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60 Dishes That Made People Lose Their Appetite Instantly
Everyone makes mistakes in the kitchen, no matter whether they’re an amateur cook or a veteran chef. However, some food disasters are so epically bad that they deserve to be shared with the world.
Bored Panda has put together this list of potluck food fails, worst dishes, and horrible meals that should never have seen the light of day. It’s the kind of stuff that should have immediately been thrown in the trash instead of ever creeping and crawling out of the kitchen. We hope you’re not eating or drinking anything right now because you’re about to lose your appetite.
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Brought A Meat And Cheese Charcuterie Board To The Office Potluck Today. Was Told To Never Do That Again
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Potluck Misunderstandings
#4
I Made A Food Monster For A Potluck At Work. Took Me A Bottle Of Wine, To Finish It Lastnight
#5
Beef As A Substitution For Walnuts Oh My God I’ve Heard It All
#6
Someone Brought This To The Office Potluck
#7
This Is Why I Hate The Pressure Of Office Potlucks
CloPotato 3 months ago
I don't mind my cat getting curious about my own food, but when I cook for someone else I clean all the surfaces beforehand and the cat isn't in the room, the hell is wrong with her? On top of not everyone being fine with your household member's bacterias, some people are allergic to cat hair.
#8
This Is Why I Don't Do Potlucks
#9
Invite Us To Your Potluck
Mary Kelly 3 months ago
i made those as a joke for friends...they taste good and are intentionally a joke
#10
Asked My Boyfriend To Make The Dish For A Potluck This Weekend
#11
I’m Fairly Certain I’ll Never Be Invited To A Potluck Again
#12
Sonic The Cheese Log
We'd forgotten about this abomination of our own making!
For a Christmas potluck we attended last year, we decided bringing a simple cheese ball woild not be tacky enough.
Enter: Sonic the Cheese Log!
#13
The Wildest Part About This, To Me, Is She Knew It Was Called Pimento Cheese But Decided To Use Cherries Instead Of Actual Pimentos
#14
A Few Years Ago My Job Had A Potluck And Someone Left This
Pretzel sticks w/Nutella in flour tortillas on a bed of lettuce and strawberries. Nobody ate it and we never found out who left it.
#15
It’s Giving Me “Minnesota Salads That Aren’t Really Salads” Energy
#16
Potluck At Work . No One Claimed They Made It
I was thinking 1) either someone made something their mom gave them as a kid and after seeing everyone’s reaction was like awe hell naw I don’t know who brought that or 2) they were like ….here hold my beer let’s see how this goes down . Funny either way.
#17
Actually Laughing At The Person Just Disappearing, Never To Be Identified
#18
My Friend Just Brought This "Deli Tray" To Her Office Potluck. Nailed It
#19
Absolutely Not. Straight To Jail
Glen Ellyn 3 months ago
I've never participated in a potluck. And no, I don't eat any of the food, either. You just don't know what the cooks' kitchens look like or whether they practice any form of food safety.
#20
Cold Hotdog Pie For The Potluck
#21
Employee Potluck Yesterday, Management Couldn’t Understand Why The Lasagna Wasn’t A Hit
Company contributed these poor examples of food to the employee potluck, these went untouched and they’re trying to convince people to take some home today lol.
#22
Midwest Sushi At A Work Potluck
#23
I Dislike My Co-Workers Enough To Practice Making Bad Food For The Office's Halloween Potluck. More In Comments
#24
Kevin Stopped By Work For Our Potluck Today
#25
So My Dad Made This For A Potluck
#26
The Office Potluck Said To Bring "Your Favorite Traditional Holiday Dish" But I Didn't Have One So I Made A Traditional Christmas Pizza Instead
#27
"Who Brought A Can Of Tomato Soup To The Thanksgiving Potluck?"
#28
Candied Bacon At My Work Potluck Today
#29
Never Knew You Could Get Canned Shrimp
#31
“Fly In My Salad” Pickle Legs, Roast Beef Wings, And A Peperoncini Head With Olive Eyes
#32
Total Eclipse Of The Heart Cake I Made For Potluck At Work
#33
Someone Made This Charcuterie Board For Our Neighborhood Party
#35
I See Your Facebook Ad And Raise You This Sweet Macaroni Salad From A Potluck I Was At
No one ate it. The recipe involves cider vinegar, pepper, sugar, sweetened condensed milk, and red onions.
#36
Not As Pretty As I Wanted But My Contribution To The Pot Luck
It's so ugly. I made it as a joke for my favorite cousin's wedding potluck! We are both appalled but get enough drinks in me and I'll be cutting into this for the lol's but he's requiring me to make one for every family event now.
The chicken broth came out way darker than I expected but next time I'm sticking to clear and I want to try and make a forest scape with broccoli!
10/10 was very fun to make and highly recommend it!
#37
So We Had A May The 4th Potluck At My Office
#38
This Is Horrifying
#39
Spotted At A Work Potluck
#40
Sausage Elephant For A Classy Party
Those long meaty nose.
#41
I Made Jellied Meatloaf For My Company Potluck Lunch
#42
My Famous Lettuce Sandwich
#43
What Went Wrong???
My friend tried to make brownies for our potluck dinner. We’re all pretty puzzled with how it turned out.
#44
Brisket My Mother Cooked, And Told Me I Should Eat Some. “It’s Delicious!”
#45
Buddy "Made" A Pot "Roast"
#46
A Nice Crispy Whole Roast
#47
Thanksgiving Potluck Food Gets Better Every Year
#48
What Appears To Be Uncooked Pastry Dough, Layered With Cool Whip And Blueberry Compote At My Work Potluck
#49
Made Sonic Hotdogs
#50
Roasted Chicken, I Guess
#51
My Friend Made Quick Dinner, And I Really Want To Share It
Sourdough bread
Lettuce
Cheese
Cucumber
Chocolate
Tomatoes
"Skagen"
#52
Need Holiday Ideas?
#53
Corporate Potluck Vibes
#54
Bean, Onion And Pistachio. Bringing It To A Potluck Tonight
#55
Boiled Hot Dogs Presented In Red Cabbage At My Grandma’s Potluck
#56
Contribution To A Work Holiday Potluck
Unironically offered to staff. He was confused that people didn’t want to eat it.
#57
I Made Cheese From Shamrock Shakes
#58
A Fusion Of Poutine And Fettucine
#59
I Made This Abomination For Today's Work Potluck
No one ate any of it -- Spaghettio Jell-O Mold with Shrimp & Krab, seasoned with Old Bay and Hot Sauce.
#60
From An Office Potluck
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Ace 3 months ago
It seems clear that all of these ( or the vast majority at least) have been deliberately made 'disgusting' for office potlucks (which thankfully are not a thing in the UK and Europe) with the sole purposes of making people laugh at the. Pretty pointless list really, it's not like somebody thought they were making something nice.
43Duckies 3 months ago
I agree, and a big part of the appeal seems to be posting online about it. But wasting food (when the combination is something that clearly no one will want to eat) seems like a pretty shítty way to get laughs and/or internet points.
Load More Replies... Chich the witch 3 months ago
I have turned down pretty much all pot lucks I've been invited to. Seen far too many people's kitchens.
JE 6 days ago
I used to work with a guy who made an amazing smoked brisket. I would have eaten it no matter what.
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Ace 3 months ago
It seems clear that all of these ( or the vast majority at least) have been deliberately made 'disgusting' for office potlucks (which thankfully are not a thing in the UK and Europe) with the sole purposes of making people laugh at the. Pretty pointless list really, it's not like somebody thought they were making something nice.
43Duckies 3 months ago
I agree, and a big part of the appeal seems to be posting online about it. But wasting food (when the combination is something that clearly no one will want to eat) seems like a pretty shítty way to get laughs and/or internet points.
Load More Replies... Chich the witch 3 months ago
I have turned down pretty much all pot lucks I've been invited to. Seen far too many people's kitchens.
JE 6 days ago
I used to work with a guy who made an amazing smoked brisket. I would have eaten it no matter what.
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