24 of the Worst Meals People Have Been Served in Someone Else’s Home

Preparing food for a meal instead of gnawing away on raw bone and bark is a central part of human evolution. Even millennia later, however, that doesn’t mean we all know how to make it pleasant. If you were lucky enough to grow up with easy access to well-cooked food, your first meals at a less-than-chef’s hands were likely a rude awakening. 

Of course, unlike said awakening, manners require you to remain civil, a difficult feat while eating something that you can only hope won’t result in severe food poisoning.

Here are some of the worst meals Redditors have ever been served, all of which make even the saddest over-sink dinner seem Michelin star-worthy.