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

Shall I bring a couple of chairs?

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

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.....

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

what is bami goreng please??

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

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

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!

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

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

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?

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

My DS was supposed to be cooking over weekend as I'm down with shingles. I ended up living off crisps, pork pie, chocolate and toast! The lazy little devil wouldn't get off his backside to do it. So I'm glad he's gone out today, I will actually get something decent for myself. Lesson - if you want a job done, do it yourself!

This reminds me of a little exchange between Tom and Barbara in 'The Good Life.' Tom said something like, "If my wife can take the trouble to cook it, I can take the trouble to eat it".
However, it was nettle soup and he then added, "But blimey love, this is horrible!

A friend of ours (male) does all the cooking and ALWAYS has at least 9 veg on the plate. I couldn't eat it regularly - and I certainly wouldn't cook that many - but it makes a nice change.
If he doesn't like it that you spoil him when he's home, give him bacon and eggs every time.

Your meals sound delicious Phoenix. I like to do a variety of vegetables but DH complains like yours if there is more than two veggies plus potatoes. He says there's too much but he eats it just the same. He said he didn't like swede until I mashed it with carrots. Now he will eat swede on its own. One thing I do insist on is having a green vegetable on the plate. A dinner doesnt look right to me without it. Daft I know.

phoenix please add me to your long guest list for next weekend! - I call myself vegetarian but am happy to skip the chicken parcel and eat everything else !

That'll be you hosting the first nationwide Gransnet meet-up then? Seriously, your meals sound lovely to me, certainly better than anything served up in Retrotowers.

Could be worse though ... he could ask for tomato ketchup to cover his veg. Mine did. Once.

Meanwhile I put up with accept that he's going to drown everything in gravy!

Try putting out baked beans on toast with a poached egg on top. Plenty in that is good but will the lack of variety get him to comment?

Show him this thread... he is so lucky you are a talented and imaginative cook!

We eat more veggies now... and any meat is not larger than the palm part of our hands and half the thickness. No more thick chops and steaks and we are better for it.

Now, what time is Sunday lunch??? I'll bring the

He sounds like a lucky man to me, being provided with delicious, varied meals.

Wow I'm impressed by the weekend menu. He doesn't deserve you. Couldn't he just say "thank you, that was lovely"? Next time he cooks give him an honest/critical assessment of his efforts, don't hold back. Alternatively if he doesn't cook serve him a meal with all the trimmings, then just as he starts to eat whip his plate away, remove the veg and hand it back to him with a huge smile and remind him about what he said.

Sounds very nice to me ! I like to do at least two veg - potatoes don't count ! Don`t know why he would complain , maybe you have spoiled him - my sons never expect their wives to cook so if they do they are very grateful .

phoenix, too many veg? I'd have cooked a couple more green veg, I just love them. Wonder what the reaction to that would have been . Sounds a lovely meal, chicken mix sounds good, just take no notice, the grumble will pass. Let him cook next weekend and plot your revenge ? I was reminded of a time Mr C was working away, staying in a hotel with very good food. After a week with two small boys I was looking forward to a nice adult meal. What was I asked for? Egg and chips. It was a very chilly weekend.

I hate mashed swede, but DH loves it mashed in with potato (which I am also not keen on). We had it yesterday because he picked up a swede when we were shopping. Not something I ever buy (except on Halloween!). He's another who doesn't like too many veg, but he gets what I give him or he goes hungry!