In the trash

We all like to post and share pictures of food that we have cooked and are proud of. What is your biggest disappointment in the kitchen that you ended up throwing in the trash.(that your willing to share)

Mine would have to be a Mole I tried making over 20 years ago. I don`t remember why I decided to make it because I have never eaten any, but I did. This was before Youtube or other food network shows that would have been helpful. It was not good and I tossed it in the trash before my wife got home. So unless you grew up eating Mole made by your mother or grandmother who taught you their family recipe............... Order it at an "Authentic Mexican Food" restaurant.

I grin and bare it. Keep it to myself.

Javelina

Several years ago I killed a jackrabbit out near Woodson, TX and treated it the same way I did cottontails. Slow cooker, celery, onions, potatoes, etc. It didn't turn out very well. Maybe they're okay with a decent recipe but I haven't felt like trying since... I couldn't finish it.


Another time, more recently, I spent like six hours boiling up a chicken stock out of scraps I had in my fridge. Put my strainer in the sink and proceeded to dump the stock in the strainer. Completely forgot to put the pot under the strainer to catch the stock, and all my hard work went down the sink, leaving me with a strainer of mushy vegetable scraps and chicken bones . There needs to be a name for the shameful call someone makes to the local pizza joint someone makes after ruining dinner.

I’ve never thrown anything in the trash and just choke it down.

Worst one I think was some red wine reduction chicken thighs over cauliflower rice. It was a recipe I found online and decided to try it. Was extremely bland and just not my style of cooking. I like to use a ton of spices when cooking I’d use my entire spice rack if it would taste good.

I decided to stick to the recipe strict and it was just bad. My wife and mother in law liked it, of course i don’t know if they were just saying that or not but I was not happy with it at all.

I tried a corn chowder once. It was so bad I attempted to make it into a fancy corn bread. Total fail!!!

Baked coon (too greasy).

Jackrabbit (grilled - tuff & nasty).

Large hammerhead shark (nasty).

Big male javalina (bbq’d- first one, didn’t know what I was doing/cleaned & cared for wrong. Learned later in life and I like them now).

Fried coon isn't any better.

I stated out trapping and skinning coins. No greasier animal in the wild. Even a Fall blueberry bear is way better!!!

Spent all day long smoking deer chili and had to through it away. Got teaspoon and tablespoon mixed up and the damn stuff was too salty. MIL said to put potatoes in and cook some more no workee.

Pitcher of coin please.

Haha. Stupid auto correct. Raccoon!!

No good way to eat a coon

I made 10 lbs of snack sticks, overcooked them and didn’t season them very well (spices were old). Imag8ne a Vienna sausage you left on your dash for a week. Choked down about half before tossing the rest.

Lol that sounds bad!!

They really were, and there wasn’t anything you could do to help them! I’ll take my lashes now.

Under cooking rice in casseroles, straight to the trash.

A fat one on the pit cooked slow, remove all the fat you can.

I tried making pork ribs in the oven one time before I got a smoker. Used too much liquid smoke, and they were inedible. GF now wife, went and got Whataburger that night.

The hog I cured and smoked for Thanksgiving. I got up a 2:00 am to start smoking and couldn't wait till it was done. I knew it was going to be the best smoked ham I've ever made. NOPE.

Should have soaked in water before drying and smoking b/c it was way too salty. I didn't trash it b/c I figured I could use in red/white/or pinto beans in leu of salt.

Have to watch that Liquid Smoke. That stuff is strong!!! I switched to the apple for most of my stuff, and only use about half of what they say. I will add more worchestershire if needed.

Yep...

Man, javelina done correctly (especially females) are delicious. LOL.

I can say I’ve never had a wild duck that tasted good. Maybe I need to try some better recipes... every time I try and cook some it’s terrible.

Never had duck or goose that I enjoyed, except as jerky!!

Crow.

Cooked it 3 different levels of done. Med/rare had the best flavor but weird texture, medium-medium well had an off putting flavor but texture was right, done was worse than a homeless mans shoe. Finally figured it out with a different marinade and cooked medium

My wife was cooking one day and making chocolate ice cream for desert. She added 2 cups of salt instead of 2 table spoons. It was awful

(this was 25 years ago) I sprayed the oven to clean it but ended up getting high and forgot to wipe it out / finish cleaning it, next day I made up a chicken and rice casserole, tossed it in the oven and turned it to 350. About 5 minutes later, smoke alarm was going off and the nastiest smelling smoke I have ever smelled was boiling out of the oven. Tossed the casserole.

I have cooked javalina several times and ways and it was good and put it in our regular sausage with no complaints. One time we made javalina jerky using a jerky gun. We ate 1/2 or it maybe the rest freezer burned and got fed to the dog.

Smoked a rack of ribs off a feral hog. Roommate had a bottle of oregano he thought would be a nice addition to it... he was wrong.

Not long ago made a peach cobler in the dutch oven after not using one for years. Put way too much heat on the bottom and it was BURNED!

Did not throw it in the trash because it was still edible, I have to go with my scrambled egg stuffed Jalapenos.

Ah I had a tainted dish after cleaning the oven as well.

It finally hit me............ You don`t throw nothing away.