HUGE feast with my sons .. and his girlfriend, her Mom and sis ... table wasn't big enough for all the dishes. So, we all got some yummy leftovers.
But I had a true "Lucy" episode: planned for a month to make Flan .. but, alas, it turned into the Great Flan Fiasco.
Couldn't get the sugar to carmelize well, wrong pan, wrong method ..several tries. I don't what went kerflooey, except it was happening at 2am, and I was cross-eyed tired and braindead, going back forth to the computer to check the internet for tips.
I whipped up the cream cheese, 5 eggs, sweetened condensed
milk, evaporated milk and vanilla .. found out that cream cheese and brown sugar turn into caramel topping in the microwave, so I thought I could improvise with that.
Then, like a dumbunny, it said to put the baking dish in a pan with an inch of water, but the only large pan I had that would fit was one of those tinfoil huge turkey roasting pans.
My *Lucy* debacle was that instead of pouring the water in AFTER the flan custard dish was in, I put the water in 1st and then tried to put the Corning ware heavy pie plate in.
@#$^%( ... all over my oven ... flooding the custard .. ..and I barely was able to lift the unstable tinfoil pan out with the other pan in it to get to the sink #$%^@$%!!! .. it was a close call. Had to throw it all out, except for one small portion I WILL bake in the toaster oven tonight, just to taste the darn thing.
My contribution to dessert ended up being chocolate layer cake from the grocery store on the way to the feast.
And the moral of this story: don't cook something new at 2am when you're tired.
Oh my! Laughing at your expense, but that would be a hilarious Lucy episode!
Sorry you Flan floated, you'll have to try again and let us know how it turns out!
Will definitely heed your advice!
Burnt Turkey
12 Reasons to be Thankful You Burnt the Turkey
1. Salmonella won't be a concern.
2. Everyone will think your turkey is Cajun blackened.
3. Uninvited guests will think twice next year.
4. Your cheese broccoli lima bean casserole will gain newfound
appreciation.
5. Pets won't bother to pester you for scraps.
6. No one will overeat.
7. The smoke alarm was due for a test.
8. Carving the bird will provide a good cardiovascular workout.
9. You'll get to the desserts even quicker.
10. After dinner, the guys can take the bird to the yard and play football.
11. The less turkey Uncle You-Know-Who eats, the less likely he will
be to walk around with his pants unbuttoned.
12. You won't have to face three weeks of turkey sandwiches.
You should have taken a cake carrier...Ditched the store box and put it in your thingy.
Nobody would have been the wiser...