Pretend you are super, hungry, in the Sims 3, as your hunger meter is almost to it's death. But as you cook: Oops! You burnt a dish! And you are almost dying of starvation! You don't want your Sim to ...
I usually do have at least two meals in the fridge beforehand but when I am out of meals and the sims burnt the one they were make, no matter their hunger I make them remake another meal.