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Hope You Were Better at it Than I Was!

From the lens Potholder Soup - Adventures of a New Cook.

  • AdrianaCopaceanu Mar 9, 2012 @ 10:38 am | delete
    LOL, you made my day. I have a few of these stories myself ;)
  • vallain Feb 20, 2012 @ 6:58 pm | delete
    What a fun collection of memories and so nicely showcased. I had my shares of cooking disasters (don't put frozen shrimp into hot oil unless you want to set the kitchen on fire).
    Blessed.
  • WildFacesGallery Jan 29, 2012 @ 1:28 pm | delete
    Thanks for sharing your disasters. Not much of a cook myself beyond meat and potatoes. Your shepherds pie sounds like something I need to try.
  • Koupie Jan 19, 2012 @ 1:02 pm | delete
    I do NOT like to cook :) Let me clean and you do the cooking any day. Luckily I have a husband who likes to cook and he is really good. Excellent lens! Angel Blessed
  • WhiteSockGirl Dec 8, 2011 @ 9:26 am | delete
    I cook because I have to,... I don't like it at all! But I am trying to experiment with different recipes!

    I will try your recipes,.. hopefully I will be a pretty good cook one day!
  • YayasHome Sep 22, 2011 @ 12:08 am | delete
    I'm trying to decide which of your recipes sounds most enticing. Since cooking is also not one of my favorite chores, I'm sure that if I emulate your style I could learn to love cooking. Now, I hafta' contemplate how my good hubby-buddy will react when I make him a big pot of 'Potholder Soup.' P'rhaps he will think I've added a new type of veggie to the soup, ya' think? :)
  • sorana Sep 9, 2011 @ 11:00 pm | delete
    Beautiful lens. I can see why this is your favourite. Great recipes. :)
  • orange3 Sep 7, 2011 @ 9:43 am | delete
    Great stories! I love to cook but my mother is a terrible cook! Some of your stories reminded me of her. Haha!
  • mommytalks Aug 25, 2011 @ 12:24 am | delete
    LOL - I think that broccoli story is hilarious! I will probably always think of that now when I cut some up! : )
  • Graceonline Aug 3, 2011 @ 5:41 pm | delete
    I could tell a few tales m'self. But I love to cook now. It's becoming a bit of a hobby.
  • LisaAuch Jul 3, 2011 @ 5:07 pm | delete
    I forgot to say, 3 years married last week and getting slightly better!
  • LisaAuch Jul 3, 2011 @ 5:05 pm | delete
    Well...I am so glad I popped on over, too funny
  • linhah Jun 5, 2011 @ 5:55 pm | delete
    Check out my Rainbow Cake disaster lens and you'll find out.
  • dellgirl May 30, 2011 @ 11:43 pm | delete
    This is just about the funniest thing I've ever read, you are too too funny. thanks for the laugh!

    Love this lens!
  • Margo_Arrowsmith May 25, 2011 @ 10:18 am | delete
    Yup, things can improve, just keep it up!
  • Beautiful-Bridal May 23, 2011 @ 2:21 pm | delete
    I love your potholder soup story! My own problem as a newlywed was forgetting to cook anything for dinner at all.
  • terrapin719 May 18, 2011 @ 11:07 am | delete
    I love your cooking stories ~ I'm a pretty awful cook myself so it's a good thing my husband can cook (and likes to cook) or we'd all go hungry LOL
  • JennySui May 18, 2011 @ 9:49 am | delete
    I love cooking. Nice lens!
  • Ramkitten May 6, 2011 @ 1:02 pm | delete
    I'm back to leave a blessing.
  • jvsper63 Apr 2, 2011 @ 3:34 am | delete
    I used to be a good cook:) well not anymore!! congrats on the purple star!!! Nice lens!!!
  • ajgodinho Apr 1, 2011 @ 6:06 pm | delete
    I enjoyed reading your cooking stories and recipes...you sure have come a long way. Nothing like a reassuring compliment from your dad on your cooking skills. **Blessed by a Squid-Angel**
  • Momsbusy247 Apr 1, 2011 @ 1:03 pm | delete
    Happy April Fools Day! A Special Angel Blessing from this Fool today.
  • Jolene_Belmain Mar 17, 2011 @ 12:36 pm | delete
    I can certainly relate to this lens lol. I remember my early days too as I am sure my family do too.
  • ChrisDay Mar 8, 2011 @ 11:00 pm | delete
    Great lens - well done with the Purple Star.
  • HSSchulte Feb 11, 2011 @ 10:00 am | delete
    That is a very funny story about the potholder soup!
  • awelldressedbullet Jan 3, 2011 @ 9:25 pm | delete
    How adorable, I just loved this lens! Thank you so much for sharing such wonderful stories. I do love to cook, and even have a few funnies like this too!
  • Jan 2, 2011 @ 5:03 pm | delete
    I remember these stories well!
  • Senora_M Dec 16, 2010 @ 11:28 am | delete
    :) LOL. Great lens! I do cook sometimes, but I'm much better at sewing! I have a few items that are easy and my world famous chocolate chip cookies--Crisco stick recipe with Mexican vanilla. It makes all the difference in the world!
  • poddys Dec 14, 2010 @ 2:36 pm | delete
    Well you definitely have some interesting recipes. I loved the broccoli story :) The Shepherds Pie sounds good, but nothing like the "real" Shepherds Pie" we make here in England. I love the way that dishes can be interpreted in different ways.
  • Jodi_k Dec 7, 2010 @ 9:36 am | delete
    I love to cook. Your story about the broccoli reminds me of a friend who didn't recognize a whole cucumber when she saw one at my house (she'd only seen them peeled and sliced in salads).
  • littlelu Dec 6, 2010 @ 7:01 am | delete
    Hello again Elf :) I just made it to level 47 to find I'm in good company. Thought you might like to know that you are tall in my eyes as I only clock in at 4 foot 10 (and 1/2, on a good day).
    Another great lens, I've certainly had my own challenges in the cooking area.
  • clouda9 Nov 30, 2010 @ 10:20 pm | delete
    Just discovered your page on the "Food and Cooking Side Ads"! Wonderfully charming read and here, here for getting dad's approval of your cooking. You just gotta add this and more of your food and cooking pages to my site FoodLoversWeb.com...I'd sure love to have ya join us!
  • Momsbusy247 Nov 28, 2010 @ 5:44 pm | delete
    I do like to cook and your potholder soup brought you many a memory and story to be told, so, it was the best soup ever.
  • mcochs Nov 22, 2010 @ 2:52 am | delete
    Awesome lens! Thanks for sharing the recipes!
  • sousababy Nov 20, 2010 @ 8:32 pm | delete
    Yeah, I love soup, especially during our cold Canadian winters. Too often, though, they are too salty. I can't knit and my sewing skills are mainly for buttons that came loose on my daughter's clothes. I loved how you told this story, very enjoyable.
  • Nightowl_John Nov 12, 2010 @ 3:18 pm | delete
    Yes, I like to cook, but my wife does most of it. My oldest daughter is in Culinary school! Thanks for a fun lens to read!
  • lemonsqueezy Nov 9, 2010 @ 9:48 pm | delete
    I love to cook. I applaud you for keeping up the effort. This was very fun to read.
  • hotbrain Nov 9, 2010 @ 7:35 pm | delete
    This was a great funny lens! I especially had to laugh at the broccoli story! If you'd had the internet back then it probably could have been avoided by googling broccoli :) Yes, I like to cook, but didn't always know how... It sure is a learning process...
  • rachsue Nov 9, 2010 @ 6:52 pm | delete
    I have to admit, that was one of the funniest lenses I have read. I am glad it all work out for you in the end..LOL. Thank you for sharing your stories and such a great lens!! I myself, think I am a good cook, but my family does not always agree!!
  • rwoman Nov 2, 2010 @ 12:47 pm | delete
    I do but my husband is the better cook so I usually let him do it.
  • DecoratingforEvents Oct 25, 2010 @ 6:23 pm | delete
    Coming back to *Bless this HILARIOUS lens!
  • BuckHawk Oct 25, 2010 @ 1:01 pm | delete
    Hahahaha, I'm laughing all the way to the stove! Your cooking escapes sound so much like mine. But, I'm still a lousy cook. I never grew up, I guess. Great job.
  • ArtByLinda Oct 22, 2010 @ 8:04 pm | delete
    Your Potholder soup story is so funny, I can just imagine that you might get a little ribbing from your hubby over the years over this. I can really relate. When I was first married I soon learned that I knew nothing about cooking at all! LOL
  • Jimmie Sep 29, 2010 @ 9:05 pm | delete
    Your stories are wonderful. It's almost hard to believe all the mistakes you made! :-)
    My mom was (is) a great cook, and she taught me. But all great cooks have disasters at times. We joke about the TIMBER cake because the layers kept sliding off -- TIMBER... there she falls!
  • glockr Sep 20, 2010 @ 9:41 am | delete
    Very nice lens. Reminds me of the first time I tried to cook for my wife.
  • DecoratingforEvents Sep 18, 2010 @ 7:27 pm | delete
    I am sitting in my screened porch with my laptop reading this lens. The Florida night are is great and I like to see the dogs as the owners are walking them. As I was reading, I let out a howl of laughter (scaring the owner and the dog started yipping). They were looking all around to see where it was coming from!

    I laughed so hard through this whole lens. Thanks for sharing and being able to laugh at yourself! <3
  • mukunda22 Sep 17, 2010 @ 1:40 am | delete
    Congratulations on LOTD on this lens! Well done!!
  • GrowWear Aug 19, 2010 @ 7:46 am | delete
    Dropping in to thank you for the lensroll and to lensroll you back. ...Have to give you a lot of credit with your Chris' birthday cakes and all of the trials at learning to cook; you have certainly been determined! Congratulations on dad's kudos and for the winning recipe. :)
  • Wednesday_Elf Aug 19, 2010 @ 7:55 am | delete
    Thanks, Mimi. Cooking has never been a favorite chore of mine, and still isn't, although I DID finally learn to cook edible meals :o). At least no one 'starved'.
  • triathlontraining Jul 7, 2010 @ 8:51 pm | delete
    Very tasty!
  • lamabeans Jun 30, 2010 @ 4:39 am | delete
    Very Entertaining. You're son sounds very much like my own.
  • wvclaylady Jun 29, 2010 @ 12:20 am | delete
    I loved your stories! They remind me of once when I was younger, I wanted to make chicken livers and onions. When I grew up, we always boiled chicken before frying it, so I figured it was the same with chicken livers. So, I put them in boiling water, and left them to cook. When I came back a little while later to give them a stir, I found I had successfully made a pot of chicken liver SOUP! LOL They had completely fallen apart, and it was just a gray, watery mess. Well, I later learned that I should have just floured them and fried them. They were much better the second time around! LOL
  • Wednesday_Elf Jun 29, 2010 @ 8:18 am | delete
    What a funny story! Nice to know I'm not the only one who had cooking 'disasters'! :) Thanks for sharing!
  • prosperity66 Jun 25, 2010 @ 2:54 am | delete
    Back after a while just to tell you how happy I am for this page having got Lens of the Day, brought sales and simply because your first soup looked a lot like my first one...
  • vanidiana Jun 23, 2010 @ 3:13 am | delete
    Nice story...! I couldn't cook anything but instant noodles back in college, too, and now I can be proud whenever hubby tells me that I have cooked him a delicious food!
  • Chris Jun 22, 2010 @ 7:29 pm | delete
    Well that was an entertaining lens. So Shepards Pie is it? All these years I have referred to it as cream corn casserole. Not a fan of cream corn. And yes you did become a good cook. No complaints here. Although I am a bit older than two now, I still like to lick the beaters. Chocolate Chip cookie dough is still my fav.
  • skiesgreen Jun 22, 2010 @ 12:01 am | delete
    Back to congratulate you on LOTD and to feature this lens on Lenses That Shine.
  • lasertek Jun 21, 2010 @ 10:06 pm | delete
    Wonderful lens! I will share this lens to my sister who'll become a wife soon. She will definitely learn much.
  • Airinka Jun 21, 2010 @ 10:12 am | delete
    5 stars!
  • Lakota429 Jun 21, 2010 @ 7:30 am | delete
    Congratulations on LOTD!!! Very nice lens with great ideas!!! 5 stars! Annie~
  • Kiosks4business Jun 21, 2010 @ 3:59 am | delete
    Thank Goodness cooking is something we get better at with practice!!

    I love your funny cooking stories - Brilliant lens!

    http://www.squidoo.com/Kiosks
  • lou16 Jun 20, 2010 @ 11:46 pm | delete
    This lens has brought a smile to my face today - thank you for sharing all of your funny cooking adventures - the broccoli story was great and the 2nd birthday cake was nearly as good as my brother's engagement cake where his (soon to be) mother in law spelt his name wrong!
  • hayleylou Jun 20, 2010 @ 9:34 pm | delete
    Congrats on LOTD and thanks for making me laugh. The Stroganoff sanwich recipe sounds yummy so I am favouriting your lens so that I can return for it later. Thumbs up :)
  • kiwisoutback Jun 20, 2010 @ 8:09 pm | delete
    Congratulations on LOTD, nice work!
  • Anahid Jun 20, 2010 @ 3:15 pm | delete
    Hi I like your lens it is funny good for you at least you are trying to cook. All the best.Anna
  • RobininColorado Jun 20, 2010 @ 10:06 am | delete
    I love it! It took me only 20 years of marriage to become a good cook! Your learning curve was way better! Great lens! I am looking forward to trying your recipes!
  • AngHoo Jun 20, 2010 @ 7:47 am | delete
    Kind of... Congrats on LOTD... I enjoy it... Nice meeting you... Cheers, Ang
  • Mart903 Jun 20, 2010 @ 4:40 am | delete
    Very useful and great looking lens. Congratulations! 5 stars
  • graysquidooer Jun 19, 2010 @ 4:15 pm | delete
    Great lens, how did you do all the fancy frames ?
    Where did you find the time to do such a impressive lens?
  • Bendthelimits Jun 19, 2010 @ 2:38 pm | delete
    I never use to like to cook, but for some reason this year i'm totally into it! I make as much as possible myslef from scratch. Love your lens.
  • kitty222 Jun 19, 2010 @ 1:48 pm | delete
    Gave you a fave and a thumbs up. :)
  • wickedwabbit Jun 19, 2010 @ 1:16 pm | delete
    Loved reading your lens, well done you! I am one of those people who keeps cornflakes in their oven so you've heartened me that there is hope.
  • SoyCandleLover-Maker Jun 19, 2010 @ 12:57 pm | delete
    Huge Congrats on the LotD!!! I'm so happy for you. Updating to lensroll to Fantasy Dinner and all my recipe lenses . Even though I have not really thought of myself as a cook, I surprisingly have quite a few now. You've shown us that it doesn't matter. We all learn something eventually. :D
  • Waxing-Lyrical Jun 19, 2010 @ 12:29 pm | delete
    Cooking is not one of my strong points, but I've been known to boil a mean egg ;)

    Really enjoyed reading your story and many congrats on LOTD! I don't cook much but I can leave a Squid Angel blessing :)
  • burgessvillian Jun 19, 2010 @ 12:19 pm | delete
    Very amusing lens. I'm sure everyone who cooks can remember a goof they did. I know of a few that I did myself. Congratulations on Lotd. Thumbs up.
  • markwilcox Jun 19, 2010 @ 10:58 am | delete
    Great lens, and very funny. My mother used to tell me similar stories of when she was learning to cook as a newlywed. Congrats on LOTD
  • mich1908 Jun 19, 2010 @ 10:33 am | delete
    I imagined I like to cook until I actually did it. Sadly I lacked the cooking instinct. I love to eat though! I enjoyed reading your humourous lense. Thanks.
  • Joan4 Jun 19, 2010 @ 10:20 am | delete
    Congratulations on LOTD!! Wonderful! Celebrate!
  • Matt-Osman Jun 19, 2010 @ 10:12 am | delete
    very good story.. congrats on LOTD!
  • KathyMcGraw Jun 19, 2010 @ 10:06 am | delete
    Congratulations....this was such a fun lens and I just love seeing it make LOTD :)
  • tssfacts Jun 19, 2010 @ 8:04 am | delete
    Congratulation on LOTD. What a delightful lens you had me laughing out loud as I had memories of learning how to cook. Mom taught me how to cook so when I left home I was a fair cook. But I always wanted to do my "own" version of the way that Mom did it.
  • Gloriousconfusion Jun 19, 2010 @ 4:16 am | delete
    That was good fun! When I got married, I had no idea how to cook, because we had a cook when I was a child in Africa, and I wasn't even allowed in the kitchen, in case I got in his way. My mother-in-law became my teacher, which was no bad thing, as I could then cook food for my husband "like momma used to make", but there were a lot of mistakes along the way to my becoming the fairly good cook I am today.
  • LKW31 Jun 19, 2010 @ 3:15 am | delete
    Congrats on becoming LOTD for this wonderfully funny account of becoming a good cook!
  • Airinka Jun 19, 2010 @ 12:44 am | delete
    very kind lens ;)!
  • sema Jun 18, 2010 @ 10:58 pm | delete
    Really enjoyed your journey to becoming a good cook! Congrats on LOTD.
  • kitty222 Jun 18, 2010 @ 9:31 pm | delete
    Those are some very funny stories! I'd share some of mine, including the time we tricked my dad who's a total pick into eating sweet potato casserole, but I think you got me topped. Congrats on LOTD.
  • 38Sasa Jun 18, 2010 @ 9:25 pm | delete
    Congratulations on LOTD! I really enjoy reading your lens.
  • marsha32 Jun 18, 2010 @ 9:14 pm | delete
    great lens and congrats on lens of the day!!
  • KimGiancaterino Jun 18, 2010 @ 8:37 pm | delete
    Your stories were delightful. I was smart and married a good cook! I'll gladly do the dishes any time. Congratulations on LOTD!
  • d-artist Jun 18, 2010 @ 7:49 pm | delete
    congratulations on LOTD! great lens, loved reading it, well done...my beginning cooking was like yours, now I'm a pretty good cook and actually get compliments, but I still don't like to cook...I want someone to cook for me, LOL!...a ~"Squid Angel Blessing"~
  • Wednesday_Elf Jun 18, 2010 @ 6:36 pm | delete
    I've been gone all day and had NO idea! Could NOT believe all the emails saying Squidoo: You have New comments! and couldn't figure out why! So delighted this lens has been honored with LOTD. It was the one I had listed on my profile as "I want this lens to be LotD real bad". Thanks so much to all my visitors for their wonderful wishes and congrats. I fell overwhelmed with all this attention :).
  • callinsky Jun 18, 2010 @ 6:28 pm | delete
    Yippee, Pat! Congrats on LOTD! You couldn't be more deserving. (O;
  • K_Bellamy Jun 18, 2010 @ 5:24 pm | delete
    Great lens! I love to cook but have had my share of "surprises" in the kitchen!
  • KarenKay Jun 18, 2010 @ 4:21 pm | delete
    I am a horrible cook! And so glad to see this lens. It's nice to know I'm not the only one. Although it sounds like you got past it... I never did. My husband does most of the cooking. I just do not have the patience....

    Thanks for this great lens!
  • OhMe Jun 18, 2010 @ 3:45 pm | delete
    Congrats on LOTD with this well deserving lens.
  • WordCustard Jun 18, 2010 @ 3:44 pm | delete
    So glad to see that this one got LOTD -- Congratulations!
  • The_Idea_Gal Jun 18, 2010 @ 3:23 pm | delete
    What a great lens! Funny stuff. Congrats and thanks for sharing!
  • SynchronicityHouse Jun 18, 2010 @ 2:06 pm | delete
    Thanks, I've really enjoyed reading your lens and had a good laugh at the same time (we've all been there at some time haven't we. Lovely funny stories and beautifully laid out - "food" for thought for me! I like the border around each module - where did you find the design or is it your own?
  • genglo Jun 18, 2010 @ 1:55 pm | delete
    I loved this lens! Congrats on LotD!
  • ie2216 Jun 18, 2010 @ 1:39 pm | delete
    I think we all have had bad experiences in the kitchen. I remember when I was first learning to bake cakes (and was getting pretty good at it) when I tried my first batch of cupcakes. The cupcakes came out great, but I wanted to use my mother's recipe for chocolate frosting on them. So I put all of the ingredients into a sauce pan, and heated it up on low heat, stirring frequently. When the frosting was done, I started to scoop some up and it was a rock. I used a rubber spatula to stir the frosting while heating, and you guessed it, the rubber spatula melted into the frosting. To this day, I have never used another rubber spatula! Congrats on LOTD!
  • WindyWinters Jun 18, 2010 @ 1:33 pm | delete
    Wow! LOTD! Congratulations!
  • 1dental Jun 18, 2010 @ 1:28 pm | delete
    Love your lens! Funny and helpful, a great combo ^__^
  • theraggededge Jun 18, 2010 @ 1:08 pm | delete
    Congrats on LotD. I'd bless you but have done so already! Great lens... I love your anecdotes.
  • mbgphoto Jun 18, 2010 @ 12:52 pm | delete
    Congratulations on LOTD. I loved your stories....my husband has many similar stories of my first attempts to cook...including the toll call charges because I learned to cook over the phone with my Mom:)
  • rlmodranski Jun 18, 2010 @ 12:51 pm | delete
    Thanks so much for sharing - what a nice break for me in the middle of my workday!!! I'm not a good cook at all. I've given it up since my children all moved out. Despite my ineptness, I don't have any stories as nearly as good as yours!!! congrats on LOTD. Have to e-mail this to my sister who IS a wonderful cook!
  • judy greer Jun 18, 2010 @ 1:07 pm | delete
    I count my self a pretty good cook right now, but sounds so much like me at 18 and trying to put a meal on the table, and baking pies then was a com plete disaster. Got pretty good over the years but I sure would hope that I have learned a little since I am now 69
  • NanLT Jun 18, 2010 @ 12:01 pm | delete
    I tell people that if they've never had a disaster in the kitchen, they haven't been cooking long enough. Love your stories. Don't know if I'd be brave enough to share some of my own. :-)
  • stacy_mcdaniel Jun 18, 2010 @ 12:01 pm | delete
    I can remember trying to make homemade biscuits and gravy for the first time. I used all-purpose flour instead of self-rising. My husband and I ate as much as we could. But, it was really yucky. Congrats on LOTD! Fun Lens!
  • Sylvestermouse Jun 18, 2010 @ 11:58 am | delete
    Congratulations on Lens of the Day! It certainly made my day when I first read it :)
  • kajohu Jun 18, 2010 @ 11:56 am | delete
    I don't particularly like to cook, but I really enjoyed reading your lens. My favorite story is the hot dogs wrapped with cheese, with bacon tied around them :) Congratulations on LOTD!
  • ItsAngel Jun 18, 2010 @ 11:48 am | delete
    Congrats on LOTD. I laughed all the way through the lens. It was great!
  • enslavedbyfaeries Jun 18, 2010 @ 10:58 am | delete
    Congrats on LOTD! This lens has always been one of my favorites. :D
  • SquidooKimberly Jun 18, 2010 @ 10:55 am | delete
    Congrats on LOTD! I really did enjoy your stories, especially as someone who loves that "silage stuff!"
  • WindyWinters Jun 16, 2010 @ 1:59 pm | delete
    No, I don't enjoy cooking! You story is too funny and I can really relate to it. Have a wonderful summer!
  • Sylvestermouse May 22, 2010 @ 2:03 pm | delete
    This is absolutely hilarious! I am not sure which is my favorite story. I used to love to cook when I had plenty of people to serve. Now that it is just me and my lifelong sweetheart most of the time, simplicity is the name of the cooking game for me, like a can of soup. I guess we have just turned into old poos :) I still cook up a storm for birthdays and holidays though.
  • skiesgreen May 17, 2010 @ 4:31 pm | delete
    Great lens. Thanks for the laughs. Blessed and featured on Sprinkled with Stardust
  • Wednesday_Elf May 18, 2010 @ 8:56 am | delete
    Thank you for the wonderful Angel Blessing. Happy to hear you were amused by my cooking disaster stories!
  • mulberry May 16, 2010 @ 7:58 pm | delete
    I wasn't much of a cook either, and there are jokes about it in my family. But now I do pretty well and my husband loves my cooking.
  • dustytoes May 13, 2010 @ 5:07 am | delete
    I love the broccoli story! Too funny..... It's so funny when we try to learn to cook...I once cooked the Thanksgiving turkey upside down. We were wondering where all the good meat was.
  • Tipi May 2, 2010 @ 3:12 pm | delete
    Yummy! Love this lens...now to go find something to eat... 5*
  • WordCustard Apr 25, 2010 @ 9:15 am | delete
    Came back to toss my ~*~* Angel Blessing *~*~ into the soup with the others on this much-loved lens. :)
  • Wednesday_Elf Apr 25, 2010 @ 10:17 am | delete
    This Squid Angel blessing is very special coming from my little "Pear" friend! Thanks so much!
  • LKW31 Apr 25, 2010 @ 7:10 am | delete
    I love love the stories, so funny and engaging! Stroganoff sandwiches is a genius idea, I will have to give it a go!
  • SoyCandleLover-Maker Apr 23, 2010 @ 9:47 am | delete
    Congrats on your Purple Star! Well deserved and fabulous story/recipe. Wish I could rate it so here's my 10 stars. ********** :D
  • BigGirlBlue Apr 22, 2010 @ 1:21 pm | delete
    Greetings! You have a lovely lens and it has been blessed.
  • Wednesday_Elf Apr 22, 2010 @ 3:53 pm | delete
    Thanks so much for my 'blessing'. I'm proud of this lens and delighted to have it honored by a visiting 'angel'.
  • Treasures-By-Brenda Apr 21, 2010 @ 2:42 pm | delete
    Like, well that's not the word I would pick for the normal everyday cooking job. For that is what it is, a job. However, occasionally I do enjoy preparing something special so I guess then I like to cook.

    Your lens did remind me of my lemon meringue soup legend...
  • enigma0430 Apr 20, 2010 @ 10:01 am | delete
    Reminds me of the time, as a teen, I was cooking dinner for my family of 4, called my mother at work and asked "should I cook the whole (3 pound) box of spaghetti?" Mom said "yes" and we all regretted it for the rest of the week as we valiantly tried to eat through all that spaghetti.
  • j_barnhart4 Apr 19, 2010 @ 3:01 pm | delete
    Hands down, this is one of my new favorite lenses on Squidoo! Fantastic! Blessed :)
  • Jewelsofawe Apr 19, 2010 @ 12:12 pm | delete
    Blessed this lens!
  • theraggededge Apr 17, 2010 @ 5:05 pm | delete
    Great anecdotes - more please! Have frosted your purple star with an Angel blessing :-)
  • Wednesday_Elf Apr 18, 2010 @ 9:12 am | delete
    Awww, thanks 'theraggededge'. The angel blessing 'frosting' looks wonderful on my purple star. I'm so delighted with this honor!
  • WordCustard Apr 17, 2010 @ 7:27 am | delete
    Since you found my secret out... can I just say that the purple star on this lens looks wonderful! I have no doubt that once you make Giant many more will follow.
  • rms Apr 16, 2010 @ 4:29 pm | delete
    It's Purple Star Day here at Squidoo and a Giant Squid lensmaster has nominated this great lens for a Purple Star! Congratulations!
  • nightcats Apr 10, 2010 @ 8:48 pm | delete
    Yours lens is great. I love your stories. I suspect many of us have similar stories, if we were to be honest about it! LOL Yes, I like to cook also. I worked as a restaurant cook for eight years, long ago. After that, I didn't cook much for quite some time. I was tired of cooking. Now I enjoy it once again.
  • poutine Apr 10, 2010 @ 12:46 pm | delete
    Your learning "how to cook" made for quite a hilarious anecdote.
  • blue22d Apr 6, 2010 @ 9:00 pm | delete
    Congrats for a wonderful lens. I truly appreciate a person who can laugh at themselves, share their personal experiences truthfully. It has been a treat reading your lens. ***** well earned.
  • MomwithAHook Mar 12, 2010 @ 10:09 am | delete
    Love this witty lens. :)
  • HannahDavis Mar 7, 2010 @ 5:01 pm | delete
    I smiled all the way through this lens! It's nice to know I'm not the only one who's had some cooking disasters.
  • sukkran Feb 15, 2010 @ 12:01 am | delete
    very 'tasty' journey pat. i really enjoyed this lens.
  • ElizabethJeanAllen Feb 13, 2010 @ 8:00 pm | delete
    Great lens!
    Thanks for sharing.
    Lizzy
  • WhiteOak50 Feb 13, 2010 @ 9:24 am | delete
    Oh, this lens is too cute!! Thank you for sharing your journey!!
    "Blessed by a SquidAngel"
  • Wednesday_Elf Feb 13, 2010 @ 9:34 am | delete
    WhiteOak, thanks so much for the sweet 'angel blessing'. Glad you enjoyed my cooking journey!
  • partybuzz Feb 6, 2010 @ 10:01 am | delete
    Got a good laugh at your cooking stories! Reminds me of when I started cooking. :-) Thanks for your welcome to the South Carolina Group!
  • a_willow Feb 2, 2010 @ 2:30 am | delete
    You are one of Fresh Squid December 2009 graduates! Come by and answer few questions to show the way to those who will follow! Wish you many, many more great lenses!
  • Evelyn_Saenz Feb 1, 2010 @ 8:29 am | delete
    Hilarious stories of learning to cook!
  • KathyMcGraw Jan 26, 2010 @ 1:15 am | delete
    I missed this last month, but so glad I found it tonight, this is too funny! I remember my first turkey. Cooked it up just fine, and even gave most of it to a neighbor. She served it to her husband, and when he was carving he saw that the bags of gizzards and neck were still inside. No one told me to look "inside" the thing :) *Blessed* by an Angel...very well done.
  • mitchking Jan 22, 2010 @ 11:01 am | delete
    I have burned many potholders in my attempt to cook. Needless to say they know my name well at the local restaurants.
  • Pukeko Jan 21, 2010 @ 1:21 pm | delete
    Fantastic stories. Love the potholder soup. Did it spoil the potholder?
  • bengriston Jan 20, 2010 @ 2:16 pm | delete
    I love to cook but I have to admit that when I first started out even the dog would not eat it. But with practice I am coming along nicely.
  • JenOfChicago Jan 19, 2010 @ 5:44 pm | delete
    Ha, very cute stories!
  • SoyCandleLover-Maker Jan 16, 2010 @ 10:21 pm | delete
    No disasters exactly, but have made quite a few bland recipes in my early attempts to cook. I think I may have been intimated by spices since my mom used very little. My husband, however, has burned a hot dog twice. I don't mean he burned two hot dogs, but one on both sides. I try not to comment when he's cooking on the grill. :D Great stories reminding me of hot dogs with potatoes, hot dogs with Mac & cheese, and so on. 5 stars and thanks for the giggles.
  • makingamark Jan 16, 2010 @ 10:05 am | delete
    Great stories, very funny - and I recognise that Corning casserole dish! 5*
  • kimberly Jan 15, 2010 @ 11:02 pm | delete
    wonderful stories, mom! and I loved the pics of Chris . I remember poking at something you had under a tea towel in a bowl. It turned out to be bread that was trying to rise! Mom? What's this ? oops! Of course now I want to make my own homemade bread! Keep up the great lenses! and congratulations!
  • Upon-Request Jan 12, 2010 @ 9:39 pm | delete
    I love the cooking stories! My first "disaster" was with a microwave at my aunt's house (we didn't have one yet at home). She said it cooked anything... she should have said "except hard boiled eggs"! ;)
  • ElizabethJeanAllen Jan 11, 2010 @ 7:57 pm | delete
    I grew up cooking and enjoyed it, but over the years the kitchen has become my husband's domain. He does the bulk of the cooking today. I make a guest appearance every now and then.
    Great lens. I loved the stories, especially the hot dog one. I'll bet that pan was fun to clean.
    Thanks for sharing
    Lizzy
  • rms Jan 9, 2010 @ 8:18 am | delete
    Cute story!
  • WordCustard Jan 5, 2010 @ 4:29 pm | delete
    Just stopped by again to congratulate you on a well-deserved win in the December Fresh Squid contest!
  • luvmyludwig Jan 5, 2010 @ 9:14 am | delete
    I had to come read this again! Great!
  • AppalachianCountry Jan 5, 2010 @ 7:39 am | delete
    Thank-you for the great recipe on stroganoff sandwiches. Fantastic and fun lens. 5 stars*****.
  • Kate-Phizackerley Dec 30, 2009 @ 7:09 pm | delete
    Great lens. Blessed.
  • jennysue19 Dec 30, 2009 @ 5:35 pm | delete
    Excellent and very amusing lens - can I recommend my 'Planned Eating' lens and a cookbook just recently revised and back in print called the Paupers Cookbook by Jocasta Innes. http://www.squidoo.com/maximisecookingtime
  • BevsPaper Dec 22, 2009 @ 6:07 pm | delete
    This is hysterical! Blessed by a Squid Angel!!!!
  • arncyn Dec 17, 2009 @ 4:03 am | delete
    I love your stories and I can truly relate to the cooking mishaps - had one too many as a newlywed myself. I think it's hilarious that you won at a recipe contest - what a great way to redeem yourself! (Of course no one has to know that it wasn't an original recipe LOL). Too funny for words! (:
  • mukunda22 Dec 10, 2009 @ 2:51 pm | delete
    Great job here, Pat. You/ve put yourself into this lens which makes it very special.

    Wednesday's Elf has already been nominated for Giant Squid, BTW.

    ####blessed####
  • jptanabe Dec 3, 2009 @ 8:56 am | delete
    My mother also had the "I Hate to Cook Book"! I love your stories here, especially the broccoli disaster. And Potholder Soup indeed, haven't we all had some similar experience (or is it only those of us who aren't in the gourmet chef crowd)!
  • kimmanleyort Dec 1, 2009 @ 12:52 pm | delete
    I have gradually learned to cook a little but I am always saved by my husband who is a gourmet cook. This lens was very entertaining. It made me laugh out loud.
  • prosperity66 Nov 25, 2009 @ 1:58 am | delete
    I don't like to cook and felt happy reading this lens: at least I'm not alone, hahahaha!
    Dom.
  • Pastiche Nov 16, 2009 @ 2:03 pm | delete
    I admit I've been cooking since I was a kid, standing on a chair to reach the counter top and stove. I laughed out loud reading about your first attempts at culinary arts. Welcome to Senior Geek Squids group!
  • jgelien Nov 12, 2009 @ 12:43 am | delete
    I had not thought about the I Hate to Cook Book in years! My mom had that one and I remember how funny it was. I love your stories. I plan on making PotHolder soup next time my husband complains about a meal. 5 stars
  • crosscreations Nov 7, 2009 @ 8:43 am | delete
    LOL from a fellow non-cook! Potholder soup is hilarious and a perfect name for these comical stories. Once this lady was determined to explain to me how she makes cheese cake...she didn't know me well but a friend who DOES know how much I hate to cook was there and when this lady got to the part where...'now you get out your spring-loaded cake pan' my friend couldn't stand it any more and BURST out laughing! I'm sure I must have had some totally clueless look on my face...I don't even WANT to know the meaning of a spring-loaded cake pan and she KNEW it. SO funny!
  • theherbivorehippie Nov 5, 2009 @ 5:55 pm | delete
    I am dying laughing over the brocolli story! I remember the first time I bought an eggplant because I thought the color was pretty but had no clue what it was and had to call my mom and describe it to her and ask what to do with it....of course she had to put me on speaker phone so both my aunts could hear too...lol Awesome lens! So fun!
  • Jewelsofawe Nov 5, 2009 @ 2:12 pm | delete
    I've already been here, but I wanted to come back and lensroll this to my bread lens!
  • WordCustard Nov 4, 2009 @ 6:09 am | delete
    Wonderful, you had me chuckling out loud, Pat. You have a very engaging way of telling a comic story. I also very much enjoyed the comment you left on my Tango lens.
  • DrRichard Oct 21, 2009 @ 7:54 pm | delete
    I love broccoli soup. Well done with the cooking.
  • Heather426 Oct 20, 2009 @ 12:43 pm | delete
    HIlarious! love it!
  • JaguarJulie Oct 20, 2009 @ 8:35 am | delete
    Do you know my dear, you've got a winner here! Gosh, "Potholder Soup" would make a great blog name!
  • SpellOutloud Oct 19, 2009 @ 9:22 pm | delete
    So funny! THanks for sharing.
  • bethd821 Oct 19, 2009 @ 8:09 pm | delete
    Really funny lens. Thanks for sharing. Love the title, it made me want to find out what this was all about. Great job.
  • LeanneChesser Oct 19, 2009 @ 6:23 pm | delete
    This is hilarious! You could write a book about it - Potholder Soup is an awesome title.
  • Wednesday_Elf Oct 19, 2009 @ 8:56 am | in reply to EverythingMouse | delete
    Thanks so much for the Squid Angel blessing, Mouse. Love your Squid name!
  • EverythingMouse Oct 18, 2009 @ 10:09 pm | delete
    Just love that picture from 1963! Squid Angel Blessings to you
  • thewishpearl Oct 18, 2009 @ 3:24 pm | delete
    Your funny cooking stories made me chuckle and reminded me of a few silly gaffes that I have done, such as making dough and forgetting to add the yeast. I enjoyed reading your lens!
    Carol
  • Jewelsofawe Oct 18, 2009 @ 1:15 am | delete
    Great lens!
  • Wednesday_Elf Oct 17, 2009 @ 12:25 pm | in reply to Stazjia | delete
    Thanks so much for the lovely angel blessing. I'm so pleased you liked my cooking stories in this lens. Interesting to find out through all these wonderful comments that I'm not alone in making a 'disaster' out of cooking when I first began.
  • Stazjia Oct 17, 2009 @ 9:39 am | delete
    You made me laugh out loud with your story about the broccoli. I can remember some of the desperate cooking disasters I had when I was first married but have since turned into a good cook so I can relate to you. Blessed by an Angel.
  • pkmcr Oct 17, 2009 @ 9:35 am | delete
    Really nice lens and congratulations on getting started so well here at Squidoo - you will go far :-)
  • Ramkitten Oct 16, 2009 @ 12:27 pm | delete
    Oh, can I ever relate! Not only from my college days but all the way up till now, at 40 and having been married for 11 years. I still have my moments! So that makes your stories even funnier to me, because I found myself nodding and thinking, uh-huh, been there, done something a LOT like that! And that "First Time Cooking" photo looks SO much like something you would have seen on my own stove. Love this lens, Pat!
  • Wednesday_Elf Oct 14, 2009 @ 10:13 am | in reply to Joan4 | delete
    I'm very honored that this lens received an angel blessing, especially from you, Joan. And how special to be featured on Growwear's Squidoo Lens Review. After all the years of having my 'cooking' mistakes stories told by my family, it was great fun to write this lens and tell all these stories at once. Cooking has never really been "My Thing", so I've never minded 'laughing at myself' over cooking!
  • CherylK Oct 11, 2009 @ 1:05 pm | delete
    Sure was fun reading all your cooking stories! I've had that Cooking for Two cookbook for about 30 years. When my mother was a young bride she decided to surprise my father with pumpkin pie. She made a crust and scooped pumpkin from a can into it and baked it. Needless to say, it was awful...the poor thing didn't realize that she needed to add sugar, spices and cream...we still chuckle about that!
  • CCGAL Oct 10, 2009 @ 4:46 pm | delete
    Lovely lens, heartwarming stories, and an excellent bit of entertainment for me this dreary day. Loved the potholder soup story! Although I think I was almost born cooking, I have both of Peg Bracken's "I Hate To Cook" books and I love many of the recipes in them. I have a daughter who thinks cooking is dialing up Domino's, so I can totally relate to your stories. 5* and a fav!
  • 24websurf Oct 10, 2009 @ 10:57 am | delete
    I am not sure whether to laugh or cry or both! I want to laugh because it is hilarious and wonderfully written! Having had some catastrophes myself in the kitchen I feel terrible for you, and your victims :) This was a wonderful lens and that broccoli story had me laughing so hard I woke up the dog! Fived and Faved!
  • Susan52 Oct 10, 2009 @ 10:24 am | delete
    LOL at your stories! I've always been an okay cook but have one similar story that I recall, the rubber cake story. (You don't want to know, but I hope my brother-who-never-forgets doesn't read this and tell on me!)
  • Joan4 Oct 10, 2009 @ 10:22 am | delete
    Hilarious and far too familiar! We survived with that "I hate to cook book"! I still love to make "stay a bed stew" ! lol Blessed by a SquidAngel! Congratulations on being featured on Squidoo Lens Reviews, too! Growwear has a knack for finding the bestest lenses!
  • Wednesday_Elf Oct 10, 2009 @ 7:19 am | in reply to _Joan_ | delete
    Very funny 'cooking' joke, Joan. That was about right for my early cooking attempts :-).
  • _Joan_ Oct 10, 2009 @ 12:00 am | delete
    Delightful stories! 5*

    There's the old joke where the newlywed wife is talking to her husband and says, "Well, I think my cooking is coming along OK. I know how to make two dishes now -- meat loaf and banana pudding." Her husband replies, "That's wonderful, dear! Which one is this?"
  • amy1980 Sep 29, 2009 @ 5:42 pm | delete
    Good idea and well executed. Thanks for sharing.
  • a_willow Sep 28, 2009 @ 11:51 am | delete
    Really cool lens! :)
  • WindyWinters Sep 21, 2009 @ 1:27 pm | delete
    Very Fun Cooking Lens. I'm still learning to cook so my hubby says, lol! :)
  • SherryHolderHunt Sep 18, 2009 @ 1:36 pm | delete
    Loved your lens. I too started as someone that could burn water, after several failures, I decided cooking was something I could learn to do. But I still don't like to clean. 5*s
  • momto4 Sep 16, 2009 @ 1:32 pm | delete
    It was a lot of fun reading all your stories! I've cooked some pretty awful things too, but I've improved over the years and now I really enjoy cooking. Great lens!
  • bdkz Sep 15, 2009 @ 10:26 pm | delete
    This is very cool!
  • luvmyludwig Sep 15, 2009 @ 10:03 pm | delete
    great lens, I really enjoyed it :)
  • OhMe Sep 15, 2009 @ 2:18 pm | delete
    Fun lens. I enjoyed your stories and could just visualize all of your cooking escapades. Super job.
  • LindaBee Sep 15, 2009 @ 11:39 am | delete
    Very entertaining lens. I can identify with your culinary journey. My husband endured many tasteless meals before I mastered the art of cooking. He still refuses to eat tuna casserole. It seemed to be the only thing I could assemble with any success in my early years of marriage.

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Me, Cook? I didn't think I'd ever learn! My 'Cooking disasters' are my family's favorite stories!

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