Disappointment is............

[bonk man]

tipping some frozen chips in the tray, popping them in the oven waiting half an hour, getting them out nice and cooked and on biting one discovering you have cooked parsnips instead happened tonight, my daughter was horrified.... and the dog has started farting.

Worst previous disappointment was getting a tub of icecream out of the freezer and discovering it is some solid apple mush...

What is your disappointment?

 

[Dave5N]

Every thread ever posted after this one.

Haven't laughed so much in ages!!!!

 

[oxbob]

Many years ago, came home pished from the pub, felt peckish so put an assortment of nibbles on baking tray and slammed in the oven, came back 45 mins later stone cold! forgot to turn the gas on doh!!

 

[peanut]

putting roast spuds in the oven as a rare treat. Eating Sunday dinner then smelling burning realised I'd forgotten to serve up the roasties doh!

 

[BigonaBianchi]

that is bloody hilariuos mate!

...disappointment is spending hours mixing , thinking it all sounds so cool, and then a week later realising it was of course total crap and a 2 year old can mix it better!

 

[alecstilleyedye]

i've ordered a copy of mario kart wii and a spare wii wheel from two different online retailers. package arrives for me at work, guess which one…

 

[Keith Oates]

Putting the porridge on to cook and then going back to CC just for 5 mins. Only remembered when the smell of burning came from the kitchen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Dayvo]

Eating rice pudding in Sweden for the very first time.

Rice pudding (same as we have it) and what I thought was chocolate powder to sprinkle on it. Being a bit impartial to chocolate, I sprinkled, er, generously, to say the least.

My taste buds (and fellow guests) got a huge shock when they (the taste buds) discovered it was cinnamon, and a large mouthful of rice pudding was spat back into my bowl!

I HATE cinnamon!

 

[papercorn2000]

Parsnips = Carrots evil cousins.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

Eating rice pudding in Sweden for the very first time.

Rice pudding (same as we have it) and what I thought was chocolate powder to sprinkle on it. Being a bit impartial to chocolate, I sprinkled, er, generously, to say the least.

My taste buds (and fellow guests) got a huge shock when they (the taste buds) discovered it was cinnamon, and a large mouthful of rice pudding was spat back into my bowl!

I HATE cinnamon!

ah but one man's meat…

anyway, that reminds me of the time i was travelling in the netherlands on a train. i was starving and went and bought what was translated as a ham sandwich. turned out to be raw bacon. ate it anyway though

 

[Fnaar]

I found out the hard way what a Steak Tartare is, on a work trip to Luxembourg

 

[Landslide]

Am I the only person here who'd be absolutley delighted to get parsnips instead of oven chips?

 

[Dayvo]

I found out the hard way what a chicken vindaloo was, as a 14-year-old after playing cricket with the 'big boys'!

 

[Dayvo]

Am I the only person here who'd be absolutley delighted to get parsnips instead of oven chips?

No!

I was having lunch with my brother yesterday; he had the full works (roast dinner), me, having a sore throat, all I wanted was a large plate of parsnips, but the lady wouldn't let me have them!

So I settled for carrott and coriander soup instead.

I love parsnips!

 

[Hover Fly]

Am I the only person here who'd be absolutley delighted to get parsnips instead of oven chips?

No! Parsnips and Brussel Sprouts are the king and queen of vegetables.