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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/subuso on 2025-11-30 23:56:08+00:00.
I’m not new to cooking, been doing it for 10+ years, and I’m usually the kind of person who has multiple pots going at once.
Today, I had chicken sizzling in one pan, pasta boiling in another, and on the third burner I started working on the sauce (it's actually an electric stove, but I don't know which word to use other than "burner"). I tossed in some oil and garlic to get that perfect toasted garlic flavor. And then I immediately forgot the burner was on.
By the time I remembered, the garlic had passed toasting stages. I scooped out the worst of the burnt bits and convinced myself the dish was still salvageable. It was not.
As I kept cooking, I kept taste-testing, praying the burnt flavor had magically disappeared. It hadn’t. I tried extra seasoning and more spices, but the burnt garlic taste held on.
In the end, I mixed the pasta and sauce together and added Mozzarella, Edamer, and Tilsiter. The cheese masked it just enough to be edible.
TL;DR: Was making lunch and forgot about one of the pots toasting garlic. It ruined my sauce but I managed to save it with cheese