DH ruining food with dried herbs!

[LittleKitty1985]

Yet again DH has ruined a perfectly good meal by covering it in a thick layer of dried herbs! I've been looking forward to this lovely mushroom pasta all day and now it's literally inedible. Why does he do this when he knows I hate it? AIBU to be upset?

At least I'm not the only one who's suffered this way!

I do sometimes use them in cooking myself so I don't want to throw them away... the problem here is really the quantity he uses rather than the herbs themselves

I love it when we all take turns to cook - but sometimes we need a bit of guidance or constructive criticism. I asked my daughter not to put oregano in the risotto next time she makes it, as it is overpowering and not actually very nice. My husband looked at me as if I'd told her not to put rice in it. The next evening hubby cooks pasta and guess what? Spaghetti Boloregano

If you have a garden plant a herb garden (or you can get little boxes to grow herbs in kitchen window.) Hopefully he will move on to fresh which are a million times nicer.

My husband does this with white wine vinegar, i'm pretty sure he saw Rick Stein (or other TV chef) add some to one dish once and now he thinks that all dishes must have a dash for balance..

I've told him plenty of times where a dish needs it great, but not everything does and it doesn't work if you just open the herb/condiments cupboard and throw everything in and hope it tastes nice..

The next evening hubby cooks pasta and guess what? Spaghetti Boloregano That’s such a weird, passive aggressive thing to do.

If he's using it as a seasoning then he absolutely shouldn't be put to ngnit on yours. It's like covering it in salt or pepper!

Not that he should be putting it in a seasoning anyway, if it's dries herbs it should be one of the first things going in.

If he wants to make his food taste of dusty perfume, fine, but it seems a little odd

Jesus, the typos!
put to ngnit = putting it
putting it in a seasoning = putting it on as seasoning
dries = dried

About 8 years ago I was dating a guy who cooked me spag Bol one evening. He literally put a whole jar of dried Italian herbs in and it was VILE. In your situation I would bin the herbs

You have my sympathies OP, YANBU!

My husband has decided that jars of pasta sauce, despite being specifically designed to taste as they do, all need about 5 extra cloves of garlic, a couple of tea spoons of pesto and often a load of those dreaded dried mixed herbs to maximise their flavour...

I remember someone cooking a supermarket pizza and adding lots of pesto and feenugeek to it first. It was vile.
A friend always liberally drizzles a pizza with olive oil. Apparently, italians do this. I don't know if they actually eat it.

Reminds me when my boyfriend makes carrot and coriander soup. I don't think the soup should be dark green.

If anyone serves me food with previously unmentioned oregano or parsley on it, it gets refused and returned. I loathe them and recently got an exceptionally shitty look from a waitress after I returned a mushroom risotto that was just about visible under a jar of oregano. Extra or over used herbs just grind my gears.

Yack!! Must be a man thing. My dad, bless him, is actually a natural cook if he follows a recipe to the letter but he goes off on a tangent if you don’t watch him. Adding jars of salsa (to a creamy salmon recipe??) coriander, anything which needs used up.

He's playing cooking.

My DP does things like this. I think he is trying to be brave in the kitchen but he doesn't reallly know what stuff tastes like. He put tons of ginger in a chilli the other day it tasted utterly bizarre! Other problem is is that he will literally eat anything so thought it tasted amazing! I will be throwing the ginger away....

I too think he should be researching the subject of growing your own herbs, all 43 known varieties, and investing in best selling cookbooks dedicated specifically to cooking proper meals i.e. with fresh herbs.

I do hope this is the only thing he offends you with though.

Putting olive oil on a pizza is fine, and yes - Italians do do it (so long as it's good quality oil and only drizzled on). Nothing to do with dried herbs which are usually horribly pungent.

Dried herbs are vile. Fresh homegrown herbs are wonderful if you use them sensibly.
My friend isn't italian and oil-slick pizza is not good.

That's why I said "drizzled" Mike rather than slop on and create an oil-slick.

My DH put kirsch (not sure on spelling it’s a cherry liqueur) in Tuna pasta bake. I still take the piss 15 years later.

Does he work as a chef? I'm sure he made me a carbonara once when I was eating out. It was completely inedible.

My husband made dinner for probably the second time in our marriage yesterday (because he's a shite cook, only eats sweet potatoes and tuna if left to his own devices and I was stuck in bed with a bad back). He made chicken thighs with salad. The chicken was coated in about 5mm of dried Italian herbs. Absolutely horrendous but to my shame I thanked him profusely and ate it with about 3 pints of water to get it down. Sod George bloody Clooney. I should have married a chef!

I agree chuck them (lesser of 2 evils) or put in a jar labelled “remember x does not like dried herbs please do not add more than a pinch” so anyone visiting thinks he is losing his mind.

I use dried as growing fresh isn't ideal for me atm. I use really small amounts though because I know how ott herbs can wreck stuff. I've never had complaints but I'm worried now.

A couple of accidents with jar lids means I shake them into a ramikin and then scatter in to food, just in case I shake too much out initially or have a lid disaster.

So glad to know I’m not alone! I’ve been single a very long time and had no idea that the amount of dried herbs my DP puts on food could be common enough to be considered A Thing although he does at least cook with them and not use them as a condiment. Dry chicken covered in dried herbs, yummy! I do gently point it out and he’s getting better.