Karen Ruins Her Own Pie, Blames Marie Callender’s For It, The Comments Burn Her Worse Than She Burned The Pie
It’s no secret that Thanksgiving is a day of charcoal turkeys and dropped pumpkin pies, as we documented some of the most painfully hilarious instances in our previous post. But while some people realize that kitchen mishaps are all part of the journey in surviving Thanksgiving, others would much rather put blame on anything but themselves.
Just like Sharon Wess, who either skipped the baking instructions for a Marie Callender’s frozen pumpkin pie, or bluntly ignored them, thinking she had everything under control. But while the pie was supposed to be baked at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 70 to 80 minutes (via Walmart), it got savagely burnt in what seemed like an oven ride without a return ticket.
The result got Sharon really upset and she shared a picture of her burnt pie on Marie Callender’s Facebook page. “Thanks Marie Calendar for ruining Thanksgiving dessert (language unedited),” which, as you may suspect, sparked an endless flow of crying laughing emojis, memes, and jokes after jokes. If you too “can’t even” over the whole thing, scroll through some of the best reactions below!
After Sharon burnt her Thanksgiving pie, she thought it was Marie Callender’s fault
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We’re not blaming Sharon for getting so upset over her burnt pie that it literally ruined her Thanksgiving. The pressure to make a perfect dinner is real and it may make you tremendously upset if you feel like things are getting out of hand. After all, food unites us, and desserts are no exception.
While Marie Callender’s politely replied, people online couldn’t help but roast Sharon with funny reactions
Speaking of desserts, a survey showed that 94 percent of Americans eat pie on Thanksgiving. So yep, it’s a quintessential element of the holiday. Out of these 94, equal percentages, 18 each, to be precise, opt for apple pie and pecan pie. But the holy grail of Thanksgiving pies is… you guessed it, the pumpkin pie, with 31 percent listing it as their favorite treat to indulge in during Thanksgiving. Just think of that flaky crust and sweet pumpkin filling, topped off with whipped cream, and you’re in heaven on earth.
Unless… you burn it. If you opt for a frozen pie like Sharon, it’s always a good idea to read the baking instructions. As for the now-famous Marie Callender’s frozen pumpkin pie, the instructions via Walmart say you should put it in to bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 70 to 80 minutes. So who put her oven on charcoal mode?!
All jokes aside, not reading the instructions is one of the most common faux pas in baking, says Lily Jones, an artisan baker and the author of three best-selling recipe books (Sweet Tooth, A Zombie ate my Cupcake and 2018’s #BakeForSyria). We all know they’re boring no-brainer pieces of faded texts imprinted on stickers that are partially falling apart (who can explain this phenomenon?!), but hey, they are instructions for a reason.
Lily told Bored Panda that the biggest mistakes when making a cake are as follows: “Not reading the recipe, ignoring the temperatures specified for ingredients used (this is really key, I promise!), using any old teaspoon from the drawer rather than a teaspoon measure, and not preheating the oven.” So yes, ignoring the specific elements is a straight way to ruin Thanksgiving, or whatever feast you’re having your cake for.
Moreover, some cakes are particularly hard to make, so you’d better do yourself a favor and not go on a hard path. “Sponges are best for a beginner and more delicate, and fiddly things like swiss roll are trickier,” Lily said.
And when it comes to new cake trends emerging right now, the artisan baker said that she has noticed much more creativity, freedom and experimentation, “which I love!” and added that there has been “lots of piping, too.”
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In the spirit of the season, I'm very grateful for this post. I'd never heard of Marie Callender, and now I know forever who is at fault for my kitchen screwups: her.
Failed to submit any of my work today. Thanks Marie Callender for ruining my job.
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Still chuckling at fire alarm is not a timer and yeeted it into the sun
I've SHARON burns the pie, why do you insist on calling her Karen in this post?? Why BoredPanda, why?! It's just so mean of you.
It's really not that mean. Nobody in their right mind thinks that every person named Karen (or Karin!) is actually an entitled jerk. It's a meme, a joke. & before you say "How would you like it if your name had a negative connotation?" my name is Sin & I've heard every joke you can think of, & plenty of rude comments as well. But I'm mature enough to know it really doesn't matter & that these people don't seriously believe I'm a hellspawn. (Even if they did, I know they're wrong, so why does it matter?) Life is too short to whine over a meme that coincidentally shares your name.
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I've always wondered, do these idiots not have people around them (friends, family, lovers) who could point out to them how much of a f**king moron they're being? Or does everyone just ignore when someone they know is being an idiot these days? When I was a kid, a mistake like this, you'd still be getting mocked about it years later, made you really pay attention to what the heck you were doing and saying so you didn't screw up again and look like an absolute moron, avoiding giving people ammunition to joke about you. Does that not happen anymore?
Karis no worries this is just "families" being families. Thanksgiving which should be about giving and thanking (see what I did there) for many many people is a time to basically get drunk, deal with someone who is drunk, creepy, entitled, late, introverted, in the closet wanting to come out at dinner so on and the strive for someone or more to make the best possible meal TOGETHER as a family. Then relaxing until Christmas. These things will happen....often.
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my faves were satan's asshole degrees and monty python. especially monty.
Where did she bake that? You're supposed to put the pie in the OVEN, not the fires of HELL
"fire alarm isn't a timer" Yeah, I say "It's a smoke detector, not a kitchen timer".... Way too often. I live in an apartment complex
This has cracked me up all weekend. Just HOW does she think this is the company's fault?? And I am now officially blaming Marie Callender's for every decision and action that I make that goes wrong in my life.
It's the fire at the top of the oven that is used to broil meat/vegetables (very similar to grilling) If food is left unattended, it can burn very quickly because the heat is intense.
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Actual non-obvious reason this might have happened: bottom element in the oven isn't working. Most electric ovens have two elements, one on the "ceiling" of the oven and one on the "floor." If one of them stops working, the other one tries its hardest to bring the whole oven up to temperature all by itself...and it usually does not succeed. If your food keeps coming out overdone on top and underdone on the bottom (or the other way around), turn it on and (carefully!) check each element to see if they're both warming up. If not, a new element costs about twenty bucks, and installation is usually simple enough for the average person to do.
I never understood why muricans are allergic to normal units, how they can cook with "spoon", "cup" and other similar units especially if you make sweets making a cake is like chemistry the amounts timing and temperatures are not suggestions you have to follow it exactly if you want your masterpiece to come out as you expected, any small deviation will ruin your final product.
Do you realize that 1 cup IS a precise measurement and has as much chance of being off as using liters? Even using weight can put you off very slightly. You realize there’s millions of Americans who bake with these units all the time and aren’t constantly ruining their final products, right? Also you realize that has LITERALLY NOTHING TO DO with someone burning a premade pie??
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Company was founded by "Don Callender". Not a calendar, as in displaying months, weeks, and days.
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"Conservative" and "whoever I dislike for some reason" are not synonyms.
Load More Replies... In the spirit of the season, I'm very grateful for this post. I'd never heard of Marie Callender, and now I know forever who is at fault for my kitchen screwups: her.
Failed to submit any of my work today. Thanks Marie Callender for ruining my job.
Load More Replies... Still chuckling at fire alarm is not a timer and yeeted it into the sun
I've SHARON burns the pie, why do you insist on calling her Karen in this post?? Why BoredPanda, why?! It's just so mean of you.
It's really not that mean. Nobody in their right mind thinks that every person named Karen (or Karin!) is actually an entitled jerk. It's a meme, a joke. & before you say "How would you like it if your name had a negative connotation?" my name is Sin & I've heard every joke you can think of, & plenty of rude comments as well. But I'm mature enough to know it really doesn't matter & that these people don't seriously believe I'm a hellspawn. (Even if they did, I know they're wrong, so why does it matter?) Life is too short to whine over a meme that coincidentally shares your name.
Load More Replies... I've always wondered, do these idiots not have people around them (friends, family, lovers) who could point out to them how much of a f**king moron they're being? Or does everyone just ignore when someone they know is being an idiot these days? When I was a kid, a mistake like this, you'd still be getting mocked about it years later, made you really pay attention to what the heck you were doing and saying so you didn't screw up again and look like an absolute moron, avoiding giving people ammunition to joke about you. Does that not happen anymore?
Karis no worries this is just "families" being families. Thanksgiving which should be about giving and thanking (see what I did there) for many many people is a time to basically get drunk, deal with someone who is drunk, creepy, entitled, late, introverted, in the closet wanting to come out at dinner so on and the strive for someone or more to make the best possible meal TOGETHER as a family. Then relaxing until Christmas. These things will happen....often.
Load More Replies... my faves were satan's asshole degrees and monty python. especially monty.
Where did she bake that? You're supposed to put the pie in the OVEN, not the fires of HELL
"fire alarm isn't a timer" Yeah, I say "It's a smoke detector, not a kitchen timer".... Way too often. I live in an apartment complex
This has cracked me up all weekend. Just HOW does she think this is the company's fault?? And I am now officially blaming Marie Callender's for every decision and action that I make that goes wrong in my life.
It's the fire at the top of the oven that is used to broil meat/vegetables (very similar to grilling) If food is left unattended, it can burn very quickly because the heat is intense.
Load More Replies... Actual non-obvious reason this might have happened: bottom element in the oven isn't working. Most electric ovens have two elements, one on the "ceiling" of the oven and one on the "floor." If one of them stops working, the other one tries its hardest to bring the whole oven up to temperature all by itself...and it usually does not succeed. If your food keeps coming out overdone on top and underdone on the bottom (or the other way around), turn it on and (carefully!) check each element to see if they're both warming up. If not, a new element costs about twenty bucks, and installation is usually simple enough for the average person to do.
I never understood why muricans are allergic to normal units, how they can cook with "spoon", "cup" and other similar units especially if you make sweets making a cake is like chemistry the amounts timing and temperatures are not suggestions you have to follow it exactly if you want your masterpiece to come out as you expected, any small deviation will ruin your final product.
Do you realize that 1 cup IS a precise measurement and has as much chance of being off as using liters? Even using weight can put you off very slightly. You realize there’s millions of Americans who bake with these units all the time and aren’t constantly ruining their final products, right? Also you realize that has LITERALLY NOTHING TO DO with someone burning a premade pie??
Load More Replies... Company was founded by "Don Callender". Not a calendar, as in displaying months, weeks, and days.
Load More Replies... "Conservative" and "whoever I dislike for some reason" are not synonyms.
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