To think that DH is being faintly ridiculous re dinner tonight

[trufflehunterthebadger]

We have 5 students plus 5 of us at the moment. I am working until 7pm so it is DHs job to do dinner tonight as he finishes at 3. Girls need to eat at 6 to be out for 6:45. Just for background :)

Tonight's dinner is baked camembert. Dh would not make it last night because "i don't know what i am doing with it". I have told him about 11 times that all he needs to do is put it in the oven for 45 minutes, take it out and put it on a plate with baguette, salad and charcuterie (which we already have) We have eaten it many times before. On leaving this morning he said "can you send me a detailed recipe for this camembert thing"

I repeated what i have already repeated multiple times and why was he finding this incredibly simple dinner such a challengr to which i got the response "well where do i get the bread and fir example am i meant to take the plastic off"

At which point i got annoyed. Aibu to think that a 37 year old man who is a reasonably good cook, is used to making dinner for 11-12, manages a very challenging job in the police should be able to put some bloody camembert in the oven without copious instruction

[CarlaJones]

Sounds lovely. What temperature do you do it on? (Misses point. )

[trufflehunterthebadger]

There is (a) no time to make chilli as he will not be home until 5pm and he takes a long time to cook and (b) no mince to make it with

[trufflehunterthebadger]

Students are 16

[ArgyMargy]

Mmmmmmmm Camembert.....

[Bakeoffcake]

Maybe he's worried about fitting all that cheese in the oven! That's a shit lot of cheese.

But yes his comments would annoy me, I think I'd resort to "Google is your friend", which is what I say when anyone starts annoying me with stupid questions.

[wannabestressfree]

Controlling- God I have heard it all now! No it's not difficult and my partner does this occasionally. It's bloody annoying. No advice except maybe when he wants help with something try the same tact :)

[Wolpertinger]

If he doesn't want that for tea he could say so instead of being annoying. Even better he could have said so before 10 Camemberts were bought.

It sounds a lovely dinner, especially in the summer and v easy for 10 people. In fact much easier than chilli to do.

However the all time award for purposeful ineptitude goes to my DH who doesn't cook at all, and when asked to get some lettuce from the garden asked 'what's lettuce?' I made him go out and take a guess

[AwfulBeryl]

That does sound lovely, wibu to have baked Camembert for breakfast ?

[trufflehunterthebadger]

We have a rangemaster. No issue with fitting in dozens of camemberts lol

[ThumbWitchesAbroad]

Greater - I have one of those too. He makes me go an awful lot.

[chairmeoh]

Who else is off to Lidl today? Get in line behind me please

[2rebecca]

If my husband cooks he chooses the menu. If you want to choose the menu then a detailed recipe is needed. I have never done baked Camembert and would use a recipe for stuff like remove wrapping ? In or out of box what temp for how long. Next time save stuff he hasn't done before for your meals and let him choose and shop for his

[PrincessFiorimonde]

In this household I'd be the person panicking and asking for join-the-dots instructions, because my DP is the cook here. So I'm guessing this is merely something your DH is worrying about due to lack of confidence over this particular meal - however simple it may seem to you, he just doesn't want to screw up.

Be kind. Repeat instructions for the 12th and possibly 13th time.

Then look forward to stuffing your face eating your share tonight.

(PS FIVE students???? Are you mad?)

[Dumdedumdedum]

Presumably, this recipe (by a MAN), is too difficult to follow? www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/cheese-recipes/beautiful-baked-camembert/#B8PXWu03sDq4rz55.97
CarlaJ, me too

[redshoeblueshoe]

All the more for you. 85p - bugger we don't have a lidl round here. He should send them all to MacDonalds and you can invite 5 mumsnetters round instead, but as I had it for tea last night maybe I won't make your list.
Greater - are you living with my DH ?

[JulesJules]

YANBU

Sounds like he is being deliberately obtuse about it for some reason

And yum, BTW, I now want to eat this more than anything

[Bunbaker]

The OP isn't being at all controlling. Her husband is being too scatterbrained and she want to make sure the children are fed at the right time. There is nothing controlling about that.

My husband would require written instructions - oven temperature and timing, because if I told him he would simply forget.

[iwantgin]

I would leave written instructions anyway - to avoid all this questioning.

Sounds a lovely dinner anyway OP. Can I come around?

[Sparklingbrook]

Thanks Thumb, and for the implication I am a bit thick.

[gamerchick]

Just give him his detailed instructions. Some things do stump you if its out of your comfort zone.

Some things for eg need to be cooked in its wrapper I can understand his thoughts.

[StillStayingClassySanDiego]

Oh OP, I bet you weren't expecting accusations of being controlling when you started this thread .

Mumsnet really is unparalleled at times!

[ThumbWitchesAbroad]

No no, Sparkling, the second part was to the poster who didn't get the 5 + 5 in the OP, sorry.

[ThumbWitchesAbroad]

I xposted with someone else who explained how the 5 + 5 worked, I wasn't reiterating it.

[Nolim]

"well where do i get the bread and fir example am i meant to take the plastic off"
Omg.

[Fugghetaboutit]

Can you eat it while pregnant?