Who does most of the cooking at your home

[labworm]

Me, because I am excellent at it and enjoy the results.
Nothing fast, slow means great tasting meals.

Just stay out of my kitchen while I work.

 

[chaparrito]

I do it all. Except holiday baking which the wife loves to do, or some special fry bread for sonny boy when he's home from school.

 

[diamonback68]

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.

Zag, that is exactly my situation and why I cook/chef now. I hate cleaning up the mess. BTW, my third, my present wife is the one I waited for all my life, so she's well worth cooking for.

 

[BearBio]

"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. "

"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. "


THAT IS SOOOO FREAKY!!! EACH OF THOSE QUOTES COULD BE ME TALKING!!!!

"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 serve it with a freshly tossed salad and a nice bottle of red wine"

Try mixing just a little Italian sausage into your meatloaf as well (instead of pork)==fresh oregano and basil, too!

 

[99savage308]

The little woman does the cooking. It's her kitchen and will let you know in a heart beat.

 

[straightshooter1]

I do virtually all the cooking in our house. My wife has tried, poor thing.

Every two or three years she'll make something she saw in a magazine or heard about at work.

I'll compliment her on it, tell her how good it was.

Then, a week or so later, she'll suggest making whatever it was again.

I just say "NOOOOOO, please, no." And, of course, the questioning begins.

"Why did you say you liked it, if it was so bad?"

Followed by": "What else have you lied to me about?"

I try to steer her away from her culinary experimentations as I always come out on the short end of the stick.

Bob

 

[TheHobbyist]

I do 90% of the cooking in our house. I can cook better than most restaurants we go to. I enjoy it. Primarily, I enjoy cooking for other people. Very critical of my own cooking...I know if I like it...then it's golden. I've never read a recipe, rather just rely on instincts and cooking methods--such as, BBQ, cast iron, type of dish, timing, seasoning, and what's in the fridge.

I have friends that don't have a lot; some friends that do. I'll tell ya, the former can cook some good old fashioned home cooking that would make you turn up your nose at anything in a restaurant.

Should you have any questions, or if it may be of further interest, PM for some good recipes... Not manly to cook? Reckon you weren't a bachelor long.

 

[schgsd]

I'm cooking dinner right now for both of us.

And the grill gets used year round. I have thawed the regulator with a warm rag to cook steaks in below zero temps.

 

[snubbyfan]

We both cook and frequently we can switch and trade cookin' jobs. In general I cook the meat and my wife does the veggies and starches. We each have our own specialties while the other assists.
I did learn that when my Italian wife tells me to stir the lasagna sauce, to ONLY stir the lasagna sauce DO NOT add any spices.
One thing I've learned is to never mess with an Italians pasta.

 

[Syspila]

Being Handicapped now, I do almost all the cooking here as well as before, raising 3 girls with my first wife. I can read a cookbook, cover to cover! I love the Art!

 

[Mule Packer]

Every man...and let me emphasize every man...should know how to cook breakfast. And when I say "breakfast," I mean a real breakfast...eggs, chicken-fried steak, homemade biscuits, milk gravy, etc.

Every man should also know how to cook venison.

Anything after that is a bonus.

My mom taught me and my three brothers how to cook when we were fairly young. I've been cooking in elk camps, deer camps, horse camps, fishing camps, etc. for the past 40 plus years...and those guys not only want food that tastes good but also is going to stick to your ribs. I try to comply.

While my wife does most of the cooking around the homestead here, I often fire up the old gas range and throw something together. Being the sweetheart that she is, she always compliments me, even though it's usually camp chow, such as stew and biscuits, or chili and cornbread, or meatballs and gravy, or meatloaf...that kinda stuff.

 

[luangtom]

I am spoiled. I married a traditionalist when it comes to cooking and sewing. I do my own laundry, vacuum, do the dishes when she does not. I cook a great once in awhile.

 

[JohnSW]

Everyone else get the f@#% out of my kitchen!!!

I know what you mean. Working in a restaurant kitchen would drive me crazy.

 

[boatme99]

Yep, every man should know how to cook, do his own laundry, basic sewing, and basic home maintenance skills.

 

[TheHobbyist]

@ Mule Packer,

Can you send a doggy bag of the Camp Chow to Green Bay, WI? I will include a Packers baseball cap, as a token of my gratitude.

I love that type of food.

I've come to realize over time that I really enjoy simple foods made exceptionally well--the more primitive the cooking method the better (i.e., Dutch Oven, etc.). YMMV

It's funny, on TV, the latest craze seems to be this exotic food or that, restaurants where you have to know someone to get a table...(Blah). Give me simple home-cooked food, made really well and i'm a happy camper.

 

[Abbynormal]

I do and if anyone has a problem with my cookin',....well that's one of the reasons I like S&W's!!!

 

[Cyrano]

If I don't cook, I don't eat. It's that simple.

 

[Smith357]

I spent many years in professional fine dining kitchens in my youth. That experience gave me a love of good food and nice knives. I do all the cooking at home, and everyone always makes me cook and cut the meat at parties with friends and family.

The latest was at the cabin turkey roast, I had to carve two birds.

 

[Frank46]

My wife usually does the cooking but has been going to the hospital with her sister for cancer treatments. So have been stuck doing my own cooking. Asked the daughter if I buy you fly for some chinese take out. She was really getting tired of the stuff she bought to eat. I can do the basics like hamburgers, pork chops, Scrambled eggs and some of the new Johnsonville brats and other stuff like that. So far haven't burned anything. And that's always a good thing. Frank

 

[soFlaNative]

Yep, every man should know how to cook, do his own laundry, basic sewing, and basic home maintenance skills.

Seems like they are becoming lost arts. I know just enough about those things to be able to really foul them up completely, which is a good thing because I know when to stop before that happens.

By the way, that's the 2nd avatar you've had where I can't make out the gams