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The Great American Cooking Disaster

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Monday, 7 January 2013

The Great American Cooking Disaster


It was bound to happen. At least one cooking disaster in a challenge to cook ten new dishes in ten weeks. Who would have thought it would be something as simple as an Apple Cobbler that would bring me to my knees. Well, it might have worked if I had followed the recipe, but I decided to free style and the result was a perfect looking top with a bottom of slop and raw apples. My sister took a bite and unceremoniously spat it back in the bowl - she could have pretended it had some merit to save my feelings but no, she did not. What a twat - her, not me. Well maybe me too.




Do you have an Apple Cobbler recipe worth sharing? You can link it up here:


So next week I have to cook Clam Chowder and I have to confess I have no idea what a clam is! Is clam crab? I'm also totally squimish when it comes to seafood and honestly I don't really want to eat it. But this was never about me, it was always about Pitman's stomach. Good Lord I'm a good wife!

Do you want to make Clam Chowder with me? You can come back next Sunday and share your creation. If you don't have a blog to link up but you want to participate, you can join Cookin' the Books on Facebook and share your photos there or you can post your photos to Twinkle in the Eye on Facebook. Alternatively, you can share your photos on Twitter and use the hash tag #americancook and tag me @twinkleite.

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posted by Bree @ Twinkle in the Eye @ 22:34   16 Comments

16 Comments:

At Tuesday, 08 January, 2013 , Blogger Redcliffe Style said...

The dish looks amazing from the top :) You can do the Clam chowder yourself. I'm a vego. But i'll try to join in the week after :) Rachel xx

 
At Tuesday, 08 January, 2013 , Blogger Seana Smith said...

Ah Bree, I always use a recipe. This challenge looks fab... but I must be a spectator for the moment! Better luck with the clam choder, god I love that dish. Take it easy.

 
At Tuesday, 08 January, 2013 , Blogger Lauren Hender said...

Oh sisters, have to put up with them ;-) lol

 
At Tuesday, 08 January, 2013 , Anonymous Rhian @melbs said...

I ain't casting any stones my cooking rubbish with a capital R. Have cooked apple crumble before and it exploded everywhere I STILL don't know why!

 
At Tuesday, 08 January, 2013 , Blogger Me said...

I love apple desserts - will try to remember to find my recipe and post it for you tonight.
It looks great - pity it didn't taste as good as it looks !!!!
Have a great day !
Me
#IBOT visitor

 
At Tuesday, 08 January, 2013 , Blogger Bree @ Twinkle in the Eye said...

The worst!

 
At Tuesday, 08 January, 2013 , Blogger Bree @ Twinkle in the Eye said...

I did have a case of exploding pumpkin soup once, we had to get a ladder to clean it off the ceiling!

 
At Tuesday, 08 January, 2013 , Blogger Bree @ Twinkle in the Eye said...

Yes I have realised that!

 
At Tuesday, 08 January, 2013 , Blogger Bree @ Twinkle in the Eye said...

Sounds good Rachel :-)

 
At Tuesday, 08 January, 2013 , Blogger Bree @ Twinkle in the Eye said...

Pity indeed!

 
At Tuesday, 08 January, 2013 , Blogger Rebecca Westphal said...

I'm fairly certain you only mucked up this one to make the rest of us mere cooking mortals feel a bit better about ourselves! I'm a shocker if I cook something that looks good but tastes like rubbish - I keep coming back and trying it again thinking, "But it looks so amazing, surely it can't taste that bad...". But it does. It really does. Looking forward to seeing your clam chowder.

 
At Tuesday, 08 January, 2013 , Anonymous Lisa@RandomActsOfZen said...

I've seen beauties like this come out of my kitchen way too often! Looking forward to your clam chowder.

 
At Tuesday, 08 January, 2013 , OpenID havealaughonme said...

I agree with Rebecca, I bet it wasn't that bad, in fact if I had made that my family probably would have nearly died of shock (that I actually, a. baked something and b. did it without a recipe).
You can always count on family to be honest :)

 
At Tuesday, 08 January, 2013 , Blogger Joyce Lansky said...

But did it taste good?

http://joycelansky.blogspot.com

 
At Tuesday, 08 January, 2013 , Blogger Kylie Purtell said...

The top really does look spectacular but I can see why your sister spat it out, I probably would have too I'm sorry! In my oven it would have had the opposite problem, overcooked on the bottom and not cooked at all on the top. Piece of shit that it is. Can't wait to one day have a new oven!

 
At Wednesday, 09 January, 2013 , Anonymous Kyla @ Three Quarters Full said...

Oh you are going to struggle with clams if you're not into seafood but at least they're visually prettier than muscles. What kind of chowder are you making? There are so many variations - I'd go for Hatteras style (yum) because New England style always makes me feel kind of queasy, clams in milk just look... ugh. If I can find some good clams in the week I'll cook along.

 

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