Do you enjoy cooking?

No, hate it. Cook just enough to keep my family alive!

Witzend

I enjoy it, at least partly because dh (who doesn’t cook*) is always very appreciative of everything, and isn’t in the least fussy. I couldn’t do with a fussy-eater bloke!

*but since retirement he invariably clears up the kitchen, loads the dishwasher, and unloads it in the morning 🙂)

My husband is a bit fussy about food too, he doesn't like many vegetables, but he really appreciates most meals. Like your husband he has taken over dealing with kitchen cleaning and dishwashing for which I'm very grateful.
I give my grandchildren breakfast three days a week and love getting up to a clean and tidy kitchen to mess up again.

Been cooking since I was 14, now 73, as mum had left us so I was in charge !
Like to try one new recipe every week if possible to keep the brain cells going but I bake less than I used to as only 2 of us to eat it all 😂😂
Do enjoy cooking though and being in the kitchen on my own with radio or music ! I can lose myself in making soup or a new dish ! It can be therapeutic !

My mum was a brilliant cook and was a pastry cook when she was younger. I wish I could cook like her but I do make decent cakes. In fact I have my fruit soaking in brandy at this moment ready to make my Christmas cake later. I made my own for years and a couple for family. Then there was only the two of us so I bought one from a local bakery but they have now sadly closed so it's back to making my own.

Yes, it's very creative.

I used to enjoy cooking when the children were at home and then when my DH was still alive. Now? I feed myself properly, but derive no enjoyement either cooking or eating anymore.

No I hate it !

I loved cooking and I mean really loved it. Unfortunately health and mobility issues have put paid to my passion. Occasionally I help my husband prepare the veg etc and I have to sit at the table to do it. I'm the only person I know who gets out of breath peeling carrots. I really miss being able to do it as I found it very therapeutic as well as that sense of satisfaction I used to get from turning out a nice meal.

After working all week nothing better than spending Saturday morning in the kitchen baking whilst listening to the radio

I’m now the sole carer for my husband and providing 3 meals a day for him is important for his routine and well-being but I find I no longer enjoy cooking. His preferred diet is different from mine but I tend to cook what he likes and share it with him. If I was merely catering for myself the food would be simpler and more based on fruit and veg. Funny how things work out sometimes!

I used to love cooking and trying new dishes but now I can’t be bothered unless I am cooking for family. I stick to tried and trusted meals which I know are their favourites so I don’t get the rush of anticipatory joy that I used to when cooking something new. I live alone and eat very simply and lazily although I rarely succumb to ready meals. I do bake a lot, however, again for family although not being terribly adventurous, they usually request the same things over and over! Sick of making brownies, muffins, banana bread etc etc! And the current request is for yet ANOTHER chicken pie! Something I personally HATE!

I love cooking but don't really do any. 1. I have had several nasty accidents due to a medical condition 2. I've been married to a (now retired) chef for getting on 40 years - and he wants to do all the cooking.

He had to survive last week as he had a torn retina mended and couldn't cook, but between me, my FinL and our son, plus a takeaway we managed.

I used to, trained and did it for a living at one point for an agricultural college, but now I am decrepit, standing to cook gives me so much pain and nausea, by the time I have done it I don't want it anyway ... I can't stand processed meals so am living on toast and sandwiches now to be honest.

I did at one point try to find someone who cooks anyway, to do one plate extra 5 times a week and they would have got £3 for each one (this was years ago so would have been well worth it), but couldn't find anyone!

I absolutely hate cooking, I have been doing it for 50 years and now that it’s only the two of us if I can get out of it I will.

Not really, have more interesting things to do.

I used to love cooking but after 40-odd years of almost daily meal preparation I am heartily sick of it - I've totally gone off it. For the last ten years I've stuck to very simple meals which require little preparation.

I try to eat reasonably healthily but I don't pore over recipe books like I used to.

I (guess 🤨) I can forgive the people that hate to cook or have cut back on cooking due to being single or find it boring or are impaired.

But it just blows my mind to know there are people who hate to eat! What??? What DO they eat? They must be very unhappy.

I love to cook and bake - for friends and family and myself… from start to finish. The kitchen is the heart and hearth of home. The most important room in the house. Nothing better than breaking bread together at your table, whether at home or out.
Cheers!
USA Gundy

When my husband was alive and our home was open house to 'all and sundry' I loved cooking and knowing my efforts were well received. However, now there is only me, I hate having to bother and the endless T.V. cooking programmes leave me cold. Don't know why every Channel flogs them to death!!

No… I eat to live 🤦‍♀️

Love any kind of cooking/baking, especially at this time of year. Jam, Christmas cakes, get the oven on and radio 4. Heaven!!

No, I can’t say I enjoy cooking. I am not very adventurous, so it is
meat or fish and lots of veg. DH needed to follow a very basic regime so now I am on my own I can be more varied. I have never been any good at pastry, of making complicated recipes. I make a nice lasagne but might use a jar for one of the sauces to make life easier.

I have always loved cooking right from the days of rationing. I still make my own bread and cook everything from scratch. The days of making six Christmas cakes however are past.
My children used to do French exchanges and could never believe my cakes didn’t come from a patisserie. My Danish pastries won competitions and when I moved the WI members said that now some one else would be able to win the marmalade competition. I also used to demonstrate yeast cookery. Trouble is my husband would never eat out. “Why eat out when you have a good cook at home”

Aww, Bijou… never went out to eat? Your husband should have given you a day off here and there. Well, that’s all hindsight now. I bet your cooking, baking was fabulous! And you didn’t mind.
I would love ❤️ to dine with you.

Why indeed Bijou.

Never really enjoyed it so I gradually stopped cooking after 50 years of marriage and my husband has carried on since then. He had progressed very well and has no Plan to stop thank goodness, which suits me very well.

I cook from fresh every day apart from a Saturday. Do I like cooking NO. It's just something I have to do to keep us fed lol I did a bit of baking when I was stuck in the house during covid. Although the majority of things turned out well, I never found it enjoyable. Stressful would probably be the adjective I'd use lol