Kitchen Nightmares

[just_darkjazz]

So, I am about to hit the hay and suddenly an idea strikes me. The MC of my ongoing serial likes to cook, she does it a lot and she's very good at it. For better or worse the people around her are used to eatting out, and as such their kitchen situations are much different. I am plotting out a scene I hope to write soon where the MC spends the night at someone's house, has to cook, either for dinner or breakfast, finds herself into a waking kitchen nightmare.

So, I am asking you dear fellow author, and/or reader, if you cook, what are some things that would make a kitchen a living hell? Outside of the obvious, it being dirty or unorganized and so on. Just a silly little prompt I thought people might find interesting. Go off fellow cooks!

 

[Racosharko]

Things that have lids and cap but lids and cap is just on the table and not lidding or capping shit.

 

[RepresentingSilence]

As somebody who works as a cook in a nursing home kitchen my biggest nightmares are running out of food in the middle of mealtime or a bunch of old people not liking the meal thats been made and demanding something else like 20 grilled cheeses

These nightmares actually play on a almost daily basis it seems

 

[vzymmer]

Remember those black/dark unrecognizable things you always see in anime being cooked all the time?

Those are actually super easy to cook in real life.

Just super overcook an adobo dish so that it turns into a charcoaled stew mess.

Happened to me one time I forgot I left the stove on low heat to cook.

Edit; the bottom of the small casserole still has some dark spots till this day, and that shit happened about 4-6 years ago.

 

[Anonjohn20]

what are some things that would make a kitchen a living hell? Outside of the obvious, it being dirty or unorganized and so on.

• Kitchens whose owners never bothered to buy seasoning. Every house should have salt, pepper, garlic powder, etc. (its subjective because every culture uses different seasonings, but everyone should have whatever is locally available).
• Lacking tools and appliances or barely maintaining them. Imagine going to cook for a friend and his cooking knife is dull, he has no can opener, he has no whisk, 3 of the 4 burners on the stove don't work, the oven is broken, etc. [Insert "He doesn't own an air fryer" meme here.]
• You can't see because the lightbulb is broken.
• The kitchen is too small; the counter is too small for even a cutting board to fit and the person who you're cooking for insists on helping but he doesn't fit in the kitchen.
• Power or water outage while cooking.

 

[Racosharko]

 

[xizl]

I hate cooking in other people's kitchens sooooo much. Where's the spatulas? Where's the pans? Where's the pan holders? Why aren the salt and pepper in the spice cabinet? Why don't you have (insert common ingredient)? WHERE THE FUCK IS THE CAN OPENER

 

[DireBadger]

My nightmare? getting ready to serve, only to find out that MY knife has been used by a stranger. You do NOT touch another chef's knife!
even worse? It still has pieces of whatever they cut with it!
even worse? The TIP has been broken off your four-hundred-dollar ceramic knife because they tried to use it as a makeshift can opener!

The scariest part? It happened TWICE inside of four years!

 

[Anonjohn20]

You do NOT touch another chef's knife!

True.

The TIP has been broken off your four-hundred-dollar ceramic knife

I wouldn't buy ceramic knives. They are marketed as knives that don't dull and don't rust, but since they are more brittle than steel, they tend to snap, chip, or break much more easily.

Nice profile pic, Shelbie. This one looks cool.

 

[Juia_Darkcrest]

uncovered chicken in the fridge

all counter space taken up with appliances like air fryers coffee makers, microwave, leaving no room for prep.

Only have salt and pepper as spices, along with a single container of garlic powder that is actually empty.

also, all the spoons are dirty and in the sink.

 

[Wenlock]

An very messy and overly filled fridge where if you want something you accidentally topple something else. Ooh and sugar. Just sugar everywhere because people are careless while using it so everything is sticky. Can also do it with oil.

Also an overfilled trashcan which hasn't been emptied since last week. The scent alone would kill me

 

[Arkus86]

Every house should have salt, pepper, garlic powder, etc. (its subjective because every culture uses different seasonings, but everyone should have whatever is locally available).

Yeah, I honestly don't recall anyone ever using garlic powder around here. Always actual cloves of garlic.

 

[Anonjohn20]

Yeah, I honestly don't recall anyone ever using garlic powder around here. Always actual cloves of garlic.

Even better, but it's a nightmare when someone expects a meal and all they have is bread and their favorite drink in the fridge. We need ingredients.

 

[Arkus86]

Even better, but it's a nightmare when someone expects a meal and all they have is bread and their favorite drink in the fridge. We need ingredients.

Absolutely! Which brings me to another nightmare - when you already start cooking, but halfway through realize you are missing a key ingredient.

 

[BigBadBoi]

A customer ordering grilled cheese without the cheese or something similar. And they ordered it online too so you can't just tell them they're retarded and easily cancel the order so you have to call them and argue about how retarded it is to buy grilled cheese with no cheese.

 

[Author_Riceball]

So, I am about to hit the hay and suddenly an idea strikes me. The MC of my ongoing serial likes to cook, she does it a lot and she's very good at it. For better or worse the people around her are used to eatting out, and as such their kitchen situations are much different. I am plotting out a scene I hope to write soon where the MC spends the night at someone's house, has to cook, either for dinner or breakfast, finds herself into a waking kitchen nightmare.

So, I am asking you dear fellow author, and/or reader, if you cook, what are some things that would make a kitchen a living hell? Outside of the obvious, it being dirty or unorganized and so on. Just a silly little prompt I thought people might find interesting. Go off fellow cooks!

ramen sandwich.

 

[NotaNuffian]

Rotting ingredients in the fridge.

Like, I was the one who bought it, half expecting folks to use it.

And then they didn't.

 

[Hoshino]

Maybe, putting salt instead of sugar, and sugar instead of salt-nya.

 

[Ai-chan]

The garbage not taken out for so long that there's a thick layer of mold growing on the food waste inside the garbage bin in the kitchen.

The kitchen knives in such poor care that it had rusted over as if the users never bothered to clean it and wipe it dry before putting it away.

The cutting board never being cleaned that it's filthy with dried blood.

There are food leftovers in the fridge that seemed to have been put there in the last decade.

 

[Hans.Trondheim]

So, I am about to hit the hay and suddenly an idea strikes me. The MC of my ongoing serial likes to cook, she does it a lot and she's very good at it. For better or worse the people around her are used to eatting out, and as such their kitchen situations are much different. I am plotting out a scene I hope to write soon where the MC spends the night at someone's house, has to cook, either for dinner or breakfast, finds herself into a waking kitchen nightmare.

So, I am asking you dear fellow author, and/or reader, if you cook, what are some things that would make a kitchen a living hell? Outside of the obvious, it being dirty or unorganized and so on. Just a silly little prompt I thought people might find interesting. Go off fellow cooks!

Well, my school kitchen is hell because I need to be strict with my students. We are handling food, and being lax is the last thing in someone's mind when working in a kitchen.

A single neglect, like not wearing a mask, or apron, or not cutting their nails short, would send my student outside the work area.

Meanwhile, my computer class is...