Cooking flops... good ideas gone bad!

[melidasaur]

I have had numerous cooking experiences that occured with good intentions but with disasterous results. I will share four of my most famous flops:

1. I tried to make roasted garlic because i really like it. I roasted about 10 heads and you could smell it from blocks away. The odor of garlic was so strong in the house that it burned your eyes. We had to stay away from the house for a few hours to let it air out. The roasted garlic didn't end up tasting very good either.

2. I tried to make balsamic vinegrette dressing for a salad. I could have done a simple vinegar, oil mixture... nothing fancy - I've done that numerous times. However, this time, something possessed me to add some herbs. The combination I choose was absolutely awful and ended up looking like a bunch of twigs floating around in black liquid.

3. With the aforementioned roasted garlic, I decided to make garlic mashed potatoes. Instead of the amount recommended by the recipe, I added about an entire head of garlic. I put the potatoes in the refridgerator to heat up later and the ended up tasting like 100% mashed garlic. Worst mashed potatoes ever.

4. TODAY, I decided that I wanted coffee ice cream, so I put about a tablespoon of instant coffee granuales on my chocolate and vanilla ice cream. NOT A GOOD IDEA! The coffee granuales were way too strong and ended up over powering the ice cream. Not at all a subtle flavor. And it was bitter. I may try this concoction again, just not as much coffee. It was really gross.

Please share your cooking flops!