He he , I had lots of those "mistakes" , but I can hardly remember any ...! Let's think ...

Oh yep !

1)As my mom had a very bad health (MS) , I started helping out pretty young ! So one day , my mom asked me to peel and boil the potatoes for her . I was proud I was in charge here , so I got started full of energy . I peeled at least 5 times the amount we needed , grabbed the biggest casserole I could find , and did the job . Then me mom asked : "Did you add enough salt ?" . I made sure there was enough , so I poured in a CUP of salt ...

Oh my , you should have seen a) my mom's face when she saw I peeled enough potatoes for two weeks ; b) my dad's face as he took one hot potatoe in his mouth ! Since then , I never add salt any more ..! I prefer the natural taste

2) On of those X-mas eves , I was helping out as usual . My mom's favorite dish then is "cow's tongue" . I don't know the English name for it . It comes with a yummie tomato-sauce .
As we got short of time , my mom asked me to hand over the tin of salt , so she could prepare that sauce . As she was so much in a hurry , she didn't notice that silly Lut was giving her the tin of SUGAR !!!! ! She also made the mistake not to taste the result before serving it . We were running late , so the show had to go on !!! He he , it is still a family-joke nowadays : "He , remember that yummie sugar-tomato-sauce we ate in 1966 ??" . I always turn red then ....