My favorite cooking fail came at the end of a long day of exploring off road on the Lost Coast of Northern CA our first trip out there. We pulled in to the beautiful cove at Usal Beach and watched the sun begin to set while the kids played on the beach. Just behind us 3 BIG bull elk came to investigate the amazing smelling burgers I just put on the grill while rushing to set up camp before dark. So, I was a bit distracted....
While I ran around setting up camp in typical Dad fashion my kids told me something didn't smell right. In my haste to get the grilling done I had put some beautiful overpriced deli bacon cheddar burgers on the grill without first removing the plastic wrap they came wrapped in. I didn't even notice it since they were wrapped in it AND packaged, I just dumped the package on the grill in the waning light. Anyway, too tired to dig pics out of that night but it ranks very high on our small list of near perfect campsites, even with the strange tasting burgers. Oh yeah, of course we ate them anyway after we removed bits of melted plastic from them.