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Cooking for none

By Mia - 26/01/2019 02:00

Today, I wanted to bake some chocolate chip cookies. As the first load was done, I tasted a cookie and it tasted too salty. Thinking it was because of the pinch of salt, I added more sugar to the batter, only to realize that the sugar I've put into the whole batter was actually salt. FML

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By Anonymous - 29/12/2023 02:00 - United States - Kansas City

Today, I made Salt Water Taffy for the first time, misread the recipe, and put 1.5 cups of salt instead of the 1.5 teaspoons it called for. Needless to say it's inedible and I had to throw it away. FML

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Caked out

By Anonymous - 10/03/2023 18:00 - Canada

Today, I meant to surprise my boyfriend by baking him a cake. When I took it out of the oven, I realized I had accidentally used salt instead of sugar. He tried to eat it anyway, and ended up spitting chunks of it out all over me. FML

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Now we're cooking

By Anonymous - 05/05/2023 15:00 - Canada

Today, I made homemade pasta from scratch. I spent hours kneading the dough, rolling it out, and cutting it into perfect strips. When I went to cook it, I realized that I forgot to add salt to the dough. The pasta tasted like damp cardboard. FML

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Kitchen Nightmares

By Anonymous - 20/06/2022 00:00 - Germany - Moormerland

Today, I made huge pot of curry, adhering almost exactly to my proven and delicious recipe. It tasted completely bland, even with all the spices. I kept adding salt, until it tasted bland and oversalted at the same time. I think either the salt is broken or my taste buds are. FML

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By NaCl - 24/05/2014 21:20 - United States - Duluth

Today, my mother-in-law came over for dinner. She decided to salt the food I was preparing without even tasting it first, then complained at dinner that I'd used too much salt. She then lectured me on the proper seasoning of food for the rest of the evening. FML

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Just eat it

By salt bomb - 02/03/2023 07:00 - United States

Today, I spent all day carefully preparing a wonderful homemade beef and vegetable stew from scratch. Close to dinner time, I tasted it and it was inedibly salty. Confused, my horrifically bratty stepdaughter then laughed and admitted she poured salt in it because it wasn’t what she wanted for dinner. FML

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By welcometomylife - 23/05/2017 12:00 - Germany - Hanover

Today, after a shitty day, I went to the kitchen to make myself something to eat. When I grabbed the salt container, the bottom lid came off and the salt went everywhere. FML

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Throwing a dinner

By Cathy - 01/12/2024 09:00 - United States - Burlington

Today, I hosted a family dinner. I made a roast, potatoes, green beans, and homemade bread. Everything went smoothly until I realized halfway through I'd used powdered sugar instead of flour. No one noticed at first, then my aunt asked in horror, “Why's it taste like cake?” The rest of the meal was eyed suspiciously and I almost fainted from the stress. FML

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By steven - 24/01/2013 05:16 - United States - Orinda

Today, I took an IQ test and ended up scoring above average. Feeling good about myself, I decided to bake some cookies. After 30 minutes of them not doing anything in the oven, I realized I forgot to turn the oven on. FML

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By j0j0 - 15/01/2009 16:00 - France

Today, wanting to change from the usual pizza/coca cola menu, I decide to cook. After spending 1h30 making a "beef chili with ancho, mole, and cumin" I sprinkle a bit of salt on top of it. The top came off the salt. I think it's back to pizzas for me. FML

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wmayrhofer 18

Saturday 26 January 2019 3:19

Sugar and salt don't actually cancel each other out, you know...

avanillachai 3

Saturday 26 January 2019 10:25

I'm just bothered that you did a "load" of cookies and added sugar to cookie "batter." In what world is it not a batch of cookies and cookie dough?

Comments

RichardPencil 30

Saturday 26 January 2019 2:13

On the plus side, you won’t get diabetes! (High blood pressure is another story.)

Gofuckyourself 24

Saturday 26 January 2019 2:19

Hahaha the amount of times I've mixed the two up is too high 😂. Now, I have everything labelled lol.

wmayrhofer 18

Saturday 26 January 2019 3:19

Sugar and salt don't actually cancel each other out, you know...

BurnInDemonFire 34

Saturday 26 January 2019 4:54

Especially if you keep mistaking one for the other.

PenguinPal3017 19

Saturday 26 January 2019 5:25

Now that's what I call a salty situation!

avanillachai 3

Saturday 26 January 2019 10:25

I'm just bothered that you did a "load" of cookies and added sugar to cookie "batter." In what world is it not a batch of cookies and cookie dough?

darkshadus 10

Saturday 26 January 2019 14:45

How do people confuse the two? they come in different types of containers and they have Salt and Sugar written on the container smh

Dexter_1995 1

Saturday 26 January 2019 15:53

Agreed. And they have a completely different texture

dedanjel 33

Sunday 27 January 2019 3:50

Some people put them in containers after they open the package, so that explains the possible lack of labeling. Not registering the different textures, I got nothing for

demix_fml 32

Sunday 27 January 2019 13:08

I have no clue how people mix these up.

darkshadus 10

Saturday 26 January 2019 16:01

How do people confuse the two? they come in different types of containers and they have Salt and Sugar written on the container smh

azerty_fml 15

Sunday 27 January 2019 8:16

These cookies must have been really really salty. How messed up are your tastebuds that you believe a bit of added sugar will cancel out that much saltness?

PenguinPal3017 19

Sunday 27 January 2019 20:49

Years ago when my spicy tolerance was much lower, had a can of spicy chili with lots of ketchup. It was a bit too spicy for me, so next time I added even more ketchup. Somehow it was even spicier. I looked at the ketchup bottle and it was spicy ketchup.