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Post by gar on Aug 13, 2020 23:54:11 GMT
There is one things that I refuse to cook: lamb because I can't abhor the smell, taste or texture. DH loves it. If we eat out, he will have lamb if it's available. I'm better now than I used to be - years ago I couldn't even sit opposite someone eating lamb. We could never be married, you and I, hahaha! I love lamb and I could eat it, in all its different forms, every day of the week and twice on Sunday. Calves liver with bacon, mash and onion gravy! Yum! Well, you and I could never be married either, if that's the kind of awful food you'd bring to the relationship! I remember when I was in London, and we were having lunch at a cafe. I ordered the meat pie, I took one bite, and it tasted like dog food. That's when I realised it was a steak and kidney pie. OMG I tried to return it and get the plain meat pie like I wanted, but they refused. Awww, shattered dreams I tell you! 😉 But I could bring spotted dick too if it helps? That’s a shame about the pie though 😕
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Post by scrappinmom3 on Aug 14, 2020 1:06:06 GMT
I don’t cook anything that I don’t like. But, then again, I’m not a picky eater. I do cook some things that others in my family don’t like.
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Post by Skellinton on Aug 14, 2020 1:12:28 GMT
Not really, most foods I don’t like it is just as much the odor as the taste. I only eat chicken and fish for meat, when my husband wants something four legged he grills fit and cooks my chicken at the same time. I do cook food I can’t eat though, I have weird food allergies so I will cook my husband things I can’t eat, usually a dessert or sweet bread.
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Aug 14, 2020 1:34:50 GMT
Currently no, because I am single.
When I was in a live in relationship with a former boyfriend, I would make stuff he liked and I didn't. I would make myself something different. I am picky so I often made separate things or made his "enhanced" (add...cheese, sauce, condiments, spices, etc...). I don't like to cook, but did it anyways. As I do now, I cooked in bulk back then too. He loved cheeseburger hamburger helper, so If I made that I would do a double batch, then freeze portions.
I am a firm believer of no one has to eat or try anything, if they don't want to.
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Post by sabrinae on Aug 14, 2020 1:46:41 GMT
I do. I’m the primary cook at my house even though we both work full time and my husband is actually home more than I am right now. He’s a horrible cook though. I try to stay away from carbs, but still make it when he or the kids request it. I am teaching Both my kids to cook though. They routinely help me with meals and can both cook several things. The 10 yr old sometimes needs help getting things in or out of the oven and she doesn’t like turning on the gas burner but they are both already better cooks than their dad. My 13 year old can make most things by herself if she has a recipe or I talk her through a recipe as I often cook without a written recipe.
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Post by pierkiss on Aug 14, 2020 1:49:53 GMT
No. For example, my husband LOVES corned beef. I do not. I don’t cook it. If he wants it, he can cook it. He’s a great cook. 😀
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Post by cmpeter on Aug 14, 2020 2:12:36 GMT
No I don’t. Luckily I can’t think of many things the rest of the family likes that I don’t. Yams and pumpkin pie, but we only have those for Thanksgiving and dh makes them or I buy premade from Whole Foods.
Dh and I both work full time.cooking all the meals is not my responsibility. If there was something he really wanted, he would make dinner or save it for a meal out. Ditto for me...I don’t make things the rest of the family dislikes.
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Post by alexa11 on Aug 14, 2020 2:16:21 GMT
That's one good thing about being single- cook whatever you want or just eat chips for dinner haha.
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Post by smcast on Aug 14, 2020 3:02:15 GMT
I wanted to add on: this question assumes my dh and dd give me ideas and/or requests. 😅 Not so much. 👎
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Post by craftykitten on Aug 14, 2020 8:03:30 GMT
Dh does all the cooking. Sometimes he asks what I fancy, otherwise its whatever he feels like making. He is a great cook and I always like his meals. We are both vegetarian so no problems there, there are a few things he doesn't like (mushrooms, raw tomatoes) so if i really want them I do them for myself, but otherwise I'm happy without them. I definitely wouldn't expect him to make something that he didn't like, just for me.
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Post by carhoch on Aug 14, 2020 10:38:46 GMT
My DH love lamb shop I don’t so I cook something else for me that day . I love cilantro he hates it so I serve it on the side ...
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Post by kibblesandbits on Aug 14, 2020 11:55:24 GMT
No, but I do not like sweets and do not enjoy baking. I do it, though, as everyone else in my family loves desserts. I bake, I present, then I walk away lol.
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Post by jeremysgirl on Aug 14, 2020 12:04:57 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! I do this too. And I think there's a balance to be had here. Sometimes you get what you want that I don't care for and sometimes I get what I want that you don't care for. I feel under no obligation to please everybody and that includes myself.
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Post by Dalai Mama on Aug 14, 2020 12:16:11 GMT
No, i don’t. If DH wanted something I don’t like, he would make the meal himself, not expect me to do it.
Hamburgers are a perfect example - DH loves them and I’m luke-warm on them. I’ll eat one and enjoy it but not enough to put in the effort to make them. So hamburgers are his ‘job’.
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