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Post by bearmom on Oct 2, 2018 22:08:19 GMT
for dinner. I texted and asked if we could order pizza because I don’t feel good? He said he would make it instead. I should have just made dinner for the number of times I have been in the kitchen and the number of questions I have answered.
He is otherwise very smart, has managed billion dollar projects. But fish tacos are about to get the best of him.
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Post by femalebusiness on Oct 2, 2018 22:17:37 GMT
It's the same way when my husband goes to the grocery store without me. He will call me the same number of times as the number of items on the list. But he has learned to cook since he retired and I love it. He watches cooking shows on youtube and then experiments. He has made some really good food.
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Post by gar on Oct 2, 2018 22:18:50 GMT
I assume you don’t feel unwell very often! 😁
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Post by zella on Oct 2, 2018 22:19:55 GMT
LOL, I'm sorry you're not feeling well, but OMG! How can otherwise highly intelligent men be such dopes?
My hubby is used to fending for himself in the kitchen at this point. But finding things? That is frequently more than he can handle. If only I had a dollar for each time he calls me to come find something he needs, then either finds it right as I get there, or I find it right where I told him it was.
Men really do lack the "finding things" gene, I reckon.
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Post by stacmac on Oct 2, 2018 22:23:06 GMT
This is my husband! Both the cooking and going to the store! I would love it so much if could cook dinner one night a week but I don't know if we could eat the result...
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Post by jumperhop on Oct 2, 2018 23:34:30 GMT
I recently learned that I prefer that no one cooks or bakes in my kitchen but me. I have issues!
Jen
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Post by cawoman on Oct 3, 2018 0:26:46 GMT
This may be hard to top. This happened when 1st DH and I were still in high school. He dropped over and I had just sliced up some slice and bake cookies. He invited me someplace so I said sure, just throw these cookies in the oven for 10 minutes (or whatever it was). I went in to get ready. In about 10 minutes he yelled for me to come to kitchen. He asked what happened to these cookies? I looked and he had literally thrown them onto the over rack sans a cookie sheet. That should have been a warning, lol. He did turn out to be an excellent cook as a full grown human, lol.
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Post by Mystie on Oct 3, 2018 0:56:16 GMT
My husband is an engineer, works at NASA, the smartest person I know. And yet I had to rescue him in a very similar situation where I didn't feel well and he said he would make us dinner. Grilled cheese sandwiches kicked his butt.
If anything happens to me, he will either starve to death or gain 100 pounds from eating every meal at a restaurant.
However, there are some household tasks that elude me as well, so I try not to chuckle too much about his kitchen ineptitude. He keeps the house running in other ways!
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Post by Linda on Oct 3, 2018 1:25:09 GMT
mine once reheated pizza in the oven IN the pizza box.
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Post by mikklynn on Oct 3, 2018 1:30:54 GMT
mine once reheated pizza in the oven IN the pizza box. My dad was a fireman. Sadly, this is not uncommon! Or, baking a frozen pizza in the packaging... |
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Post by leeny on Oct 3, 2018 1:50:13 GMT
Geez, what is it with these guys? I gave DH a Weight Watchers chicken recipe to make for dinner (we had all the ingredients) and when he served it I said what is this? He said he fried bacon and then seared the chicken in the bacon, then he added something to thicken the sauce, on and on.
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Post by craftykitten on Oct 3, 2018 2:09:36 GMT
Lol...mine does all the cooking, so I can never complain. Or find anything in the kitchen. I've probably forgotten how to cook.
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Post by padresfan619 on Oct 3, 2018 2:12:28 GMT
I normally do the majority of the cooking because I enjoy doing it but I have made sure to have my husband in the kitchen with me. He has 3-4 meals that he can make without my input and it has saved us on nights I’m not feeling well or running late.
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Post by librarylady on Oct 3, 2018 2:14:36 GMT
You will all hate me. My DH does all the cooking and the shopping for the food. What I don't like is that he insists that I MUST go with him to the store. Why, I don't know. We walk through the grocery store and every item I suggest he replies, "NO, we have that." So I trail along and when we get to check out, I get to use the CC to pay.  I do wonder if I will remember to cook when he is gone. --He does like me to be the one to prepare any holiday food--otherwise, he does it all. |
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Post by bc2ca on Oct 3, 2018 2:24:50 GMT
This may be hard to top. This happened when 1st DH and I were still in high school. He dropped over and I had just sliced up some slice and bake cookies. He invited me someplace so I said sure, just throw these cookies in the oven for 10 minutes (or whatever it was). I went in to get ready. In about 10 minutes he yelled for me to come to kitchen. He asked what happened to these cookies? I looked and he had literally thrown them onto the over rack sans a cookie sheet. That should have been a warning, lol. He did turn out to be an excellent cook as a full grown human, lol.  My DH feels the same way about "recipes" as he does about any instructions, so we often end up with some interesting side dishes. He is awesome at preparing proteins, though, so I'm happy do make the sides if he's roasting, rotisserieing, or grilling something. |
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Post by AussieMeg on Oct 3, 2018 3:55:55 GMT
Not wanting to brag or anything  but my DSO does a lot of the cooking at our house. The very first thing he ever cooked me when we first started seeing each other was a lamb crown roast with roasted vegetables. I knew at that moment he was a keeper. I guess it helped that he lived on his own / with mates for 10+ years before we were together. |
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Post by AngieandSnoopy on Oct 3, 2018 6:00:16 GMT
My late DH could cook but mashed potatoes or meat, he didn't need a recipe. His cornbread was from, I think, a Jiffy mix. When we first got married and I'd make biscuits and had other things going at the same time, he'd say, get everything in the bowl and he'd do the rest. It took a LONG time for me to finally figure it out. He did NOT know how to read a recipe! I taught him the cups and measuring spoons and he'd make the biscuits all by himself while I was doing something else! Oh remember he used only mixes? After a couple of years of my "from scratch" cornbread, he bought a Jiffy Mix for cornbread. Said don't get upset but I want it for "old times sake". That and I forgot what else he had with it was his "comfort" food. After he made the mix, he said that I'd ruined him! He used to love it but now hated it! He threw it out, couldn't eat it. I took that as a high compliment. My current DH, he can cook and read recipes but mainly, the only thing he will cook is his breakfast eggs. He mainly grills. Or, I'l make chili which I will NOT put beans in. He is in the chili HAS to have beans team. I make chili, he takes part of it and puts it in a pot and adds beans and sine hot stuff I don't put in chili. I let him doctor his half to his hearts content. |
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Post by mcscrapper on Oct 3, 2018 6:06:23 GMT
I get it!!! How hard is it to read and follow a recipe?
I get my feathers ruffled when I've work until 7pm and dh got off of his "fun" job at 6 and he cannot figure out a simple dinner. I mean, how many times have we grabbed a rotisserie chicken and made a salad or some form of a chicken taco with that meat? Brown some meat and make spaghetti. Just pick up SOMETHING for crying out loud. His response is always, "well I didn't know what you would want." Grrrrr.... fires me up!!!
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Post by bearmom on Oct 3, 2018 22:09:34 GMT
My husband is an engineer, works at NASA, the smartest person I know. And yet I had to rescue him in a very similar situation where I didn't feel well and he said he would make us dinner. Grilled cheese sandwiches kicked his butt. If anything happens to me, he will either starve to death or gain 100 pounds from eating every meal at a restaurant. However, there are some household tasks that elude me as well, so I try not to chuckle too much about his kitchen ineptitude. He keeps the house running in other ways! He is an engineer also. He he does have a few meals he can make, he commented when he was done that he isn’t used to having to read the ingredient list and directions so closely...... |
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but my DSO does a lot of the cooking at our house. The very first thing he ever cooked me when we first started seeing each other was a 
