To be annoyed that DH added sweet chilli to the pasta I cooked

@Ilovecleaning at least don’t show yourself up

The irony.

No. People should know how utterly naff they look when they slather their food in ketchup or HP; or pour a gallon of gravy all over their food; or automatically sprinkle salt all over their meal before tasting.
Ar home, do what you want. Otherwise, at least don’t show yourself up.

I was just thinking this.

Even with a home made arrabiata or cream sauce then I wouldn't have chicken with pasta.
Sweet chilli sauce shouldn't be any near pasta.
But I really couldn't care less. I make a tomato sauce from scratch, giving it a good hour to simmer. It's to my taste so that I enjoy my dinner. I don't care what anybody else wants to slop on as long as the food gets eaten.
Daughter loves her sweet chili sauce, but will only put it on stir fry dishes or use it as a dip for chips. Other than the cost, she's welcome to slather it over a tuna arrabiata.

Anyone judging others for how they like their food to taste is the real ignoramus.

My mother would always get annoyed if anyone seasoned food she'd made. It's petty, immature and controlling behaviour.

@Ilovecleaning 😀

I do pick my battles and this is one of them.

I really couldn’t care less what anyone else puts on anything I’ve cooked. Pick your battles. This isn’t one of them

But it’s incredibly naff to slather everything with HP or ketchup. You show yourself up and look like a complete ignoramus. Do you eat in a restaurant and ask the waiter for a bottle of HP? 🤮 How embarrassing would that be?
at home, do what you want.

1. Pasta with chicken isn't above and beyond
2. You shouldn't be cooking much right now - HE should be looking after YOU
3. Sweet chilli sauce is fucking gross anyway
4. They're his taste buds - leave him be - and let him cook his own fucking pasta

Yes, but I’m the Queen in my own house. If I serve Boeuf Bourguignon and he wants HP sauce on table, he’ll end up under the patio.

I can't believe you think its ok to tell your husband what he can and can't eat! If this was a man doing this to a female it would be classed as abuse!

😂

He was being insensitive when you’d made a big effort, and I can understand you feeling annoyed, but I think your sleep deprivation is making you over-sensitive. It’s not worth making a big thing of this, but I suspect you’re latching onto this issue because you’re feeling he’s not giving you enough sympathy or support with the baby.

My DH drenched his in condiments because his mum only ever used salt and pepper and nothing else for most things so he added condiments to everything for more flavour.

Funny enough, I’m the one who is from a culture where spices and chillis are used but I use sauces sparingly unless it is for certain cuisines like Asian.

We both cook and I know certain dishes he likes to have a small pot of gravy on the side and other condiments and he knows I like to add a bit of heat in different forms (chilli flakes in my spag bol, mustard to marinate my pork chops, sweet chilli for my chicken nuggets).

As long as food isn’t being wasted (food waste is a massive pet peeve of mine), I’m content.

It's his food - if he wants to add sweet chilli sauce to it then why is it a problem?

I once made a super fancy fish pie. Fresh king prawns, monkfish, delicate flavour fish. All carefully poached in a stock with half an onion and a bay leaf blah blah. All covered in perfectly cooked creamy mash infused with fresh dill. Basically a very subtly flavoured big effort.
Served it up and DH took a big portion then covered it entirely in HP SAUCE.
He said he thought it was cottage pie 😤.

I can never understand why people care how other people flavour their food!
Its so arrogant and controlling to think that their way is the right way.
Just let people enjoy their meal how they like it!

With a newborn he should be cooking or getting takeaway/ready meals.

However I always smother my food in pepper before tasting it, as nobody on this earth could add enough for my liking.

When I first moved in with my DH I had to get on board pretty quickly with the fact he drenched everything I cooked in hot sauce. Is your DH from a different culture? My DH finds all European food bland, as he has grown up eating very hot food (chilli hot, not so much about spice flavouring). He finds Italian food especially bland.

Why isn't he doing the cooking if you're recovering from a C-section?

I don’t have an obsession but I think it has the right mix of sweetness and heat in a sauce for some things.

I don’t get the obsession that people have over how other people season their food. He’s in his own home and tasted the dish first before adding anything. He didn’t just get out the sweet chilli before sitting down and then start putting it on.

He still ate the food so her efforts weren’t wasted.

We don’t all have the same taste buds nor do certain flavours affect everyone the same way. I can still taste all the different flavours even if I add condiments.

No, she means ‘adulterate.’