to be annoyed by grown adults who say they can't cook?

[Mintyy]

I don't think I am.

It just makes me think that the person saying as much is a little bit useless.

YADNBU. Cooking (or rather catering - meal planning, shopping, cooking, serving) is, frankly, a basic life skill that all adults ought to grasp.

For Yorkshire puddings - you need to heat up fat in the muffin tray for 5 minutes until it's really hot, fill up the tray fast (so it doesn't cool down) and don't open the oven once they're cooking. If you do, they'll sink.

You can freeze them and then reheat from frozen another time. Good to make them in advance in case they don't work!

Yorkshire pudding = Food of the Gods.

Yorkshire pudding with syrup and cream = truly excellent pudding

My mother hated cooking and did not encourage us to be in the kitchen. No cookery at school either. I can cook enough to keep myself alive but have no interest in it. I married a good cook and my children (adult) cook well with enthusiasm - There are many other things I can do well though!

Each to their own. I was always interested and used to take over from my mother. DH has no interest and would happily live on fish fingers. Even those he serves raw on one side burnt on the other. To me it's a relaxation and a joy.

YABU. I can't cook very well. Nothing 'gels' for me, so I can't understand what ingredients would go well together, how things should taste, when to tell if things are done properly. I don't have any imagination regarding meals. I don't enjoy cooking. I could follow a recipe but I would find it arduous. I prepare meals in that I follow instructions for heating things up, I boil pasta and add sauce and so on.

I do get a little irritated by DH who is similar to me except he just doesn't make any effort whatsoever. If he HAS to prepare the meal (if, for example, I'm out for the evening) it's toast or takeaway. He simply makes no effort, sees cooking as a complete waste of his time.

We are a lawyer and a city banker btw so I'm not sure about 'useless' in general but pretty useless in the kitchen, yes.

I do worry about our DS not growing up with good role models regarding food and cooking though. Also because I'm determined to bake his birthday cake and god only knows how it will taste.

You've just reminded me that there is a spag bol on the hob. It's been hours.....

What is this? International Resurrect a Zombie Thread Day?

MNHQ, you have got to do something about this!

it's a bit rubbish, however my dad has literally never cooked because he never had to. went pretty much from living with his mum to living with mine, who had provided him with 3 meals a day every day since 1974. Despite working full time herself most of that time. So he never really had the motivation to learn!

it's a bit rubbish, however my dad has literally never cooked because he never had to. went pretty much from living with his mum to living with mine, who had provided him with 3 meals a day every day since 1974. Despite working full time herself most of that time. So he never really had the motivation to learn!

ZOMBIE THREAD

It seems very childish when people say they can't cook. Surely it's one of those basics that you learn, sew a button on, balance your finances, get a pension etc