35 Things People Cooked So ‘Amazingly Wrong’ That They Just Had To Share Their Horrible Experiences Online

World-renowned pie artist Jessica, the author of ‘Pies Are Awesome,’ told Bored Panda that mistakes are a part of life. And working in the kitchen is no different. Learning from your failures is about embracing the blunders, even if you might not feel like doing it.

“I’m a huge proponent of celebrating failure and learning from mistakes,” she said. “But, man, in the moment, it sure can suck!”

According to baking and cooking expert Jessica, having a lighthearted approach, learning to laugh with and at yourself, can help turn mistakes into learning experiences.

“Having a sense of humor definitely helps when things are going pear-shaped on you!” she said that life gets easier when you allow yourself to laugh during difficult moments.

The pie artist was happy to open up to Bored Panda about one of the worst kitchen experiences that she’s ever had.

“My worst ever baking fail came from a fancy lemon meringue pie with a stained glass flower design that I was making for the Food Network,” she said.

“I had to make that pie five times before I got it right. On the second to last attempt I was so frazzled, I actually dropped the pie taking it out of the oven and it exploded all over the floor,” Jessica told Bored Panda.

However, when that happened, the pie artist didn’t panic! “I could have freaked out at that point, but things had just gotten so absurd I just burst out laughing. Oddly enough, I found that rather cathartic and was able to refocus afterward and finish the project.”

While it’s great if you want to improve your cooking skills, at the same time, it’s important to remember that ‘perfection’ exists neither in the kitchen nor anywhere else in life.

Professor Suzanne Degges-White, from Northern Illinois University, recently shared with Bored Panda that having a sense of humor and being flexible are two things that will definitely help you be successful in adulthood.

“No one likes to 'lose face,' and that is engrained to varying degrees across cultures. Unfortunately, our brains may be especially prone to catastrophizing events and so we might make something more out of something no one else really noticed and no one else will recall later on," she said about embarrassment and failure.

“When our personalities are wired to feel that we must be 'perfect' in all that we do, we internalize negative feelings about the mistake we made and mistakenly assume that everyone else is judging us due to that one moment," the professor said.

"Fortunately, our brains are designed to protect us from pain and many of us may suffer horrible humiliation at some point in our lives, but we can benefit from a brain that allows us to 'selectively forget' the incident or else we're able to rationalize it by reminding ourselves that 'everyone makes mistakes,' 'it was just one time and no one will remember it,' or similar healthy responses."

The professor noted that some people become perfectionists because of the way their parents raised them. "For those people, making mistakes throughout adulthood may be experienced as something that would provoke punishment and that brings on even more humilation," she said.

"The best way to embrace our mistakes is to acknowledge we've made one—or else no learning can take place. Then remind ourselves that everyone makes mistakes—that's totally normal behavior! Then figure out a way to laugh at yourself before allowing someone else to laugh at you first. When you laugh at yourself, others laugh WITH you, not AT you."