Write about your most epic baking or cooking fail. Like anyone who cooks I have made lots of things that didn't turn out like I thought they would. Fails aren't disasters there just learning tools. My exploding potatoes both really pissed me off and … Read on blog or Reader How I Cook — by Graham Stewart Read on blog or Reader EXPLODING POTATOES By Graham Stewart on September 16, 2024 Write about your most epic baking or cooking fail. Like anyone who cooks I have made lots of things that didn't turn out like I thought they would. Fails aren't disasters there just learning tools. My exploding potatoes both really pissed me off and made me laugh, the mess wasn't nice. I had always been told you poke the potatoes with a fork or knife before you put them in the oven. I was getting the potatoes ready one afternoon years ago. The phone rang and I went to the livingroom to answer it ( long before cellphones). The call took about a half hour so when I got back to the potatoes I didn't have the normal time to cook them. I increased the oven temperature from where I had it and stuck the potatoes in the oven. As I was watching tv I heard a bang in the kitchen, I thought something must of fallen on the floor. Nothing was out of place and I heard another bang, it was from the oven. Just as my hand touched the handle there was a third bang. When I opened the oven there was potato everywhere, kind of looked like the oven had been in a snow storm. It was one of the hardest things I have ever had to clean up. Needless to say I have never forgotten to poke the potatoes since. Just because things don't work doesn't mean you stop trying or making it again. Comment Like You can also reply to this email to leave a comment.

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