Relatable, Awkward, Cooking and Kids: Whole foods

Whole foods

By anonymous - 06/03/2016 05:33 - Australia - Sydney

Today, my 17 year-old daughter told me she was going to bake a cake. When she finished, she offered me some, but it was crunchy. I asked her why and she said the recipe said to put eggs in. She put them in whole. FML

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By CassyM - 03/04/2017 10:00 - Canada - Red Deer

Today, my 2-year-old asked for cake, so I told her I would make her one. I showed her two boxes of cake and asked which one she wanted. She picked one and happily tried opening it. She'd thought a fully cooked cake is in the box. Ever tried explaining baking to a toddler? FML

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By JadedBaker - 08/07/2012 06:58 - United States

Today, I woke up early and spent hours baking and icing a three-tier cake for my friend's eighteenth birthday, which is this evening. I just found out my mother threw it in the compost bin because she's on a diet and it was "tempting" her. FML

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By rubber_duckie177 - 24/09/2009 11:25 - United States

Today, my sisters and I were throwing my mom a birthday party. Since I'm not good at baking, I ordered her a really nice and expensive cake. As my daughter and I were headed out the door, she told me she had added some sprinkles to make it pretty. It was the silica beads from a package. FML

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By shinee - 15/08/2010 16:05 - Singapore

Today, to be nice, I baked cookies for my step-mom as a birthday present. I burnt my hand while putting them in the oven, but I'd hoped it would be worth it. When she got home, I gave one for her to try. She took a bite, spit it out, and threw it on the floor, asking if it was a joke or if I was really trying to poison her. FML

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By FoodyFood - 19/03/2012 04:59 - Australia - Adelaide

Today, I told my daughter that she should put some love into her cooking. She started kissing the ingredients. FML

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By Failed_Dad - 25/09/2015 05:42 - United States - Davis

Today, with the most certainty and confidence that I have ever seen in her, my 16-year-old daughter told me an egg is a fruit because of its "hard shell and growing seed." FML

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By Lisaa918 - 10/06/2009 14:49 - United States

Today, my two year old daughter was playing in the kitchen. I went to go have a look and she was pretend cooking. When I asked what she was making she said "look mommy, chocolate!" and stuck her finger in my mouth. It wasn't chocolate. FML

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By DeepFriedLettuce - 29/04/2016 01:33 - United States - Vashon

Today, I had to explain to my seventeen year-old daughter that deep frying food doesn't "melt the calories." FML

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By IwishIwashigh - 01/03/2017 14:00

Today, I went to make cookies, the box said mix by hand so I literally used my hands. Not a fork or anything. My step-mom walked in and laughed at me. FML

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They'll have anyone these days

By Anonymous - 13/04/2021 23:00

Today, I asked my 18 year-old daughter to buy half a dozen donuts. When she brought them over, I opened the box and discovered the dozen donuts were all cut in half. She just got accepted into a prestigious private university. FML

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ThatLastKid 21

Sunday 6 March 2016 16:41

How does one go 17 years without knowing how to crack an egg? Or that it needs to be cracked?

am1717 22

Sunday 6 March 2016 16:52

You raised a bright one huh :)

Comments

InteresingMan 5

Sunday 6 March 2016 21:26

Damn she stupid

CliffyB03 28

Sunday 6 March 2016 21:30

Well, she's not wrong lol

Allayyyyy194 6

Sunday 6 March 2016 21:56

Anyone else think of the movie Sleeping Beauty? When Fauna does this?

davek 36

Sunday 6 March 2016 22:26

First I clicked this was a suck. Then I changed it to deserved, because y u no teach your kids things like basic cooking?

bapbap_fml 15

Sunday 6 March 2016 22:37

Do they not teach home ec in schools anymore..? Not that it's the schools fault, but there are just so many opportunities to learn such a basic skill that I'm confused how at 17 she managed to avoid learning that you don't put egg shells in food.

mariri9206 32

Monday 7 March 2016 2:53

There wasn't a home ec in any of my schools and I graduated high school like 6 years ago.

cornwallus24 8

Sunday 6 March 2016 23:19

Hope she has looks and doesn't go to college! Obviously she can't cook.Cant stop laughing.

BeautifulChaos27 37

Monday 7 March 2016 0:24

How does her lack of cooking skills mean she isn't smart in other areas of her life? For all you know she could be great at math or science.

Ichiya 29

Monday 7 March 2016 9:45

I have found that cooking, especially baking, has a lot in common with chemistry and math. Once I know why certain things react in certain ways with other ingredients or cooking methods it allows me to edit recipes or even create my own recipe. The science behind cooking is facinating. Of course I just love learning things in general. Knowledge is power after all.