cmort666
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I live alone, so by default it's me, although I shudder to call what I do to food "cooking". If you fed it to the prisoners at Guantanamo, you'd be accused [rightfully] of a "war crime".
Who does most of the cooking at your home
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Since day one... my wife has done most if not all the cooking in our home. When we moved to our first apartment, while I was returning the trailer to the local U-Haul station, she was unpacking the kitchen stuff. By the time I got home, she had cooked our first meal... homemade biscuits and bacon with lots of sweet tea. A little over 35 years later that is still one of my very favorite meals! The other day I brought home the meat I had processed from a small doe. Over the next few weeks she will prepare all that meat for various meals that anyone would enjoy.
From time to time, I do manage to meander through the kitchen. I know how to prepare a few decent meals that have always been well received by anyone sitting down to the table. When my identical-twin brother came down with throat cancer he had to eat whatever they thought he could swallow. One Sunday afternoon I was at his house. He looked at me and said, "I am so hungry!" They were giving him nothing but liquids. I went into the kitchen and made him some stewed potatoes w/ enough salt, etc. to make 'em taste good. I cooked about half a bag of potatoes. He ate a huge plate load of potatoes and drank lots of sweet tea. If some of the family had seen it, they'd have had a hissy fit. Tough. He told me he had just about gotten sick of the liquid stuff. It was the last cooked meal he ever ate. On Monday morning he slipped into a coma and then died shortly after dawn on Tuesday. A few years ago I figured out how to grill chilli. She gave it her approval! Cool! In her opinion I am at least proficient at grilling just about anything that needs grilling be it beef, pork, chicken and fish.
From time to time, I do manage to meander through the kitchen. I know how to prepare a few decent meals that have always been well received by anyone sitting down to the table. When my identical-twin brother came down with throat cancer he had to eat whatever they thought he could swallow. One Sunday afternoon I was at his house. He looked at me and said, "I am so hungry!" They were giving him nothing but liquids. I went into the kitchen and made him some stewed potatoes w/ enough salt, etc. to make 'em taste good. I cooked about half a bag of potatoes. He ate a huge plate load of potatoes and drank lots of sweet tea. If some of the family had seen it, they'd have had a hissy fit. Tough. He told me he had just about gotten sick of the liquid stuff. It was the last cooked meal he ever ate. On Monday morning he slipped into a coma and then died shortly after dawn on Tuesday. A few years ago I figured out how to grill chilli. She gave it her approval! Cool! In her opinion I am at least proficient at grilling just about anything that needs grilling be it beef, pork, chicken and fish.
Yea, I do all the cooking, frying & baking.
I'm pretty good too.
Then again since she is disabled, so I do the cleaning & washing also.
I'm pretty good too.
Then again since she is disabled, so I do the cleaning & washing also.
TXSWFAN
Member
I do 99% of all the cooking. Last night we had a dill salmon soufflé and a cucumber/tomato carpaccio. Tonight we're having grilled portabella topped with a caper/shallot venison patty and a marinara sauce with a artichoke/asparagus risotto.
I make everything from scratch including all my own stocks, bases and sauces. I've kinda ruined restaurants for us.
The wife doesn't complain that I own the kitchen.
I make everything from scratch including all my own stocks, bases and sauces. I've kinda ruined restaurants for us.
The wife doesn't complain that I own the kitchen.
Brian41
Member
Bearbio, thanks for the tips and what I'm looking for. We've so much in the freezers right now I have no room for a deer should I shoot one.
I'm getting better in the kitchen with my wife's help and planning and the many cook books we own. I'm doing big batches and putting some up in the freezer for later meals that are easy to reheat. My niece gives me the dickens for using a microwave oven as she thinks foods cooked in them are bad for you but mine gets a lot of use.
I'm getting better in the kitchen with my wife's help and planning and the many cook books we own. I'm doing big batches and putting some up in the freezer for later meals that are easy to reheat. My niece gives me the dickens for using a microwave oven as she thinks foods cooked in them are bad for you but mine gets a lot of use.
BearBio
Member
I started canning a couple of years ago and we make all our own salsa, spaghetti sauce, jams, and dried herbs. My former botanist is making a batch of bacon (I make sausage) and each year I get a pound or two of smoked salmon from him. If I'm lucky, he'll share some venison, antelope or elk. In exchange, I make him hot sauce or dry rubs.
Gets to be addicting!
Gets to be addicting!
I do all the cooking and have through three wives...
Hey now......
Cooking is a manly art.
Used to be, my wife was the everyday cook and I was the gourmet. Neither of us have cooked much due to family stuff, but my wife is starting to cook some again. We got her a new stove that's the nuts. A guy that has been living here cooks good and he's getting me inspired to start doing it again.
Cooking is a manly art.
Used to be, my wife was the everyday cook and I was the gourmet. Neither of us have cooked much due to family stuff, but my wife is starting to cook some again. We got her a new stove that's the nuts. A guy that has been living here cooks good and he's getting me inspired to start doing it again.
Jeff Foxworthy.....
Man: Boy, that Sigourney Weaver is one seee-eeexy woman!.........Honey, this meat loaf is a little dry.
Woman: Well you get Sigourney Weaver to cook your meat loaf!
Man: Boy, that Sigourney Weaver is one seee-eeexy woman!.........Honey, this meat loaf is a little dry.
Woman: Well you get Sigourney Weaver to cook your meat loaf!
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I agree with most of it.....
Don't sell those church ladies that make Sunday dinner short!!!
It might not be pheasant under glass but it sure is damn good.
Don't sell those church ladies that make Sunday dinner short!!!
It might not be pheasant under glass but it sure is damn good.
USAF385
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I get off work at 3, so I do all the cooking since my wife works until 4:30 or 5.
I really don't mind... In fact it enjoy it.
I really don't mind... In fact it enjoy it.
I agree with most of it.....
Don't sell those church ladies that make Sunday dinner short!!!
It might not be pheasant under glass but it sure is damn good.
True story: We went to eat with a friend at his parent's farm. I've had health problems for a long time. They were real old time farm people, our friend told us that when he was growing up they often didn't have enough to eat. His mother was obviously distressed that he had bought us city people over for dinner and told us that it wasn't much but that was dinner. The food was great and I told her that if I ate like that all the time, I probably wouldn't be sick. Lots of fresh vegetables..... MMMMMM GOOD!
Don't sell those church ladies that make Sunday dinner short!!!
It might not be pheasant under glass but it sure is damn good.
True story: We went to eat with a friend at his parent's farm. I've had health problems for a long time. They were real old time farm people, our friend told us that when he was growing up they often didn't have enough to eat. His mother was obviously distressed that he had bought us city people over for dinner and told us that it wasn't much but that was dinner. The food was great and I told her that if I ate like that all the time, I probably wouldn't be sick. Lots of fresh vegetables..... MMMMMM GOOD!
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boatme99
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"Why is your dog looking at me funny?"
"Probably because you're eating out of his dish."
speedyquad
Member
even though i can cook, i hate doing so. it's so bad that i don't even use the microwave unless i have to. i've found many leftovers that i can eat cold right out of the fridge instead of nuking in the micro wave...two of those are mac and cheese and tuna noodle casserole...yes cold casserole is yummy...
so the answer is my wife...when we go out to eat is when i cook.
so the answer is my wife...when we go out to eat is when i cook.
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shouldazagged
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I love to cook, and have my whole so-called adult life. I'm pretty good at it. This is helpful, as I've been widowed and living alone for nearly nineteen years. I eat well, and almost never go to restaurants.
I did 90% of the cooking through my second and third marriages (all three wives were excellent cooks). The second worked six days a week to my five, so it seemed fair. The final wife, the right one, the love of my life, had raised four kids, three of them large boys, and was a little tired of cooking. She loved what I prepared, and I loved cooking for her.
She and I had an understanding. Whoever cooked, the other washed dishes. I much preferred cooking and she didn't mind washing up after a meal, so it worked well.
I did 90% of the cooking through my second and third marriages (all three wives were excellent cooks). The second worked six days a week to my five, so it seemed fair. The final wife, the right one, the love of my life, had raised four kids, three of them large boys, and was a little tired of cooking. She loved what I prepared, and I loved cooking for her.
She and I had an understanding. Whoever cooked, the other washed dishes. I much preferred cooking and she didn't mind washing up after a meal, so it worked well.
kozmic
Member
We split probably 60-40 her to me. I like to cook on the weekends and maybe one or two dinners during the week.
I'm getting ready to make Chicken Marsala with 3 types of mushrooms over angel hair pasta. I also have a spinach salad with chopped walnuts, sliced apples, white raisins and Gorgonzola cheese with a great store bought Poppyseed dressing I can't seem to duplicate.
I'm getting ready to make Chicken Marsala with 3 types of mushrooms over angel hair pasta. I also have a spinach salad with chopped walnuts, sliced apples, white raisins and Gorgonzola cheese with a great store bought Poppyseed dressing I can't seem to duplicate.
Try the cooking channel.com type in whatever kind of meat you have and sit back and choose a recipe.
I'm the camp chef and mostly here at home too since retired. The wife taught me well.
All joking aside, I still have my man card.
italiansport
Member
Well I 'm getting ready to make dinner and it will be one of my favorites good old American meatloaf.
No recipe I know of calls for this but instead of water I mix in a goodly helping of pasta sauce and some grated parmisan cheese. I also reserve some sauce which I pour over the top about a half hour before it's done.
I'll seve it with a freshly tossed salad and a nice bottle of red wine.
As an aside: I'm about half way thru brine curing my 1st batch of olives this season. I put these up in about a 100 year old 2 gallon crock as anything bigger than that is hard to manage. Olive trees have been planted here in profusion for a long time so they're free for the picking. This also holds true for oranges and grapefruit after the 1st of the year.
Jim
No recipe I know of calls for this but instead of water I mix in a goodly helping of pasta sauce and some grated parmisan cheese. I also reserve some sauce which I pour over the top about a half hour before it's done.
I'll seve it with a freshly tossed salad and a nice bottle of red wine.
As an aside: I'm about half way thru brine curing my 1st batch of olives this season. I put these up in about a 100 year old 2 gallon crock as anything bigger than that is hard to manage. Olive trees have been planted here in profusion for a long time so they're free for the picking. This also holds true for oranges and grapefruit after the 1st of the year.
Jim
We both love to cook and usually do it together.
Besides, I look good in an apron.
Besides, I look good in an apron.
