5 foods that were the happiest accidents!

1.      Chocolate Chip Cookies: Wakefield found she had ran out of baking chocolate one day, so she smashed up a bar of semisweet chocolate and added it to her batter. What resulted was a cookie studded with chunks of chocolate.

 

2.      Sandwich: Some believe Montagu couldn't leave a particularly intense gambling game, so he requested that meat be brought to him between two pieces of bread. Montagu's refusal resulted in one of the greatest culinary advances in history.

 

3.      Tarte Tatin: The story of tarte tatin was concocted in the 1880s, in a hotel owned by two sisters, Stéphanie and Caroline Tatin. A tired Stéphanie was making an apple tart but overcooked the apples, so she tried to rescue it by putting the pastry base on top.

 

4.      Nachos: In1943, unable to track down the chef and faced with ten hungry women, Anaya covered a plate of tostadas with grated cheese, passed it through a salamander, and topped the whole thing off with jalapeños. One of the women dubbed the dish “Nacho’s especiale”, which was later shortened to just “nachos”.

5.      Crepe Suzette: In1895, Charpentier, a waiter at a café Monte Carlo was preparing dessert for the Prince of Wales, which accidentally caught fire. What followed was an amazing mix of flavors and became one of the most popular crepe dishes of all time.

So, next time you're cooking and accidentally screw up the recipe, embrace the failure and see where it takes you. If you read through these examples of accidental tastiness, you'll see that history is on your side.