My favorite incident (and yes, we all laugh NOW...) involved a case of mistaken identity.

Did you know that, in unlabeled jars, very hot chili powder looks remarkably like paprika? But, um, the chili powder is used in VERY SMALL AMOUNTS, whereas paprika can be used liberally. Whoops! Needless to say, the main part of the meal was inedible.

Two good things have come out of this, though... my chili powder is now profusely labeled (HOT - and a picture of a campfire on it!)... and DH does the cooking!