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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Due_Cartographer_375 on 2024-11-12 14:49:00+00:00.

So, this happened last night, and I’m still recovering from it.

I wanted to surprise my wife with a romantic dinner. She works a lot and deserves a nice evening, so I thought, how hard can it be to cook something amazing? I looked up a recipe, got all the ingredients, and thought I was basically Gordon Ramsay.

I decided to cook turkey drumsticks, but I went a bit overboard with seasoning because, you know, flavor. Well, halfway through cooking, I noticed the kitchen was filling up with smoke. Turns out, I had the oven on WAY too high. The turkey was… let’s just say extra crispy on the outside. But that wasn’t even the worst part.

While trying to fix the turkey, I forgot about the side dishes. The potatoes turned into rocks, and the mushrooms… I didn’t even recognize them anymore. They were black and shriveled like something out of a horror movie.

My wife came home early and found me panicking in the kitchen, surrounded by burnt food. I was sweating, smoke alarm blaring, and I think I had actual tears in my eyes. She just stared for a second, then burst out laughing. I think she took pity on me because we ended up ordering pizza and had a good laugh about it.

So yeah, instead of a romantic surprise, I managed to burn half the kitchen and probably traumatized my wife with my “cooking.” Guess I’ll stick to pizza from now on.

TL;DR: Tried to surprise my wife with a fancy dinner, burnt everything, and ended up ordering pizza instead.