Can your husband cook without a big fuss?

Not that specific meal but then TBH neither could I. We both cook equally for the family though, maybe him slightly more. I'm a bit messier but a bit more elaborate/ aim higher/ try new things more meal wise. His cooking is lovely and reliable though.

DH cooks and cleans the kitchen without my input. In payment we have to spend an hour saying how delicious it was and analysing how it was different/better than the last time he cooked 🤣

DH is a terrible cook and I'm a fussy eater so I prefer to cook (and also enjoy it). However, whenever he does cook he is always clean and tidy and leaves the kitchen spotless. I'm the messy cook and so we even though I usually cook, he does the cleaning.

Absolutely God no lol
We got together very young and I’ve always cooked. He’d have no idea. We are early 40s.

But that’s also been because I enjoy cooking. He would struggle by if he had to.

Yes, although he has never baked and we don’t often have puds so I wouldn’t ask him to make a STPudding.

The kitchen would be immaculate afterwards (i am the messier cook) but I would have to help with the location of less used ingredients. I’d also have to have meal planned and bought the actual food. Which is half the work really.

He gets home at 7.30pm earliest, so I probably cook 6 out of 7 nights.

Not sure about the pudding as we don’t really eat it but yes, he can and does just get up and whip up a ( very decent) meal; cleans up as he goes most of the times too

I'm no longer anyone's husband, but I can certainly cook without a fuss. But then I did live on my own for 8 years before I lived with a partner/wife, so I had to be able to. I can use a washing machine and an iron without a fuss, too.

As my late ex-father-in-law used to say, I wouldn't call anyone a man who can't keep himself clean and his belly full. Just being biologically male doesn't qualify: you have to be a functioning adult, too.

Definitely yes to the main course. He doesn’t generally bake - I think he could do a sticky toffee pudding but I like baking so would probably do that. I think expecting one person to do a roast and desert all by themselves is a fairly big ask - I would be annoyed if I was expected to produce two courses without any help.

He can. I can't.

(To be clear, I don't know where stuff is in our kitchen - I don't get a temper!)

Yes. He does use a LOT of pans, but usually only because Melissa Clark/Ottolenghi has told him to. He's actually an AMAZING cook and it's only of the reasons I lurrrrve him. Sorry for being a smuglord! But you did ask.

Yes, mine is a marvelous cook and he cleans up after he has finished cooking .
He cooks everyday for us all, now he has retired , he does enjoy it though and as l cooked and cleaned up for 36 years so l think it's his turn now

Yes. He doesn't particularly enjoy cooking/complex recipes, and if it were up to him he'd eat pasta & pesto or beans on toast several times a week. However, he knows I like a bit of variety, and appreciate dishes that take a bit more effort, so he will regularly cook things like lasagna and moussaka.

He always cleans/tidies as he cooks, much more so than I do.

My DH does that without any problems, he does all the cooking, due to my disability.

Yes he can and does cook very nice food. He usually cooks on a weeknight but can do a pudding. He has never done a roast, we don’t have them that often. The main reason he does not cook more is that he would be happy to cook the same 7 meals in rotation as he does not enjoy shopping or meal planning.

No. First of all he has to spend ten minutes finding headphones, connecting headphones, finding something to listen to. Then every pot and pan is used, he can't do things like chop an onion, completely inappropriate pans are used for the task, can't think ahead so oven isn't preheated etc. So slow and so much mess. He'll then go on about how delicious it is. He cooks less than once a month

Yep. As I said in my first case - I was happy to be proven wrong! Definitely agree re the cooking = confidence / baking = precision.

I love lists, structure and routine so definitely prefer baking.

DH literally lives life day to day and is the most laid back person ever so baking isn't for him - whereas cooking he definitely his strength!

I’m not sure I could do that tbf 😂

Not at all. Couldn’t meal plan, decide on a menu, prep OR cook without the kitchen being a bomb site, food getting burnt or ruined, him getting stressed etc.
He has to cook once per week because of my work schedule. I usually either pre make something or get something like fresh pasta/ravioli in.

I used to get very annoyed by it but in time I’ve come to see it’s not lack of willingness and not for lack of trying. It’s just something that makes him feel very stressed and overwhelmed and he more than makes up for it taking on other chores and household stuff instead. He also makes an excellent sandwich/salad so he’s not entirely hopeless.

Dh is a brilliant cook but he doesn't half make a mess. He will clean up after himself though.

Probably like me when DH is away with work - I'd happily live off cereal, bagels and eggs and probably will when the kids have left home!

Dh has got better since he retired, he wasn’t home enough before.
He doesn’t make complicated meals, however he can make stew, the best ham, egg and chips and any simple meat and two veg meals. His pastry is amazing and he also makes a brilliant Dundee cake.
He’s much tidier in the kitchen than me, I’m awful and I try really hard to tidy as I go.

DH makes the most amazing roast pork with juniper. He'd buy a sticky toffee pudding though rather than make it from scratch.

My DH never cooks...if I don't cook for him, he heats up frozen food. This suits me as I don't work and enjoy cooking. I don't think he could make what you described at all. If he could, he would clear up though

He can cook really well, does a brilliant roast and cleans up after himself but it does take a lot longer than if I were cooking. No idea why really. However, I would rather that than have a DH who did very little cooking or cleaning up after himself.

Mine would happily give it a good bash and he'd do it without complaining or causing a fuss, but the problem would be me peering over his shoulder like an obsessive supervisor 😂 I love cooking though and he doesn't enjoy it so I'd never have a reason to put it to the test. Also I don't think either of us would venture a sticky toffee pudding from scratch which is a shame as it's my favourite 😋