Whether you’re a seasoned professional or a novice home cook, the kitchen has a way of humbling us all.
The best laid recipe plans don’t always come to fruition, and some aspects of preparing a meal are just utterly bewildering. Fortunately, we can always count on the funny folks on social media to find the humor in these everyday experiences ― from misestimated cooking times to the many mysteries of onions.
We’ve rounded up 25 funny and relatable posts about cooking frustrations, truths and conundrums ― and other culinary musings.
for my next trick, i will spend 4 hours cooking a meal that the recipe says should only take me 30 minutes
— trash jones (@jzux) December 3, 2022
garlic is to cooking as vanilla extract is to baking in that the amount i add to my food is guided by reckless extravagance and utter disregard, verging on mild contempt, for the recipe as written
— small nuclear ribonucleoprotein (snurp) (@haragoochie) April 12, 2021
the way I abuse paper towels when I’m cooking is ridiculous…
— M 🍓 (@babyariees) November 7, 2023
grating cheese is so fun until it starts getting scary
— JIM 🇵🇸 (@longbhriste) November 10, 2024
When something says it needs 2 minutes in the microwave but 40 minutes in the oven it does make you think a little bit about wtf is going down in the microwave
— Amy Solomon (@amybethsol) December 1, 2024
I hate dealing with fresh garlic. Each individual clove with their little fucking paperwork.
— kate♡ (@unimpresst) December 31, 2023
We call them “red onions” despite everyone knowing they’re purple, this is the type of chaos we are forced to endure
— M.E⛲️ (@Emmys) July 22, 2024
Cooking for one person is wild. A recipe will really be like “add two grains of salt, if you add more than that you will die alone you piece of shit”
— Rachy Rach (@riot4rach) July 24, 2022
Sacrificing the first layer of the onion to avoid unnecessary struggle>>>>>
— A boogie wit daudi (@Weeeeenddy) September 25, 2024
Why are you, as a recipe, lying about how long it takes to cook onions?
— Arielle Dundas (@ArielleDundas) July 23, 2022
Heavy is the hand that adds the garlic
— meghan (@deloisivete) July 28, 2024
was truckin along through this great easy recipe i found for dinner when i got to the instruction ‘ask an adult for help’…i see
— rax ‘levon honkers’ king (@RaxKingIsDead) June 23, 2024
time comes in every woman’s life when she stops wasting time with the vulgar onion and finds solace in the arms of the subtle & sensitive shallot
— Audrey Horne (@credenzaclear2) March 5, 2024
Recipe: don't overcrowd the pan
— meghan (@deloisivete) June 9, 2024
Me: *about to overcrowd the pan* pic.twitter.com/iecM7uPhQs
me: what should i dooooo
— Karli Marulli (@karlimarulli) April 23, 2024
nyt cooking: beany leeky greens with greeky rampy beans
fire department barged into my apartment due to a suspected gas leak (with so much urgency i started shaking) and then they lost their shit when they opened my oven to see this one singular cookie on the tray (i always do a test cookie when trying a new recipe for the first time) pic.twitter.com/fKqVFoVFVp
— 💌 lottie ! 💌 (@toothfairyfemme) September 18, 2024
Cooking for kids is like owning a restaurant except the patrons won’t leave the kitchen, constantly complain you’re taking too long and ask you to watch them do jump-kicks every 12 seconds.
— Jennifer Parker (@Mrs_JParker) January 2, 2024
When I fuck up the poached egg pic.twitter.com/AQBG6qqG8O
— Ruby Miles (@mubyriles) January 9, 2024
Making meals: I only use the freshest ingredients.
— Rodney Lacroix (@RodLacroix) November 9, 2024
Making banana bread: These bananas aren’t garbage enough.
tiny measuring spoon: hey, nice garbage disposal you got there, would be a shame if something were to... happen to it
— meghan (@deloisivete) February 4, 2025
This is exactly the outfit you wear when making Capri Suns from scratch pic.twitter.com/wsleCkgTzu
— Tres Tiffany (@trestiffany11) October 6, 2024
me: hey, can I read that recipe
— meghan (@deloisivete) February 8, 2025
internet: here's a video of how to make it
me: could I just read it
internet: WATCH THE VIDEO