supposed To Bring A Snack To Share At A Work Meeting, I'm Thinking The Beef Broth Gelatin With Hot Dogs And Eggs Should Do It

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#11

My Pizza On The Left, My Husband’s... Single Cell Organism On The Right

My Pizza On The Left, My Husband’s... Single Cell Organism On The Right

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#12

Date Said Her Favorite Food Was Blue Cheese Pizza. I Guess I Misunderstood Where The Emphasis Was Supposed To Be

Date Said Her Favorite Food Was Blue Cheese Pizza. I Guess I Misunderstood Where The Emphasis Was Supposed To Be

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#14

My Husband Asked Me To Heat Up The Croissant And That He Wanted It Very Crunchy... I Guess I Nailed It

My Husband Asked Me To Heat Up The Croissant And That He Wanted It Very Crunchy... I Guess I Nailed It

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#15

Is Roommate Shaming A Thing?

Is Roommate Shaming A Thing?

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#17

Forgot Spaghetti With Mushrooms In The Microwave For A Week. Now It's A Floofly Ball Of Mold

Forgot Spaghetti With Mushrooms In The Microwave For A Week. Now It's A Floofly Ball Of Mold

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#18

Asked My Wife To Keep The Oven On Low For The Burgers. Puts It On Low, Broils, And Forgets To Take The Plastic Cover Off

Asked My Wife To Keep The Oven On Low For The Burgers. Puts It On Low, Broils, And Forgets To Take The Plastic Cover Off

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#20

Casual Reminder - Clean Your Grills. Burgers And Grilled Pineapple. Sort Of

Casual Reminder - Clean Your Grills. Burgers And Grilled Pineapple. Sort Of

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#21

Grabbed The Wrong One And Now All Of My Chocolate Chip Cookies Taste Weird

Grabbed The Wrong One And Now All Of My Chocolate Chip Cookies Taste Weird

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#22

Just A Normal Milk Shattered A Glass Perfectly In Two And Exploded The Milk Across The Kitchen

Just A Normal Milk Shattered A Glass Perfectly In Two And Exploded The Milk Across The Kitchen

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#23

I Accidentally Created Vantablack When I Forgot About My Pizza

I Accidentally Created Vantablack When I Forgot About My Pizza

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#24

Brain Malfunctioned While Preparing Scrambled Eggs

Brain Malfunctioned While Preparing Scrambled Eggs

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Sa Ruuu
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is it gross that my first thought is to just pour it in with the rest?

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#25

This Is How My Boyfriend Cuts An Avocado

This Is How My Boyfriend Cuts An Avocado

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#26

My Step-Dad Keeps Forgetting To Take The Boiled Eggs Out Of The Freezer When They Cool Down

My Step-Dad Keeps Forgetting To Take The Boiled Eggs Out Of The Freezer When They Cool Down

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#27

My Girlfriend Told Me She Has Never Cooked The Fish Before. I Didn’t Expect Scrambled Haddock

My Girlfriend Told Me She Has Never Cooked The Fish Before. I Didn’t Expect Scrambled Haddock

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#28

Glass Pot Lid Exploded Into The Pasta

Glass Pot Lid Exploded Into The Pasta

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#30

My 6-Year-Old Son Decided To Try To Microwave Dry Mac And Cheese Before I Woke Up

My 6-Year-Old Son Decided To Try To Microwave Dry Mac And Cheese Before I Woke Up

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#32

My Boyfriend Used To Unscrew The Red Pepper Flakes' Tops At Pizzahut In Junior High For S&Gs. Karma

My Boyfriend Used To Unscrew The Red Pepper Flakes' Tops At Pizzahut In Junior High For S&Gs. Karma

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#33

The New Jar Of Nutella My Girlfriend Tried To Heat In The Microwave

The New Jar Of Nutella My Girlfriend Tried To Heat In The Microwave

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Sa Ruuu
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bruh that looks like she set it for 20 minutes and just walked away

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#34

I Planned On Making Pork In The Crockpot While I Was At Work Today. When I Got Home, I Was Shocked My Apartment Didn’t Smell Delicious Until I Saw It

I Planned On Making Pork In The Crockpot While I Was At Work Today. When I Got Home, I Was Shocked My Apartment Didn’t Smell Delicious Until I Saw It

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#35

These Eggs My Dad Made With "A Bit Of Turmeric"

These Eggs My Dad Made With "A Bit Of Turmeric"

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#36

I Forgot This Pizza In The Oven About A Year Ago

I Forgot This Pizza In The Oven About A Year Ago

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#37

Wifey Just Learnt That You Can’t Microwave Hard-Boiled Eggs

Wifey Just Learnt That You Can’t Microwave Hard-Boiled Eggs

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Lauren S
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why would you want to microwave them?? I’ve never wanted a warm hard boiled egg.

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#38

Wanted To Cook A Nice Meal For My Grandma Since She Doesn’t Have A Lot Of Time Left. I Didn’t Realize She Used Her Oven As A Pantry. I Usually Pre-Check Ovens, Too

Wanted To Cook A Nice Meal For My Grandma Since She Doesn’t Have A Lot Of Time Left. I Didn’t Realize She Used Her Oven As A Pantry. I Usually Pre-Check Ovens, Too

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Panda Kicki
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Could have been worse. Here in Sweden a woman forgot she had stored hair spray in the oven. The explosion took out a big hole in the outer wall, a door and several windows. The evacuated neighbours wasnt happy. Luckily noone died.

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#39

Nothing Like A Little Glass For Seasoning

Nothing Like A Little Glass For Seasoning

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I Rarely Make Breakfast For Myself, But I Decided To Treat Myself This Morning. I Had To Take Like 15 Minutes To Calm Down Before I Could Clean It Up. I Was So Mad

I Rarely Make Breakfast For Myself, But I Decided To Treat Myself This Morning. I Had To Take Like 15 Minutes To Calm Down Before I Could Clean It Up. I Was So Mad

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#41

Don’t Cut A Slice Off Before Baking Camembert

Don’t Cut A Slice Off Before Baking Camembert

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#42

Just Spent The Last 3 Hours Cooking For Family Coming Over... Then They Brought Their Own Takeaway To Eat

Just Spent The Last 3 Hours Cooking For Family Coming Over... Then They Brought Their Own Takeaway To Eat

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Amanda Rose
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

More for you then. I would never invite those ungrateful sods over again.

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Freshly Opened Can Of Jam Has A Big Patch Of Mold. It Even Made The Popping Sound When The Seal Broke

Freshly Opened Can Of Jam Has A Big Patch Of Mold. It Even Made The Popping Sound When The Seal Broke

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Nenya
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nooo, don’t do that! Mould grows and spread by hyphaes, and only visible like this after a while. Food contaminated with mould should not be eaten!

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similarly
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd take it back where I bought it, or contact the company directly.

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DC
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You paid for an intact glass - that, they owe you. That, you are entitled to demand. Polite of course, nothing to get salty about, but still, you're owed what you paid for, and that likely is a nonmolded version of that.

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Sherman Von Gee
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's what I was going to say. My brother made jam a few years ago from fruits in his garden & almost all of the jars turned out amazing. But a few had mold just like this. We couldn't figure out how it happened since all the jars were new & cleaned properly, sterilized & dried before filling. Kids were all sterilized too. They were all tightened properly & stored properly. But then his gfs grandma cracked the code. She said that this usually only happens when the jars aren't sterilized right. Or if there's too much air in the jar? Not sure if that's correct but that's the only thing we could think of that would cause this.

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GoGoPDX
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The microbiologist in my wants to see what that anaerobic organism (an organism that grows without oxygen) is!

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Elizabeth Butler
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Can be botulism very dangerous. Once I found mold on a commercial can of pears when I opened it--no dents or leaks in the can. Another rtime a commercial can of tomato paste exploded when I punctured the seal with the can opener.

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Sabs
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One of the very clear instructions when doing canning and preserves, is to never touch the rim, lids, inside or items you place in the jars with your hands to keep bacteria from growing.The other is to obviously boil the jars, lids and utensils, and wash your hands.

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Alice Teasdale
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Home made jam is always like this, isn't it? I grew up just lifting the mild off every jar. Too much sugar for the actual jam to be contaminated. Never got sick.

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Sherman Von Gee
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah. You're lucky then. Botulism grows like this dude. Which can & will kill ya. It's one of the most harmful to humans. You can do this with things like cheese. But jams & jelly or salsas? No sir. Don't take the chance.

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Hailey Stefan
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For everyone curious, jars depending on the temperature and how it fluctuates when they are stored can un seal. This lets in bacteria from the air and little bugs. Then they can reseal trapping the bad stuff in side. TLDR jars can unseal and reseal themselves.

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Jelena Putinja
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

nothing artificial in it - healthier than most - remove mold and it's fine

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MarieTDr
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I once opened a new jar of hot salsa and found a maggot crawling around the inner lid. How it survived processing, I'll never know. Yes, it was a tightly sealed jar.

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featherytoad
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's scary. It must have been contaminated before the sealing process I would imagine.

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GoGoPDX
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No!!! You can do that with hard cheese, but never, ever canned goods. Botulism will kill you. I have a bachelors in microbiology before I became a nurse. Please trust me on this one.

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Cybele Spanjaard
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Would the store it came from believing you though? Maybe not if out of date. I am not sure if it would harm the rest of the jam. I would eat it anyhow after removing the mould and surrounding area!

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Vicki Perizzolo
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

that's odd -- guessing something got left in there and the jam wasn't high enough in the jar... that's too bad.. Raspberry jam is awesome... (I make it with pomegranate)

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Spencer Renee
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's a flavor package like how they use lemons to add flavor to crab

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okpkpkp
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

throw it out and don't allow it to touch your skin, whatever you do! (I joke)

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The Oven Just Exploded For Some Reason

The Oven Just Exploded For Some Reason

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Glynna Bowood
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lots of poorly manufactured glass lids and containers so why not windows too?

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#46

Oops. That White Thing That’s In Between The Meat And The Styrofoam In The Package? Yea, I Don’t Think You’re Supposed To Cook That

Oops. That White Thing That’s In Between The Meat And The Styrofoam In The Package? Yea, I Don’t Think You’re Supposed To Cook That

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#47

And That Was Our Dinner

And That Was Our Dinner

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This happened to a birthday cake I made for my little sister. I was probably about 12 yrs and it sent me right in tears.

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#48

When Your Husband Overestimates Your Ability To Use The Grill

When Your Husband Overestimates Your Ability To Use The Grill

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#49

I Baked Potatoes With Emmentaler And Cheddar Sprinkled With Glass Shards

I Baked Potatoes With Emmentaler And Cheddar Sprinkled With Glass Shards

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No!! My heart just shattered much like the glass of this pan.

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#50

A Little Crispier Than My Husband Likes. Oops

A Little Crispier Than My Husband Likes. Oops

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