Cook's Ham: Best Holiday Dish Giveaway {Ends 12/11}



Winner - #75 - Miss Anita

Every year for Thanksgiving, we have a ham and turkey and we do it again at Christmas.  My father has always been responsible for cooking the ham as long as I can remember.

He puts a brown sugar glaze over the top and let's it cook for several hours.  Right before he serves it, he pours a can of pineapple over the top for a juicy, succulent, sweet ham.   This is something the whole family looks forward to as well as the yummy leftovers.

I didn't know that I was brand loyal to particular ham until Cook's Ham sent me a coupon to try one for myself.  I then realized that this is the ham that we normally buy.  I love Cook's Ham because they use all natural ingredients to make such a yummy ham.  "They slow-cure their hams with natural ingredients like pure cane sugar, real honey, brown sugar and maple syrup. For the perfect finish, they smoke our hams for hours using real hickory wood." 

I found their hams to be the same price as other ham brands just juicier and better tasting.  You have so many choices to choose from such as spiral cut, boneless, and the bone-in ham.  I prefer the bone-in ham because I can use the bone to make soup and other things after we finish it up.

Cook's Ham site also has some great recipes to use your leftover ham, ham's glazes, and even tips on how to cook the ham the best.  This year for Christmas we will continue our family tradition of having ham for our dinner and we most definitely will be doing it Cook's Ham style!

You can find and purchase Cook's Ham at most grocery store chains as well Walmart and Target Supercenters.


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 One reader will win a coupon to purchase a Cook's Ham - the value up to $30! 

1.  Share your worst holiday cooking experience.  Also visit Cook's Ham site for some great tips on how to cook the perfect holiday ham.  Please leave your email address in the comments also.  Do this one first!!

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This giveaway ends December 11, 2009 and is open to US residents only. Make sure that you leave your email address in each comment. Leave a separate comment for every entry that you make so that these will count for you! Have fun and I look forward to announcing the winners of this great giveaway!


Disclosure: This review is based on my own honest unbiased opinion of Cook's Ham. You may or may not agree with my opinion. I was sent product free of charge to review. No one from the Cook's Ham was involved in the writing of this post. I was not paid to write this review.

183 comments:

Chadzgirl said...

I have only been making a holiday dinner for about 4 years now. So I have not yet had a bad holiday cooking experience. Keep my fingers crossed. :)
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Anonymous said...

My worst holiday cooking experience was my first turkey. I didn't have it roasted in time to eat because I didn't realize how long it takes the darn things to thaw and cook :) *Thanks* for the giveaway!
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Unknown said...

well, this thanksgiving our turkey was still cooking when guests were arriving. :(
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Jess said...

I was responsible for cooking the turkey one year and when I pulled it out of the oven and started cutting into, I discovered that it was not cooked all the way yet. So dinner was a little later than usual that year.

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peg42 said...

One of my worst Holidays dinners, was when my husband and I were first married and we cooked for Thanksgiving for both his and my family. I had a towel by the stove and it had caught fire. The alarms went off like crazy and the whole house filled with smoke. I was so embarrassed and still get teased some 15 years later.
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Jenn@Sweet T Makes Three said...

I haven't had a worst holiday cooking experience yet since so far I've managed to avoid cooking! Whether we visit my parents, DH's parents, or Cracker Barrel I haven't had to cook on a Holiday so far. This probably means my first experience will be a doozy!

Anonymous said...

One year while taking the turkey out of the oven, the juices spilled out causing a lot of smoke and setting the fire alarms off. Fire dept was very understanding.

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Shooting Stars Mag said...

I honestly don't have a worst story b/c I leave the cooking up to the rest of my family normally. I'm definitely not kitchen savvy. My sister in law burnt her finger this past thanksgiving though.

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Unknown said...

My worst cooking experience was when I set the oven to preheat and hopped in the shower. I came out to a smoke filled house, dripping wet, wrapped in a towel and a fireman breaking through my door. The downstairs neighbor saw the smoke and banged on the door, when I didn't answer she thought I had passed out from the smoke and called the Fire Dept. I was so embarrassed when they found out that I had left the leftover pizza in it''s box in the oven for my daughter and forgot it was there.

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Anonymous said...

Pouring hot mulled cider for a dozen guests into an antique crytal pitcher and watching the bottom of it drop straight out and down onto my foot.
Which was cut enough for me to end up in the emergency room.
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JC said...

The first time I hosted Thanksgiving dinner, I burnt the bird! It was a disaster, thankfully I had ham to replace the bird.

I like the tip of how to pick the perfect ham. Very informative and helpful.

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hmmmm1977 said...

I made sweet potato pie and didn't leave enough room for the marshmallows on top to expand. They ended up overflowing and falling all into the bottom of the oven, which caused the marshmallows to burn and catch fire which set off the fire alarm. That's my worst cooking disaster thus far...

ky2here said...

Yep - I did it. I did not remove the plastic bag of offal.

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deb c said...

I guess the worst was the first time I cooked a turkey for Thanksgiving with my new inlaws.
Who knew they left all that junk(inards & neck)iside the turkey, certainly not me.

JRG said...

Two years ago, I cooked the giblet bag in with the turkey - didn't know it was in there.....

~ Cee ~ said...

I've only had a few Thanksgivings cooking on my own, so fortunately no disasters. But one year, when I was little, I made my mom a graham cracker pudding that involved graham crackers and water with an ice cube on top. Mom says it was her most memorable meal. I will not be serving it at this year's festivities ;) Thank you for the chance! ceevegnashville [at] gmail [dot] com

Jeni said...

i haven't had any disasters yet,i let my in-laws do the cooking.

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Anonymous said...

My worst cooking disaster was when I was trying to heat potatoes and I haven't ut any water to the pot. We had to throw away the pot, because nobody could clean it anymore.
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Missybeez said...

My worst experience is when I dropped a pie I made for a christmas party in front of everybody.


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Darcie K. said...

My worst cooking disaster was the first time that I hosted Thanksgiving. I overcooked the turkey. It was so dried out that even lots of gravy didn't help!
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My worst cooking experience was when I forgot the tuna in Tuna Noodle Casserole. It still tasted good but not the same:) Now my family never lets me forget to put the tuna in the casserole:D Please enter me in your giveaway.
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Kimberly said...

My worst experience was Christmas a few years ago. We were cooking the turkey in a roaster oven and the fuse blew. Our home is older and so you can't just flip a switch. You have to replace the fuse. At first we thought we didn't have any and it being Christmas, the hardware stores are closed. Thankfully we did find one. We ended up moving the roaster with the turkey to the babies room to cook so we wouldn't blow the kitchen fuse again. :-)

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Christy said...

Years ago, I cooked a turkey in a disposable pan but when I tried to take it out of the oven, the pan folded and all of the drippings spilled onto the stove door and on my floor. It was a greasy mess but luckily the turkey was saved.

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Deborah Wellenstein said...

Burned rolls (every year-I kept forgetting them-this year I didn't make them!, unthawed turkey, oven catching fire, unset pecan pie-in 38 years of marriage I've done it all. Thanks!

Rita M said...

Bought one of those "everything in the box" meals -- couldn't get everything done at the same time - we had dinner in stages!

Jaime said...

worst holiday cooking experience.. The baking element in the oven went out on Christmas so the whole meal had to be cooked using the broil element....OMG what a mess of pulling things out to cool down than throwing them back in, keeping the oven door ajar. We broiled a 16 lb turkey!! we had to cut off layer by layer as it got done
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Ms. Anita said...

It's hard to say what my worst holiday cooking experience is, but I know one of the worst Christmas "dinners" I've ever had was the first Christmas my husband and I shared together after we were married. Our Christmas "dinner" that year consisted of 7-Up and Saltine crackers because we were both so sick! :(

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Gina Ferrell said...

My worst holiday experiment was when my 3 year old poured pancake syrup on the ham. She thought that you pour pancake syrup instead of the glaze for the ham.
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mverno said...

not preparing enough food for the entire family get together (sent out for pizza at the local food mart lucky they were open)
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Unknown said...

usually don't do the majority holiday cooking !!! but have had my baking go yuck with burned items such as cookies or rock hard brownies !! thanks for the giveaway

mogrill said...

Ours was the year we lost power. Our turkey was half done, we had to go to another family members house, and the turkey was TOUGH. Thanks for the chance.
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allancarol said...

no joke , my worst holiday cooking experience was when my mom let my sister make the rolls , they were so hard that are dog took one out in the back yard and berried it

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turkey that was not defrosted.

Crystal F said...

I don't cook the holiday meals, if I did every holiday meal would be a disaster. I do cook the ham and it always turns out nice. Thanks for the giveaway!

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Heather said...

So far so good. I have had a few years where the turkey took longer to cook than I expected but no real problems. Thankfully my Cook's ham on Christmas always turns on perfect!

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Kiara said...

My worst Holidays dinners was when I cook the turkey for the first time and it didn't cook all the way through.
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dispatcher_kristy said...

I have had several mishaps but no real disasters... I have scorched potatoes, left the neckbone and giblets in the turkey, and had the aluminum pan or roaster bag get a hole and smoke up the whole house

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Blimpy said...

My worst cooking experience was trying to make stuffed peppers for Spanish class in high school. Luckily my stepmom comes from Venezuela and took over for me.

terri142 said...

My worst holiday cooking experience was a turykey that took a lot longer to cook than I thought, so dinner was very late that year.

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AshleyOhio said...

I over-salted the deviled eggs, the look on their faces was priceless. Needless to say I never have to bring the deviled eggs again!

Sellswifey said...

I was in charge of bringing a pumpkin pie to my parents years ago, so I got one of those frozen boxed ones. Little did I know that when they thaw out, its completely liquid. I assumed that when it thawed it would be set up and ready to eat! As I was walking through my moms front door, the liquid started oozing out of the corners of the box all over the floor. Everyone was laughing at me, it was so funny!

Jennifer Wilson said...

I was about 13 and I was baking my first cake. I forgot the flour! What a mess!

pattycake said...

I burned the candies sweet potatoes

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My worst cooking disaster was when I was cooking a Thanksgiving turkey. I was rushed & dropped the turkey on the floor as I took it out of the oven.

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heaventrees said...

The first time I made Thanksgiving stuffing, I just did it the way my Mom always did, no recipe, you just do it. Well I had no idea how much sage and other spices to put in and I put so much, no one could eat it.

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Erica C. said...

One year when I was younger, I went to my grandmother's house to help her cook Thanksgiving dinner. While the turkey was in the oven, the oven had shut off. So for almost 2 hours, the turkey wasn't cooking! Dinner was a little late that day!

Steph said...

My mom usually makes the majority of the holiday meals and I bring side dishes, so fortunately I haven't really had a bad experience.

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Unknown said...

my worse holiday experience is when i forgot to thaw out the ham.oops.
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my worse holiday experience is when I foregot to put sage in the stuffing.
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all I can think of right now is the first turkey I ever baked, turned out terrible... overcooked and dry
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AStarrA said...

Ugh my worst was I was trying to make my mom's hot fudge pudding cake and put salt instead of sugar (I know right!) My dad was being really mean about it but my grandpa (God bless him) eat every bit of it to make me feel better haha

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heaventrees said...

One of my worst Thanksgivings was when I used the wrong kind of potato for the mashed potatoes and they wouldn't whip up. They just turned in a sticky kind of thin potato paste.

Kimberly said...

My worst holiday cooking experience wasn't a meal I actually was supposed to cook, but had to salvage. My dad's new girlfriend made ham and macarroni salad and not a whole lot else. The ham was cold and very weirdly bland and void of any flavor. It was like foam. The salad was just boiled pasta and mayo. I tried adding spices too late in the game and didn't fix it a whole lot.

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One Thanksgiving my sister cooked the turkey, we went to carve it and it wasn't done, all the side dishes were done and ready to eat, what a disaster!
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Anonymous said...

I think one of my worst Holiday cooking experiences was when I caught the top of the sweet potatoes on fire. (the marshmallows) Then, when I took it out of the oven, the one oven mitt caught on fire..I HAD to laugh it off! :)

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Unknown said...

The first time I cooked the Thanksgiving turkey I didn't get all of the little bags out of the inside of the turkey. We didn't discoverd it until DH was caring the turkey.
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techyone said...

I always have trouble with the turkey so now I bake a ham instead. One year I didn't get all the giblets out and it gave the whole turkey a bad smell.

Jen lleras said...

one year for christmas i was in charge of the starters, i wanted to make deep fried chicken wings with lots of cute dipping sauces, i deep fried my wings and they were still frozen and overflowed my fryer... it was grease city.

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Unknown said...

my worst holiday cooking experience was a few years ago at thanksgiving, i was just about finished with everyting, just finishing up the gravy, and one of my glass casserole dishes exploded--either too hot or must have gotten cold--and glass shattered and flew everywhere, including all through the turkey. We had to go out to dinner that year:(
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I have yet to have a bad cooking experience as I've never had to host the Holiday's, but since I will be hosting them next year I will have tons of stories then!
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My very first holiday turkey got roasted with the bag of giblets still inside - not a good idea! Thanks for this offer.
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I have to join the many who never knew the guts were inside the turkey. My 1st was cooked w/ the bag inside.

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Happi Shopr said...

1st turkey was cooked with the bag of giblets still inside, the mashed potatoes were overcooked and runny, the gravy didn't turn out at all, the rolls burned to a crisp...It was all so, SO terrible...trinitygsd at yahoo dot com

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Well we've only had a couple holidays so far and none have gone bad!!! Don't Jinx it though!

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Brn2lisn said...

I remember offering to bring dessert, and I decided I would bake my first apple pie. Oh I should really say that I tried to make an apple pie. It came out so bad that the crust wasn't edible. It literally needed an ice pick to break it apart. Everyone was so polite - they ate the inside like it was apple sauce.

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Rae said...

I never had a bad holiday cooking experience. I guess I have been lucky.

Nancy said...

My worst experience was soon after I moved to VA. I had a client give me a southern ham. I had no idea that you needed to soak them for a day or two to remove the salt. Needless to say, the ham was so salty in was just about not edible. Lesson learned.

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Faither said...

Worst is always when something with yeast in it doesn't rise. One Thanksgiving was making a favorite dinner roll, which would not rise. Took the dough, which I love, wrapped it around the ham, and baked them. Was excellent.

shirley said...

last yr my turkey was still cooking when i was supposed to be on my way to my dads.......needless to say...everyone was waiting ,cause they arent eating without the meat

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I left everything inside of the turkey on my first attempt at Thanksgiving Dinner many years ago. Eesh.

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Lois S said...

I used salt instead of sugar in a recipe... gross.

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2 years ago I was in charge of making cherry bars for our cookie baskets. They turned out runny and now no one trusts me to make any food for any occasion.

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dispatcher_kristy said...

I have messed up many meals... The stress of making holiday dinner has caused me to scorch potatoes, undercook & overcook the turkey and/or ham, drop dishes which took me hours to prepare, and use the wrong ingredients which messed up the entire dish

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chazvgo said...

The first year I cooked for my husband and I, I forgot to turn the oven on. We realized it 2hrs later :(

Deb K said...

My worse cooking experience was the first time I cooked a turkey~I forgot to take the bag out with the Gizzards and Stuff :-)

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One year my daughter wanted to make the Cranberry sauce -- and she forget to put sugar into it. Wow!
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Well my worst Holiday cooking experience was the time about 3 yrs ago I cooked a turkey or so I thought I was but the heat wasn't turned on(I was using a big electric roasting pan), so by the time I noticed it was hours later and too late. I learned from that*must plug in appliance!

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Roxann said...

The heating element in my oven went out one Thanksgiving when the turkey was only half way done. Nothing was open so we ended up eating sandwiches. We were thankful that we had those!

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When I made my first turkey, I didn't know it took so long to bake. The turkey wasn't ready for dinner till about 11:00 pm.

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Court said...

Our worst was when the power was out on Thanksgiving Day and it did not come back on until the guests arrived. That was a long Thanksgiving!

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I put a pizza in the oven to cook for dinner. I didn't realize there was a plastic lid in the oven. The lid melted to the rack in oven and the whole house filled with smoke! Took me three days to get it all cleaned up

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rmo210 said...

I was having Thanksgiving at my house. I turned on the oven to preheat for the turkey when I heard it go POP! I looked inside and the heating element had snapped in two! I had to run everything out to my Mom's house and cook it there!

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Kathy P said...

my worst was last thanksgiving when everything was done EXCEPT the turkey so we had to cook piece by piece in the microwave..what a nightmare :(

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Jayfr said...

We have a history of forgetting food in the oven. Last year it was rolls, the year before corn.

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no holiday mishaps,but when I was a teen I put a stromboli in the microwave for like 20 minutes and almost blew up the microwave!

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demmi said...

the time I put the turkey in the roaster and when I checked it a few hours later the roaster was not working so dinner was late that year.
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clynsg said...

I have been pretty lucky all these years. I guess the worst experience I had was once when I tried a different recipe for pecan pie, which was absolutely horrible. It was back to the usual recipe the next time!

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I havent had any bad experiences yet!
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main entry: Being married 33 years you have time to make alot of cooking mistakes, I guess my most imbarrassing messed up meal was 31 years ago on the 2nd year of marriage when we were in the navy living in charleston, SC and my parents were driving down to see us from Tenn.And I wanted to make chocolate mouse and thought I had to freeze it to serve and did so in individual serving glasses that were too thin and the glasses cracked from being frozen and the mouse was ruined as well. You live and learn though. Would love to serve this scrumptous ham for the holidays so thanks And A tip the cooks site suggest in buying the bone in hame verses the boneless sliced ham because the flavor is more savored by the ham muscles, which I have learned over the years and the bone makes a great stock flavor for cooking beans & soups.
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lisaray said...

One Thanksgiving, the heating element on my oven went out just after I put the turkey in. My microwave also blew a fuse. So we decided to go out. So I unstuffed the turkey and put everything back in the refrigerator. That's when a storm hit, and the power went out. The only place we could find that was open was a fish house that had its own generator. I believe I had sand dabs for my Thanksgiving dinner that year. (On Saturday, I got my oven and microwave fixed, and we had the turkey dinner on Sunday.)

cman said...

My pumpkin cake rolled came out all rubbery last month when I baked it. It had never happened to me before and I was pretty upset because that is my favorite dessert to make for thanksgiving.

jill v said...

I didnt cook this year, but I am hosting christmas eve. and chrismas day this year and my oven is broke. any good meals made on a stove top for 20 people?

chromiumman said...

i always burn the rolls, we call it "golden brown"

barblong said...

My worst cooking experience was when the pineapple upside down cake I made was sat aside for dessert later on an uneven surface and it slid and landed face down on the kitchen floor. Good thing we still had pumpkin pie but I was not a happy camper about the cake.

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When I created an over done rubber turkey-
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When I was 16 I made a big turkey without removing the inside package which also had a small plastic bag of gravy.

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phyllisg said...

Gooey ooze spilled out of the trash compactor because someone through gravy and dressing in the trash compactor. It was all over the carpeted kitchen.

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