Get ready to be disgusted: Here are the absolute worst meals made by Lancaster students

It’s inevitable that there’ll be at least one kitchen disaster in your time at university. From just blatantly undercooked chicken to absolutely charcoaled freezer pizza, there’s an infinite spectrum of things that can go wrong. Of course, Lancaster is no different. We asked you to submit the worst meals you’ve seen and, quite frankly, we are disgusted.

‘2 boiled eggs over an oven pizza.’

I really need to know the logistics of this. Hard boiled and sliced? Soft boiled and just placed on top? To make it worse, the rest of the submission said that this student ‘had it every day for a week’. I’m optimistically hoping that this was a case of using up all remaining food in the last week of term because there’s absolutely no way that this can be appealing enough to be consumed more than once. 5/10, fingers crossed it’s better than it sounds.

Mince and Cucumber Pizza

We’ll keep going with the pizza theme but I honestly don’t know where to start with this one. I’ve called it mince because that’s really the only thing I can make out. Is it bolognese sauce? Are they chunks of carrot that I can see? I have no idea. The addition of the brilliantly sliced cucumber on the top really sets off the meal. 3/10; I’m just offended by it, at the end of the day.

Boiled mince

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The fact that this is still bubbling in the image says a lot, really. Unfortunately, a simple mistake became somewhat of a legacy for this chef; it looks like an Olympic-sized swimming pool can be filled by the amount of liquid in this pan. I’m not even sure this is safe to eat. 2/10 for the comedy value and (probably) pretty original experience.

Uncooked pancake

It happens to the best of us: Shrove Tuesday comes around and we completely overestimate how many pancakes we can consume and just end up with an insane amount of batter left. This Lancs student, however, clearly just decided to pour the rest of the mix in the pan and hope for the best. The ‘best’ in this scenario ended up being a slightly raw blob of flour, egg, and milk. I’ll give it 6/10 because it’s probably still edible but definitely not ideal.

Microwave mash and gravy

Not to be dramatic, but if I had to pinpoint the downfall of the human race, I would consider this a pretty good place to start. The appearance alone is absolutely foul, the oobleck-esque thick gravy and slab of mash is entirely unappealing. I can’t imagine anyone going into a shop and making the active decision to pick this up, but here we are. I feel like the blame can’t be entirely on the student, since the mere concept of this is absolutely atrocious. 0/10, I’d give this minus points if I could.

Skinned Quorn Chicken Curry

This meal was so disastrous that we actually had TWO people submit it. A Lancaster student among us ‘skinned quorn chicken nuggets and put them in a curry’. Chicken nuggets in a curry? Not great but I don’t exactly see much wrong with it. But, seriously, in what world do they need to be skinned? The respondent then followed up with ‘the pile of batter haunts my nightmares’. Yeah, I don’t blame you. 7/10; wouldn’t have been that bad if it weren’t for the unnecessary skinning.

Leeks

Well, yeah. Just leeks. This meal appears to have been the culprit of an attempt at some seasoning so the effort can be commended. There’s also a lot more veg content than we’ve seen in the majority of the submissions which instantly bumps up the rating, nothing like a token bit of green to make yourself feel better about your shocking term time diet. Still, this puts the struggle in ‘struggle meal’. 4/10.

Baked beans, curry, pasta, and feta

Now this is worthy of Kitchen Nightmares. All in one bowl? I don’t even want to begin to imagine the smell radiating off that meal. The student who submitted this one proceeded to say that it is ‘too goated’ but I really can’t see anyone enjoying this. Personally, I’m glad that there was no photographic evidence shared because I genuinely think I might have thrown up on sight. 0/10; the worst one on this list by a mile.