Men who 'Can't cook.

I remember my friend telling me that, when they first married, her DH asked her to cook the mince just as his mother cooked it - no onion, no tomato, no herbs, no flavouring. Just plain, please, like my mother's.

So she did and served up this grey tasteless stuff and he was very surprised to find that it wasn't a bit like his mother's.

Why is cooking such a big deal? I could cook basic meals if I wanted to but I don't want to. If someone else is happy to do it then I'll happily wash up.

sounds like my MIL 's cooking when I met her at first Callistemon she used to put everything for the week in casseroles on Sunday and keep them in the fridge,mince went in with a stock cube and no browning of the meat so did stew.She has improved in the 45 years since I met her and to be fair I can eat some of her food now without getting bad indigestion or being ill .Mr Paddy didn't realise how bad it was ashe was never all that bothered about food ...except chocolate

she cooked the stuff in casseroles on Sunday ..dont know where words disappear to on here

My husband can cook a cracking Chinese meal, (his Sesame crispy lamb with noodles has got us speaking after an argument a few times!) but that's nearly the extent of his repertoire. In the beginning he tried telling me how his ex-wife had cooked (I went to catering college and worked as a chef for a few years) but when I immediately said ”if you're so keen on her food you could go back to her - now” he changed his mind PDQ!

He hasn't mentioned her cooking since.

His cooking involves every dish, pan, implement in the kitchen and spillages everywhere. I've just come out of hospital and keep seeing where he's ”cleaned up” after him is making my heart sink at the thought.

paddyanne

sounds like my MIL 's cooking when I met her at first Callistemon she used to put everything for the week in casseroles on Sunday and keep them in the fridge,mince went in with a stock cube and no browning of the meat so did stew.She has improved in the 45 years since I met her and to be fair I can eat some of her food now without getting bad indigestion or being ill .Mr Paddy didn't realise how bad it was ashe was never all that bothered about food ...except chocolate

I don't think there was even supposed to be a stock cube in it, paddyanne, according to him!
Just plain mince.

His mother probably told him it was plain to keep him quiet.

My hubby could cook, but has a back injury, and arthritis in his joints, as well as shaky hands (we are both in our seventies).

He probably would manage in an emergency, but I would worry about him falling or dropping hot dishes. I would also worry about him using very sharp knives for preparation, prior to cooking a meal.

I do all the things that require cooking (despite being a somewhat "average" cook), but he manages to do toast (crumpets/Bagels) etc. for breakfast. He also does all the washing up.

Guilty as charged!
Left to my own devices (instead of DH who provides an excellent, nutritious and varied diet) There would be a lot of eggs, tomatoes, cheese, sausages, bacon and tinned soup consumed.

One day I shall rue being so unskilled

Sill had never cooked when he got married so daughter took him to a gourmet steak lesson. I don't think he's made it since but he does try to feed the kids if she is away working. The other day she was upstairs on important calls when he popped in holding a carton of soup.He asked'what is all this water at the top.Do I pour that out before heating?' She had to explain that it was the soup before stirring!

My DF was so fussy, he hated getting his hands messy and was quite revolted at the thought of breaking an egg. He never cooked, having been brought up in a family with lots of women, including two older sisters. He was a stickler for clearing up, though, probably a hangover from his time on submarines in the war.

I'll never forget him coming into the kitchen when four of us were up to our elbows in the middle of preparing food for a party and declaring "this place needs a good clearup!".

He used to go sailing with a couple of other men and they seemed to manage in their tiny galley. He was spoilt by my DM's good cooking and always complained that they never got gravy on the boat. I think he managed to make some somehow to serve with the meal.

And, to his credit, they acquired a breadmaker quite late in life and he got great satisfaction weighing the flour, etc, and producing his own loaves.

Cooking, easy peasy, but my wife will interfere. Last night while I was taking a healthy swig from the wine bottle, she said, "I don't think that is what is meant by reducing the wine."

Grr! I HATE MEN!

dortie145, I might consider having an empty fridge myself - if it means that somebody will bring me Sunday dinner!

Are we related Puzzled

DH made a very good stir fry this evening.
I did have to tell him where all the ingredients were ?‍?

No-one 'can't cook' male or female - unless they have severe impairment that makes it impossible.

If you don't eat you will die! Everybody should be able to make food for themselves.
It's a basic human need surely. Why should you rely on someone else to keep you alive?
More important now that both partners work.

Aw, late H couldn't boil water.

Don't worry!
Hunger will drive us to boil eggs or cook eggs and bacon, and open cans.