Does DH have weird ideas about cooking?

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I Love dh I really do but when he says he's going to 'suprise' me by making tea I have cold sweats, but rather than hurt his feelings or take over I just let him get on with it.
Tonights concuction: (FOR ME) fried egg and beans on hot cross bun!
previously I've had gamon with pasta and rice with bolognase sauce and peas.
I'm suffering with the flu at the moment so I suppose if it wasn't for him I would be eating at all.

I don't think an egg/beans on hot cross bun is too bad. I wouldn't waste it, I'd eat it right up.

What is bad is toast buttered with Marmite with a tin of heated mushed up chick peas on top.

I ate that with a very puzzled expression on my flu ridden face - and when questioned DH said 'hoummous is chick peas'

hummous is chickpeas awesome logic!

Ewww would you have eaten hummous and marmite on toast normally??

Oh aren't they sweet, poor little helpless things. Never mind, mummy will make them something delicious just as soon as she's got a moment. after all, she's got all those other jobs to do that men can't do because their willies get in the way- cleaning, changing nappies, hoovering, managing money, buying birthday cards, dressing children with matching socks, being on time, being polite to family and friends, remembering when Christmas is.............

Marmite and hummous on toast sounds nice !

I do agree seeker but on the other hand having allowed mine to do what he loves and what he is best at, ie work, means that I pay someone else to do all the bits I don't like doing nowadays. But, I love cooking

I don't think it sounds particularly adorable.

Do you all have children with these men?

If you were ill or in hospital or just not around one evening, would they be able to feed those children adequately, with something that wasn't disgusting? (obviously since they are adults they can feed themselves whatever disgusting and poorly-cooked concoctions they like)

seeker you seem vexed.

Not heard anyone else mention that their other halves were incapable of everything, just that they like odd food combinations.

A little perspective would lower your blood pressure considerably

Fishfingers with pak choi anyone? That was one of dh's more unusual contributions.

No, it doesn't sound like "likes odd food combinations", it seems like a lot of posters think it's charming and funny that their OHs can't knock up a simple meal.

"Fried egg on top of everything" is liking an unusual food combination.

"Tortilla chips with spag bol" sounds quite pleasant, not too different to having it with chilli.

Its a bit shit that these men have never been taught to cook...

My DH can't cook. Well, he can rustle up something "normal" and wouldn't do anything odd but it's always very simple or intructed step by step by me, or convenience food. Before I came along his wife did all the cooking or he'd get take out.

Good thing that cooking is now standard in schools.

seeker that made me laugh

That's exactly it, they haven't ever been taught. My partner's mum never taught him to cook and really likes to baby him. He actually does enjoy cooking and wants to know how to make more than he already does. When I met him he didn't even know how to fry an egg. If you ignore the large amounts of deep-fried food, he's actually a decent cook now.

As an adult there are lots of things that you might not have been taught that you can learn to do yourself, if you think it is important or useful to know how to do it.

Dh is an excellent cook and does about 30% of the cooking because he likes to. He does however destroy it at the lastinute by over seasoning. The kids and I now season our plates separately. I think his Tabasco addiction has damaged his palate...

Too right trills

Also, if we are talking about men in their 30s, mostly they will not have been taught any differently at school than their female counterparts. What happens at home is a different matter though.

But my partner did not go straight from being looked after by his mum to living with me. During that time he learnt to cook (actually he is better than me and has more patience for longer recipes) because it was necessary to do so.

I was never "taught" to do many household tasks but, due to having a reasonable level of intelligence, I worked it out when I was living by myself.

KitandKat, of course OP's dh could have read the packet lol, I was being a bit tongue in cheek because men are famous for not bothering to check labels and of course it would be a little odd if he'd never eaten one before.

I think some of the combos sound hilarious but must reccomend marmite and hummus on toast - yummy!

lunatic you're so right, we are absolutely stifling their creative genius!

Who doesn't like big chunks of raw onion in an omlete?

Picky bastards the lot of us!

You're not stifling their creativity- you're clouding with their uselessness. How can anyone fancy a man who can't look after himself and his family? And that includes being able to feed them properly.

DP is a shite cook! Dd13 is coeliac. For her own safety, she now cooks for herself. DPs forte is pasta. Boil the guts out of the pasta, take the lid off the sauce jar and put the jar in the microwave. Drain the pasta and add the sauce.
Hiss fall back is microwaved jacket spud and beans. He couldn't cook a veggie if his life depended on it!

seeker the kitchen is mine, all mine . The garden is his, all his . But I let him eat in my kitchen and he lets me sit in his garden and grows me nice herbs to put in the food.

PS: If I am ill he can cope and has coped. It hasn't been haute cuisine but it's been OK. He's a dab hand at burgers, chips and beans, and can do pasta, pesto and grated cheese and if the worst comes to the worst, Carluccio's is only about three minutes away .

PPS: I have taught ds to make the following: spag bol, an omolette, grilling, salad, a fry up and a few other basics.

PPS: Have stickers on the oven for them so they which ones to turn and to where

When I first met DP and went round to his for dinner he served me a pork chop, an aunt bessie's yorkshire pudding and some wedges. Perfectly edible, but as a food lover, my heart did sink a little. It was so, BEIGE.

I do all the cooking now. But don't worry, Seeker, DP most of the cleaning.

I suppose their gigantic willies do mean they can't actually reach the cooker easily.........

All of those horrified at these tales of weird and not so wonderful concoctions are missing the point, these men don't waste the food, they scoff it up and are very happy with their efforts on the whole.
I find my DH's efforts hideous (especially bolognaise sauce lovingly made with mince complete with the absorbant paper at the bottom of the clear container) but he's hardly killing anyone.

seeker not all women can cook either! We're focussing on the men though here for a laugh :o