Can your husband cook without a big fuss?

Every partner I have had bar one has been an excellent cook and the main cook.

I cannot imagine lasting with a guy who did not share that load.

I wish. I’m not keen on roasts but know how to make one. DH makes them since he is the one that loves them. He does cook, but bloody hell the amount of mess he makes for a single meal even when he is using a soup maker or a crockpot really annoys me.

He wants to cook, watch tv, mess with his phone, and be on his laptop when he could be cooking, tidying away (takes a few minutes), and then do the rest while or once he is done eating.

I’ve usually cleared the dish rack, the dishwasher, and the sink is clear, so no reason for stuff to be all over the place when he cooks.

Doesn't ask for help but does take hours, uses every pot and occasionally get angry. He's a good cook tho.

No idea which way to vote as it isn't clear to me what your AIBU is.

But, to answer the question, yes he can.
I mean, in truth, I don't ever remember him making a sticky toffee pudding (indeed, neither have I), but he cooks without making a fuss very often. He's a better cook than me.

Mine's a great traditional cook when it comes to savoury. Messy but great. He does a wicked roast with all the trimmings, full on breakfast for dinner, and really good curries. He is not a baker but he can rustle up a pudding out of cupboard surprise bits when the fancy takes him. I am a more creative cook, and when I can't be arsed cooking and he's up for it he often asks what I fancy - I normally invent something on the spot which he will then execute. He'll congratulate himself obviously if it turns out delicious, but I point out it was my idea so it was a joint effort, really.

Yes, we take it turns to cook.

When I say mine cooks every night that's what I mean. He's not cooking up a spag bot or something. Sausage and mash, microwave meal chicken and chips etc is his level.

No way

Yep he does all the cooking.

He definitely could, but he wouldn't wash up as he goes.

He does most of the cooking to be fair, and the dishwasher does a lot of the washing!

DH decide to make himself a bacon sandwich on Sunday:

is this bacon Ok, the pack was open?
How do you turn the grill on again?
Have we got any different foil (still using the turkey wide width one)?
the extractor isn't working, what do I need to press?
is this cooked?

Drives me absolute insane. If we ever divorce, the number 1 criteria for any man is that they are competent in the kitchen.

He regularly cooks a roast dinner but might struggle with a sticky toffee pudding. We're not really a dessert eating couple.

Yes, he can do pretty much anything, apart from bread. I hardly cook at all these days!

Yes, literally sat here waiting for my DH to bring my dinner through to me!

Imo a sticky toffee pudding would be much easier than a roast for an inexperienced cook. All you need to do is be able to read and follow a recipe! A roast requires getting lots of things with different cooking times ready at the same time!

Yes but I’ve started to tell him he could use fewer pans etc as it’s ridiculous

No, he's hopeless and can't boil an egg without instruction. It's annoying. BUT he earns works long hours, earns a lot of money and I'm a sahm mum so I'll let him off.

Yes, my husband is the main cook and finds it relaxing. I don't care if he uses loads of saucepans, utensils etc which I clear up because I get a fab meal. It can be a bit like ready, steady, cook for him as I'll often buy random things I fancy when I see them at the supermarket and he just smiles before turning them into something fab! I'm looking forward to boeuf bourguignon at the weekend 😋

I've never attempted a roast dinner. He cooks roasts, curries, is a mean baker, makes fantastic chocolate fondants, banoffee pie, sticky toffee pudding, all sorts of chicken dishes, casseroles, cottage pie, lasagne from scratch etc etc. Never asks for help - but I do all the washing up.

DH can cook but tends to leave pans and roasting tins in the sink to soak rather than deal with immediately.

Yes mine can.

But your description of your husband reminds me of my dad. I could genuinely tell you every time my dad cooked when I was a kid as he made such a meal of it, pun definitely intended!

Yes DH is the main chef in our house and cleans up the kitchen. Including Christmas Dinner and puddings. He enjoys it. I do most of the other household chores. Our son worked in a kitchen during his Alevels and now loves cooking for his house mates at Uni 😊

My husband can’t and won’t cook. I do the cooking and he does the cleaning up. I make quite a lot of mess.

He could make a roast if I asked but I like doing that. He makes things like paella and bolognese and he is an excellent cook. Always cleans. I am the baker in the house.

Yes, my DH and I both cook, but my DH has better organisational skills in a kitchen than I do. He cooked a lovely dinner for 7 adults and 5 children for New Years Eve with no fuss, he cleaned the kitchen as he went along, and no asking me where things were. He cooks a lot of our every day meals (I cook some, too, but have some chronic health issues meaning I'm sometimes too tired). It's just a normal part of being an adult.