It pays to read the label!!

[Catherine]

Having just spent the best part of an hour chopping veggies into very small chunks for a spicy tomato and lentil soup, which I have adapted and made into a very filling lunchtime soup. I added my spices and then having opened a new jar of Harrissa Paste I went to look for a black marker pen to put the date opened on the jar. Only it wasnt Harrissa Paste it was Red Thai Curry Paste So I dont know how it will come out, I used one very large teaspoon, but it also has cumin powder and paprika Hmmmm dont think I will tell the hubby, just wait for his comments.. Both jars are Barts and both have the same label and I did not look I just opened it and spooned it in. Serves me right Now I am off to make leek, potato and onion soup. With Harrissa maybe. I was watching Saturday Kitchen whilst making it so I have no excuse.....

[oldherbaceous]

Dear Catherine, now, will you be able to keep a straight face while your husband takes that first mouthful!

[Catherine]

Dear OH. He has just come in and I have fed him a spoonful of the soup, he says its the best I have ever made. Ever innocent. I could hardly keep my face straight so I owned up. But he still says its the best.

[Johnboy]

Hi Catherine,
I take it that you have read Snooky's latest joke about the 'Tazer Gun'!
Your soup is very likely to have a similar effect!
JB.

[Catherine]

No JohnBoy I have not read that one yet. I have just had a taste of the said soup and it tastes quite nice, though quite hot. Never mind it is edible.

[Primrose]

Catherine Glad your faux pax turned out alright in the end. Yes, it always pays to read the label - if there is one! Reminds me of the time I pulled out a bag of frozen chicken stock from the freezer to make some Minestrone Soup. If there had ever been a label stuck on it, it had fallen off at some point and what I ended up chucking into the saucepan was a bag of gooseberry purree. There's no way I could have pulled a fast one trying to serve that up.

[alan refail]

what I ended up chucking into the saucepan was a bag of gooseberry purree. There's no way I could have pulled a fast one trying to serve that up.

It's not impossible

http://www.puszta.com/eng/hungary/cikk/piszke_fozelek

[sally wright]

Dear All,
I once put a tablespoon of ground mace into a stew instead of chilli powder. Truly a waste of food and 2 1/2 hours.
Regards Sally Wright.

[Johnboy]

Not very long ago I put what I thought was Paprika 1 heaped teaspoonful into a recipe and it turned out that I had managed to grab the KN Pepper instead.
JB.

[The Mouse]

Not food, this time, but the same principle:
In a sleepy haze one morning I grabbed what I thought was hairspray, and only when I saw my hair turning grey in the mirror did I realise I was using deodorant!

[Elaine]

Slightly different but same theme.
I once spent a frantic couple of hours, turning the house upside-down, in search of my purse. It wasn't in my (very) large handbag, where it should have been. I was just resigning myself to the fact that I had lost it and decided on a nice cuppa. There, in the fridge, was my purse.

The block of cheese was in my handbag.....

Cheers.

[Johnboy]

Hi Caz,
Same meat different gravy! I once treated my piles with toothpaste!
JB.

[peter]

Hi Caz,
Same meat different gravy! I once treated my piles with toothpaste!
JB.

Minty fresh farts, New pants please.

[Primrose]

And I bet they were nice and gleaming white after that!

[The Mouse]

Hi Caz,
Same meat different gravy! I once treated my piles with toothpaste!
JB.

I just have to ask this, Johnboy - was that before or after you'd cleaned your teeth with the other tube?