Cooking disasters as a child from "summary" of Tender at the Bone by Ruth Reichl
I was a disaster in the kitchen as a child. My attempts at cooking were nothing short of calamitous. I once tried to bake a cake for my mother's birthday, but somehow managed to confuse salt with sugar. The result was an inedible monstrosity that even the dog refused to touch. Another time, I attempted to make scrambled eggs for breakfast, but ended up burning them to a crisp. My poor family had to endure many such culinary catastrophes at my hands. Despite my best intentions, my lack of cooking skills often led to chaos in the kitchen. I once set fire to a pot of boiling water because I had forgotten to turn off the stove. The smoke alarm blared loudly, and I panicked, not knowing what to do. My mother rushed in to save the day, but not before the kitchen was filled with smoke and the pot was ruined. My disastrous cooking adventures were not limi...
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