gen on March 10th, 2010

blueberry-mango-scones

My heart broke after tasting these scones.  I really love the blueberry scones from Starbucks, and I thought I was on track when I pulled them out of the oven.  They LOOKED like scones.  They SMELLED like scones.  But they tasted like like flavorless biscuits.

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gen on March 1st, 2010

ham-fail

Every year my dad cooks a ham for Thanksgiving and Christmas.  Year after year, it’s always the same: baked ham.  When I was able to score a bone-in ham for less than $6, I was amped to try cooking the ham a different way.

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gen on February 20th, 2010

roasted-turkey-wings

Usually my experiences with box-top recipes have been very successful.  So I thought if I substituted turkey wings for this savory roasted chicken recipe, it would be yummy.  Sadly, this wasn’t the case.

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gen on February 10th, 2010

blueberry-pancake-fail

Now I haven’t done this before, but I think it might be important to share my cooking failures as well as successes.  Hopefully this will help someone avoid these tragedies.

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