I ask because I attempted a recipe for vegan "meatballs" today. The base was uncooked red lentils, which raised an eyebrow. Shocker, they tasted like raw red lentils (spices and sauce notwithstanding). The recipe also called for baking soda, so they exploded a little in the tomato sauce due to the acidity. 2/10 looking for a different recipe.

I wouldn't say it's my worst, though. One time I tried to hard boil an egg in the microwave. With the shell still on.

What's a culinary project that didn't go your way?

  • half_giraffe [comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    Oh my God making homemade pizza for the first time. Had a pizza stone and a peel and everything prepped, but somehow everything was sticking together so getting the pizza on and off the stone was a nightmare and turned the nice circles into wild shapes. In the end the dough burned to the stone but wasn't even cooked all the way through so it was completely ruined. Ended up eating cold pepperoni and shredded mozarella from the bag so like 4/10.

    • BodyBySisyphus [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Oof, working with high hydration dough can be a challenge. Did the second time end up going better?

      • half_giraffe [comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        We haven't tried again since then lol, my partner was so negatively impacted from the experience that I'm going to try again without them.