'I don't like peaches so I substituted carrots. It wasn't very good': 25 Chefs and bakers who substituted ingredients and spoiled their meals

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    'Just to be clear Phil, you gave this recipe 1 star because you substituted vinegar in place of the pumpkin puree'
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    Quick question Jessica, why have you done this?

    This was on a recipe for peach ice cream Jessica I don't like peaches so I substituted carrots. It wasn't very good. It needs more sweetness REPLY
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    Yuck yuck yuck

    Just spent an hour making mac and cheese using vanilla creamer instead of half&half SHAMROCK VANILLA CREAM HALF&HALF
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    Sometimes you just want to add an egg!

    This person added an unnecessary egg and got mad the cake was ruined Helpful (2) I noticed there were NO eggs in this recipe, so I added one. What a disappointment. The edges were baked and the middle was complete mush...even after I put it back in the oven for 40 minutes!
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    This is what happens when you use bread flour instead of regular flour These are supposed to be crepes
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    Brenda you cannot live this way

    Brenda says This is bubbling and rising but tastes foul. I had a spoonful then my husband did. He nearly vomited. There's no way I'm making bread with this. Melanie McDonald says Please don't eat raw sourdough starter. It is intended to be baked with, not eaten as it is. Also it contains raw flour which can cause food poisoning.
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    What an otherwise beautiful-looking sauce

    Decided to make a nice rosè pasta sauce for dinner and suddenly realized I added vanilla flavored Greek yogurt instead plain...
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    allrecipes.com/recipe/25 :D ... Find a recipe or ingredient а e livia 11/18/2018 I can't have sugar and it was good Helpful (2) Jfordmom1 ✰✰✰✰ 12/13/2017 Got excited with sugarless cookies but I need glutten free too so doesn't help me I mark not those ingredients in my search Helpful (0)
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    That's unfortunate

    tried to make dairy-free crab rangoon. the "cream cheese" i used was mostly coconut oil and dissolved.
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    Sage, sausage, it's almost the same thing

    This recipe for Thanksgiving Stuffing mamaleenda Sorry but I tried this and it was awful. It was dry and the flavor, even if it wasn't dry, was not good. A lot of the flavor issue could have been attributable to the sausage I chose - I did use Italian sausage - and didn't vary from the recipe. It was disappointing - hardly anyone (group of about 17 tried it and I ended up dumping about 7/8 of the pan. I wanted to try to salvage but knew I was kidding myself about anyone eating the leftovers. Sor
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    This might be good if you know ahead of time what you're eating...

    My college used cornbread as a substitute for regular cake batter.
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    Christopher Tiffany I substituted tofu for the steak, corn pops for the potatoes, and used some dandelions instead of the jalapenos. It was awful!! Never again!!
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    As long as he likes the results, so be it

    Andrew Allen I highly recommend this recipe. For this I replaced the mash with pastry. With the filling a little salty I added chicken and mushroom and removed the fish mix and prawns. 1 Reply ^ | arthursmummy → Andrew Allen So you made a chicken and mushroom pie with pastry, instead of a fish pie with mashed potatoes?! It just amuses me that you've highly recommended this recipe after making something completely different! ;)
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    mike n says They look great! I don't have an oven and was wondering if you have ever tried making them on the stove top? REPLY NOPE! Valerie Lugonja says
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    A bad cook I don't blame the recipe for what happened. I should have stopped after dropping the eggs or after spilling half a bag of sugar. But yet. Things got really bad when making the caramel. I was using a cheap spoon made of cheap plastic. I didn't realize it was melting, because the caramel would stick to the spoon and distort the spoon. The melted plastic sort of mixed with the caramel before cementing to the pot. I owe my housemate a new pot. My tip: use a heat resistant spoon. <3
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    lucy 1/1000 I would give this rating if I could! I don't know how this is supposed to be a chocolate- chip cookie recipe, it doesn't say when to add chocolate chips and how many chips to add. And since when do chocolate-chips cookies have peanut butter!!? Jaclyn This isn't a chocolate chip cookie recipe. This is a peanut butter cookie recipe.
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    Vanilla yogurt is personally responsible for so many of these cooking fails

    Accidentally put vanilla yogurt on my nachos thinking it was sour cream.
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    Milk is what made the difference in the golden milk recipe, huh?

    WELDON BYINGTON I first tried it with water, not very good that way, milk made all the difference DOWNSHIFTOLOGY You definitely need some sort of milk for this golden milk recipe!
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    Didn't have any butter so tried using margarine for cookies...
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    Hmm

    Kirsten Klang We used Pepsi so I'm not sure if that was why it was a bit too sweet but I think we will use regular soy sauce next time if I don't have a Coke. REPLY Beth Pierce There isn't any Coke or Pepsi in this recipe.
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    Please, no cheese in the brownie mix

    YUWANA says Hi Jessica, just curios, could I change the coconut with shredded cheddar cheese? Will it works flavor-wise? And do I need to change composition of other ingredients? Thanks a lot. Reply Jessica Holmes says Hi Yuwana, no I don't recommend using cheese in this brownie recipe. I hope you enjoy them!
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    ChaosAE I didn't have potatoes, so I substituted rice. Didn't have paprika, so I used another spice. I didn't have tomato sauce, so I used tomato paste. A whole can not a half can - I don't believe in waste. My friend gave me the recipe - she said you couldn't beat it. There must be something wrong with her, I couldn't even eat it.
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    You saved yourself from a wicked toothache

    Accidentally used powdered sugar instead of flour 9823 FOR COMPLE
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    The only review on a recipe for vegetarian french onion soup I haven't made this recipe that I have made French onion and never ever, ever, ever has it had meat in it MAYTWIST03 Yes, but its usually made with beef broth. ANONYMOUS do you think vegan and vegetarian are the same? they are not. vegetarians use chicken and beef broth regularly. JEFF B. REPLY ...
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    Commenters were quick to tell Vickie that she wasted food

    Vickie says I made the recipe for the sun dried tomatoes and they are great. Since I did not eat them all so I put them in the refrigerator as suggested not a good idea by the next morning the oil had solidified. So in the trash they went.

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