RedSquirrelUK
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Aug 13, 2020 17:36:56 GMT
DH loves beef-burgers and I don't. I'll eat one that someone else has cooked, with lots of flavours to disguise it, but if I cook it myself, the cooking smell puts me off wanting to eat it.
We have beef-burgers tonight, that DH bought yesterday, and I'm procrastinating over cooking dinner. I'm doing runner beans and broccoli with them as a treat to myself.
Do you prepare meals that the rest of the family like and you don't? If you do, do you put up with the food you dislike, or make something different for yourself?
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Gravity
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Post by Gravity on Aug 13, 2020 17:38:26 GMT
No, I do not cook foods that I don't like. It's just DH and me at home. He is perfectly capable of cooking for himself.
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Post by papersilly on Aug 13, 2020 17:40:18 GMT
No. i enjoy cooking and there is no joy in making something i don't like. i realize there is another person in the house but oh well. if DH wants a certain food and i don't like cooking it, we can do take out.
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Post by mikklynn on Aug 13, 2020 17:40:31 GMT
No way. DH can order them in a restaurant. Well, he could before COVID.
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Post by jeremysgirl on Aug 13, 2020 17:40:54 GMT
I do cook foods I dislike. Like steak. I couldn't care less if I ever had another steak in my life. Sometimes when we have steak, I'll make myself fish. Other times, I will eat the steak anyway. Just depends on my mood.
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Post by sueg on Aug 13, 2020 17:41:41 GMT
It’s only DH and I now, so it’s pretty easy to cook something we both like. There are a few things I like that he doesn’t, so they weee something I used to cook when he traveled for work, which of course isn’t happening right now. Things he likes that I don’t, he will sometimes cook when he does meals on the weekend, but if I tell him I really don’t like something, he won’t make it when I’m home. When we had everyone at home, I would sometimes cook things that weren’t my favourites, if everyone else loved the.
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Post by Linda on Aug 13, 2020 17:43:41 GMT
I do cook meals that I don't like - for two reasons.
1)there are meals that everyone else likes that I don't and it's not fair to leave them out of rotation just because 1 person (me) doesn't like them
2)the best way to teach my kids that sometimes you have to eat something you don't especially like is to set that example by me and DH eating things that are 'not our favourite'
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Post by katyscrap on Aug 13, 2020 17:45:01 GMT
I do all the time. I'm not really a meat eater but I still cook it and then eat the sides.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Aug 13, 2020 17:45:57 GMT
As far as food-food, no. But I do make pumpkin pies and pumpkin bars for my family because they love them. The smell of pumpkin makes me want to hurl!
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Post by huskermom98 on Aug 13, 2020 17:49:32 GMT
No because if DH wants something I don't like/want to make, he can make it himself for the family. That wouldn't include much, but meatloaf is one thing I can think of off the top of my head. However, I do all of the shopping so he would have to make a special trip for some things.
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Post by Julie W on Aug 13, 2020 17:50:53 GMT
Yes, but not all the time. DD14 loves pasta dishes and I do not - so I will make them for her every other week or so. She also likes a particular risotto, that I try not to eat due to the carbs, and it's just not my preferred flavor of risotto. She loves this dish, and so I also make that about once every other week. I usually make salad for myself.
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Post by heckofagal on Aug 13, 2020 17:51:13 GMT
No. If anyone wants to eat something I don't want to cook they are welcome to cook it themselves or order it from a restaurant.
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Post by littlemama on Aug 13, 2020 17:51:31 GMT
Yes, I do. Whether or not I eat it depends on the level of dislike. For example, I make chili. I hate chili. I do nkt eat it. Usually, I will make kielbasa and sauerkraut for myself because dh doesnt care for that.
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Post by bc2ca on Aug 13, 2020 17:56:26 GMT
Do you prepare meals that the rest of the family like and you don't? If you do, do you put up with the food you dislike, or make something different for yourself? I cook things like pork chops and chicken thighs or legs for my family and will have something different routinely. With a couple exceptions, I don't like cooked mushrooms and make them as a side dish for DS and DH a few times a month. If I make something the kids don't like, they can fix themselves a different meal. DD will fend for herself if I make anything with shrimp. I can't think of anything that DH or DS won't eat.
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Post by milocat on Aug 13, 2020 18:02:00 GMT
No because if DH wants something I don't like/want to make, he can make it himself for the family. That wouldn't include much, but meatloaf is one thing I can think of off the top of my head. However, I do all of the shopping so he would have to make a special trip for some things. Yeah that. DH is not picky as long as there is food on the table! My MIL liked making fried cabbage but it would make so much and DH likes it also. I hate the smell. So she would invite him for supper, she always seemed so apologetic that the kids and I weren't invited. I knew we weren't not being invited and I'd rather he not bring that foul smelling stuff home.
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Post by ~summer~ on Aug 13, 2020 18:03:49 GMT
I don’t cook things I don’t *like* but I do cook things that aren’t really things I can eat but that my kids love such as homemade Mac and cheese, sloppy joes, bratwurst, mashed potatoes etc. boys would rebel if all I cooked was kale and lentils haha
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Post by MichyM on Aug 13, 2020 18:05:24 GMT
When I was married, yes. Steak (and most red meat). Bratwurst. Sausage, Bacon. Those are the culprits I can think of off the top of my head.
I also made my ex a (from scratch) German chocolate cake each year for his birthday. I love desserts but not German chocolate cake. Ugh.
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Post by sam9 on Aug 13, 2020 18:12:32 GMT
Life is short, but yes I do. I find it strange that there are a couple of things that only I like and I never make those meals. Hmmm. On the other hand, there are things that none of us particularly like that I still make because I know it's good for us.
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Post by maryannscraps on Aug 13, 2020 18:21:19 GMT
Not really. DH and I both pretty much like the same things. The only thing I can think of that he likes and I don't is fried oysters. I'd never make that at home, anyhow. He can order them out if he wants them.
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Post by ~summer~ on Aug 13, 2020 18:28:03 GMT
On the flip side I also cook *lots* of things that I’m basically the only one that likes - I’m looking at you stuffed eggplant!
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Post by flanz on Aug 13, 2020 19:07:44 GMT
On the flip side I also cook *lots* of things that I’m basically the only one that likes - I’m looking at you stuffed eggplant! oooh.... sorry for the hijack but may I please have the recipe?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2020 19:20:46 GMT
Nope, as the shopper and cook i feel if I have to do all the work planning meals and making them, I am going to enjoy the meal
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Post by peano on Aug 13, 2020 19:25:55 GMT
DH does as much cooking as I do, so if he wants something he likes that I don’t, like food with cooked green pepper, he makes it. I avoid making recipes with olives if I’m cooking for both of us, or at least where they can easily be picked out, because he abhors them.
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Post by padresfan619 on Aug 13, 2020 19:26:46 GMT
No. And I don’t cook meals that my husband doesn’t like either.
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Post by curiouscrafter on Aug 13, 2020 19:28:28 GMT
Nope, I only cook foods I like. If DH wants something I don't like, he will fix it himself or have it on a night I'm not there to eat.
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Post by leannec on Aug 13, 2020 19:31:17 GMT
I live alone now so I only cook things I like! When I was cooking for my family I did not cook anything that I disliked ... life is too short to eat bad food
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Post by ellen on Aug 13, 2020 19:32:47 GMT
Never. I also don't make things that I know my husband doesn't like either. He makes things like venison if I am not going to be home for dinner.
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Post by refugeepea on Aug 13, 2020 19:40:22 GMT
All the time. It's more of a whatever, it's food.
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Post by maryland on Aug 13, 2020 19:41:48 GMT
I dislike everything with cooking - meal planning, grocery shopping, putting it all away in a limited space (I go grocery shopping every two days becasue we only have a small pantry and one refrigerator, so not enough room to store extras.), cooking, cleanup. If I was rich, I would hire a cook!
I do cook stuff my husband likes but I don't. I will cook an extra meal for the rest of us. But I am a sahm, so that's my job! He works all day and doesn't have time to cook like I do. I think if it was just the two of us, we would get take out most of the time. Much cheaper! I spend so much money on groceries. But with five of us, not always economical to get take out.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2020 19:42:29 GMT
Yes, I do. Ground meat is a textural issue for me, but I still make things with it (meatloaf is a family favorite), but don't eat it. I will either only eat sides or I save individual leftovers of meals I do like in the freezer and get one of those out (next week I am making meatballs in gravy over potatoes, but am having butter chicken for me).
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