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Can your husband cook?

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Bimgy85 · 16/09/2018 18:33

Does/can your partner/husband cook?

Mine was brought up always cleaning after himself and well able to cook a meal ( thank god Grin) when I met him he was actually way more into cleaning than I was, and I was the messy one.

However some of my friends have told me they leave 'oven pizza' for their dps when they go away for a night for him and the kids as 'that's all he can cook Hmm'

Myself and dh agree a grown man should be more than capable of cooking a full meal from scratch and there is no reason a grown man should only be able to do oven pizza or oven chips/chicken...

I used to be a chef so dh learned lots of extra tips and now he loves going off on his own and cooking a fulll meal from scratch , knowing all the spices to add to a certain meal/methods etc. he doesn't love/like cooking but knows it's a necessity and therefore is not lazy..

What about you?

OP posts:
bakingdemon · 20/09/2018 11:33

He's a better cook than me - actually studied home ec so understands the science of cooking. I'm a better baker though - he doesn't have the patience to follow a recipe.

starkid · 20/09/2018 12:23

Yes, DH cooks far far better than me, and actually enjoys it, so does all the cooking (lucky or what?!).

I'm not great at cooking and hate doing it, but I do more housework so all is well :)

Tapirbackrider · 20/09/2018 12:35

Yes he does, and all the other household jobs too. He was raised to do so, and continues to do his 'share' of the chores.

Pasithea · 20/09/2018 12:41

No he doesn’t cook or clean never had to.

DonnaDarko · 20/09/2018 12:43

There's a difference between can and should :D

Sallystyle · 20/09/2018 12:47

Yes he is an amazing cook and cooks pretty much 6 days a week.

My children all love cooking as well. I am a good cook but due to my work schedule we have just fell in the pattern of DH doing most of it.

Sallystyle · 20/09/2018 12:53

BTW my husband is not middle class- although his parents aspire to it greatly.

QueenOfCatan · 20/09/2018 13:03

Yes but he had to teach himself and learn the basics once we'd moved in together. His mums idea of cooking was bunging nuggets and chips in the oven and a tin of beans in a pan.
We both had to learn a lot of kitchen skills really, now we generally take it in turns to cook and we're both pretty okay at it I think!

delphguelph · 20/09/2018 13:10

He's not the best no. He's good at Excel though.

stevie69 · 20/09/2018 13:38

I haven't got a husband but if I really did have to acquire one then yes ..... he'd be able to cook. It'd be on the person spec Smile

Mugglemom · 20/09/2018 15:03

I hate my husband's cooking, but he isn't afraid to go into the kitchen and cook a meal.

MerryDeath · 20/09/2018 15:08

Yes he's very good when he puts his mind to it - much more of a perfectionist than me!

Idontbelieveinthemoon · 20/09/2018 15:09

DH is a great cook when it comes to straightforward meals; his roast dinners are impeccable, his steak and moles frites to die for, but he's the worst baker in the universe. Fortunately I can bake like an angel so we balance ourselves out.

crochetmonkey74 · 20/09/2018 15:10

Not at all and he hates it, but he does all the laundry and I do all the food so it works out!

Trinity66 · 20/09/2018 15:11

Yes and he's a very good cook too, he cooks most nights during the week because he gets home first and I cook at the weekends

Beargoesgrr · 20/09/2018 15:26

Like his mother......so that’s a no!!!

One day he said, I’ll fix dessert, he knew there was chocolate cake in the cupboard and ice cream in the freezer. He put the ice cream in a bowl with the cake and microwaved them both.

Dinners are BAD if he tries to make food. I want to teach him to but it’s more work than trying to teach DD.

ApollO88 · 20/09/2018 15:28

My husbands idea of cooking is a tray of what I call beige (some form of breaded chicken and chips) in the oven for 30mins. It may come our burnt or raw but it's always a strict 30 mins for anything beige.

LondonJax · 20/09/2018 16:36

Yep. I go away for the weekend now and then and leave him to it. He and DS can do pizza or they can have a three course meal. Entirely up to them. DH is a grown up, he doesn't need me to lay out his meals for him.

piscis · 20/09/2018 16:53

Yes, we both LOVE cooking, we normally fight over who is going to cook more that week.
For example, I'll say "I would like to cook x, y and z this week" and he will be "but if you cook all those things that means I can hardly cook this week"
He makes pizza from scratch (the dough), and bread.

On the other hand, neither of us likes to clean...we are not a good match I guess, we both always want to cook, we never want to clean

earlgreymarl · 20/09/2018 17:04

No - although he can boil pasta, and put chicken nuggets and waffles in oven. He can microwave beans and soup.

Oldraver · 20/09/2018 17:16

I'm currently drinking Old Mout Cider and twatting about on the computer,while awaiting lamb chops, kale and mashed potatoes

So yes

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