Mr P has just complained about his dinner, who's right, him or me?

So it seems like we'll all be round next Sunday, Phoenix, and as it's Easter we'll expect even more veg!

On the subject of cooking multiple veg, I remeber I used to have a device I could put into a saucepan which divided it into I think 3 sections, to keep the veg separate - does anyone know what I mean, and whether you can still get it?

Give him egg and chips next time he's home, sit back and wait for the comment.

Give me egg and chips with a slice of home cooked ham and I would be a very happy bunny.

angelab, I used to have one of those pans with dividers, but it went rusty. I did, however, hang on to the dividers, which fit just one of my saucepans, saves a bit of washing up!

if he doesn't want veg dont give him veg...problem solved.Our family have always been fussy eaters my gran ,my mum and some of my generation we were never forced to eat what we didn't like ,usually had seperate meals made for us if we wouldn't eat what everyone else had ..in my case I never have eaten fowl of any kind and when i married my husband had a long list of stuff he wouldn't eat.Never been an issue .Dont want it or dont like it then dont cook it and he wont waste it

He should thank his lucky stars you make such an effort. I'm impressed.

what is bami goreng please??

You could, of course, tell him that you will only accept complaints in writing

I too make a real effort with cooking, & recently posted a thread entitled 'anyone else's husband this difficult to understand '.....I always make every meal from scratch, with often a homemade soup to accompany, Having a Mediterranean husband, ready made meals would never suffice! After an outburst of criticism over me not making his national dish the way his family make it, I will adamantly NEVER make it again, he can damn well do it hiself.SO LADIES,..it seems we sometimes just cannot win, you Deserve to be appreciated :Phoenix....so go on strike for a few days...he knows where the kitchen is.....

Looks like you'll be having to put up extra chairs and tables next weekend phoenix! So many of us are looking forward to coming round for your excellent cooking

Shall I bring a couple of chairs?

Oh you lot do make me smile!

He is actually a very good chap, and always appreciative of my efforts, perhaps I phrased my op badly!

(No one forced him to eat that last roast potato......)

He would have got leftovers here tonight

Thread reminds me of Facebook

Except people show pictures of their cooking on FB
Photos next time please phoenix

Yes please.

Can we book with you for a Sunday dinner? You are making sure he gets enough vitamins and all the rest from the vegetables....

Didn't the bacon ping open and the sausage fall off the top of the chicken breast?

Mine would have done.

DH criticised in the kitchen for years-not so much at the content of the meal but rather my prep and methods. I was using the wrong knife, why didn't I add more stock, too many potatoes in the pan, wrong amount of water in the kettle etc etc. I snapped. Told him that he could just cook everything himself as I was fed up with the niggly criticism. He's cooked most nights since then! It's actually worked out well as he enjoys cooking and I don't.

It sounds delicious, I may be around with all the other GN who have invited themselves.

The "chicken parcels" work well when it isn't practical to do a whole chicken, for example if you don't want to spend the next few days either eating cold chicken, or preparing pie or curry!

Get a decent sized chicken breast, pat dry with kitchen roll, slap it a bit with your hand.

Firmly grasp the chipolata, and straighten it (they tend to be curved in their natural state!).

Put it on top of the chicken breast, (sometimes the sort of underside of the breast is easier, as it often has a slightly concave surface). Using rashers of streaky bacon, wrap them around the chicken/chipolata combo so that they go over and under, if that makes sense!

Sprinkle with a bit of dried sage, if liked, or pop a fresh sage leaf on the chicken before wrapping.

If you pop them in a dish where they fit reasonably closely, they should stay in one piece, but you can secure with cocktail sticks if you don't trust them!

Riveting reading.

I think a decision that was only half formed, has just set like concrete.

Totally apologies phoenix. Maybe I just don't get people that start off with some sort of argument then it transpires that they're jovially almost going for a recipe book.