The main cook in the house

My DH cooks most meals. He is better at it than me. I'm not over interested in food so would find fiddling about for what seems like hours a waste of time. I happily and gratefully eat whatever is put in front of me. I have to say if I did cook I would happily be vegetarian. DH is about to have a hip replacement so have listed meals that I'll do while he's incapacitated remembering his nutritional needs too. So, chicken, beef, eggs, cheese it will be with lots of veg. So hope I can do it well for him. . . .

I'm not really unhappy Craicon I'm just a bit green with envy at those of you who's partners cook. My sisters husband shops and cooks almost every meal. My circumstances mean that's not possible. If it was I doubt my husband would cook. He's just not that interested. I took over peeling potatoes when I was around 9. It just dawn on me that I've spent a very long time doing it. Still there are worse things in life than peeling potatoes in a warm kitchen.

morethan2 you sound like my mum. I think she probably peeled potatoes every day her and my dad were alive. I hope you're not as unhappy as she was.
I'm the main cook but mostly cook lovely things for myself and simple chip related meals for my 7yr DS as he's a fussy bugger.
DH has zero interest in food and would happily live on tinned soup, if I let him.
I have tried to encourage DH to do basic meals for DS to save me the hassle but having to write out very detailed instructions just puts me off. He doesn't even boil eggs. If he wants a boiled egg, he asks me to do it. When he attempted it, I had to tell him what number to put the hob on to simmer and set the timer.

I do all the cooking and cleaning 'sigh' however he works 12 hours a day so has an excuse. He lived on his own for 18 months abroad so had to learn to cook and did do some when he was at home and I was at work. Now as I work from home roles are back to normal - I do have plans for him to do more when he retires though

Marnie, sorry to read your hubby has dementia. May you always remember the laughter X

Hubby could always cook as his mum taught him, however when working rarely did anything around the house. Now he's retired he does all the cooking and I have to elbow him out of the kitchen at weekends to keep my hand in ?
I'm still working full time and really appreciate not having to cook when I get home, although even after two years I still have to heap praise on him or he thinks it's not good enough. Funny that - I don't remember receiving much praise for doing all the housework, cooking and childcare although I've always worked too. I'm not complaining though. We've just celebrated our Ruby wedding anniversary.

Mr Blink worked from home for 15 years when our DSs were young. He cooked all meals in the week and I took over at weekends. We sat down at the outset and planned about a dozen or so weekday meals then I wrote instructions which he followed religiously. Since retirement though, he hasn't done any. Probably because I enjoy cooking. It works for us.

I do all the cooking. I love my kitchen and my husband makes a dreadful mess so he is more or less banned. He really appreciates everything i cook for him tho! If necessary he is capable of heating up a dish, pie & chips, poaching eggs etc so he's not entirely hopeless just incredibly messy!!!

No cooks in our house!!!

Oh how I envy those of you with men that cook. Just by chance as I stood peeling the potatoes I suddenly thought barring the odd meal out or occasional rice dish I've been stood at a sink peeling potatoes almost every day for around fifty five years. Bit sad isn't it.

What is a Bodach?

Simple answer here - me, my late DH did some simple meals but I was always the one to cook meals from scratch, all fresh ingredients.

Now I'm on my own I do still prepare most meals from scratch, my real treat is if I go out for a meal with friends, no preparation, no washing up.

I do most of the cooking but since retiring I really enjoy trying out new recipes. DH is the pan washer upper. He does however make a fantastic curry from scratch although uses every pan and bowl for mixing spices and marinating etc. Both my sons cook well I'm pleased to say.

When he retired, my DH said he would take over the cooking, as I was still working. I would come home at night, exhausted, thinking at least dinner will be on the table. It was, indeed on the table, but mostly inedible and usually lukewarm. He never made allowances for traffic or me being held up at work. .
I then had the bright idea of preparing " fail safe" meals that could be either reheated easily or stuck in the oven.
I gave up, it was too stressful.He managed to ruin those too.
However, he is a dab hand at ironing, dusting and vacuuming!

Fortunately/unfortunately my DH has dementia. Before this happened he enjoyed cooking but we did not enjoy the results. He used to stir fry a lot but we called it a stew fry as it often took over an hour to cook despite many lessons. One Christmas he decided to cook dinner. Oh a Christmas off thought I. Wrong he put the sprouts on first before putting the Turkey in the oven. It is sad though that he can't concoct his specialities any more. The laughter was good.

The men in my family are all good cooks. DH always does the evening meal, mainly as he got fed up with my vegetarian cooking and missed his meat! He does cook veggie meals for me but adds a steak or sausages to his . He does good curries and chillies. He leaves all the washing up till the morning he does do the kitchen then. I do the rest of the cleaning , washing etc.

I do most of the main cooking, although DH can put together a simple meal for lunch etc. He almost always makes the tea and coffee (has to be done properly, apparently). He is also the dishwasher -although we have one which we use a couple of times a week. He loves hovering, but has no idea what a duster is!

Both DSs are good cooks, and younger DS does all the cooking in their house - I'm not sure his wife knows how to cook! They also both help with the cleaning, washing etc. I'm very proud of my men!

Mr David 1968 does virtually all of the cooking. (I clear up and load the dishwasher.) He also bakes all of our bread - by hand. All learned since we married in 1983.

Me unfortunately, I must be getting old not enjoying cooking so much. My Aunt is 87 sh eats out two or three times a week or orders in food. Says she has cooked long enough. Can't say I blame her, my h, looked after me when I broke my pelvis and cooked ping meals, (microwave) but my d made sure they were from m&s.
We are now sitting in our living room waiting for new carpet to be delivered and laid h has said if they are here to late we can eat out yippee

DH is the cook and prepares every meal, he took over the running of the house when he retired.

Oh you lucky women! Like grannypiper I can only get DH to make tea or coffee and he leaves a mess behind him so I don't ask him to do it very often.

DH loves to cook. The only thing I do is toast for us both in the morning. He makes all our meals but I clear up afterwards.

When we were younger and had more free time the Dh cooked all sorts of fancy nosh. Now I do it as he is too exhausted after 12 hour days. However, he does a mean lobster risotto which the kids would swim through treacle for. They have a sixth sense about it. If he expresses an intention to make one the phone goes and it will be the DD and D B/F inviting themselves over.

The DH says he will take over the cooking when he is retired but in the meantime I have got a bit territorial over MY kitchen.

Beloved without a doubt. We don't have a cooker, meals are cooked from scratch in one of our 2 microwaves. I can manage simple stuff but meals are definitely her domain.

My long-gone Ex was a menace in the kitchen. Did I mention the cloves he put in my pot of soup? Or the grapefruit he decided would enhance a fruit salad? Just two of the interventions that remain in my memory - and my taste buds - after all these years! Happy to say that my DSs don't take after him: both competent in the kitchen - one of them ex-professional chef.