To tell DH I don’t like his signature dish?

[Notsympatheticenough]

He makes beef burgers. It’s his thing, bbq with beef burgers. He’s a good cook, cooks other stuff really well. But he’s convinced his dry, stodgy, unseasoned beef burgers are the best thing he does. I’ve avoided eating them pretty much for the last 10 years of our relationship, there’s usually other stuff, people round, it’s a bbq…you know? . Tonight he said ‘as a treat, I’ll just do the burgers’.

my heart sank. And the little hungry bit of me died a bit.

Oh dear! :-)
After ten years, I'm not sure where you go from here.. !
Could there be, umm, something in them that's started upsetting your tum?

Hahaha. With my DP it’s hummus. He makes, hands-down, the absolute worst hummus I’ve ever experienced in my life. It’s like liquid woodchip wallpaper. And gallons of the stuff, just pints and pints of too-runny, flavourless beige. I actively dread when he says he’s doing any meal that involves hummus, or when I want to buy hummus and he goes, “Oh, I’ll just make some”. I’ve been known to hide the chickpeas to spare myself.

DH does a scrambled egg and bacon pasta. Sort of like a breakfast pasta.

Oh sorry, it’s ‘carbonara’ 😐

I can’t beeline you’re suffering this, just tell him… say you realise he may divorce you but you have to be honest and tell him. Then say what dishes you love that he does

Maybe this is why I'm single but I don't know how after 10 years you can't just be honest with him?

Ha. I too have made that pasta, but not on purpose 😂

Become a vegan

You've gone too far to turn back my friend.

Best of luck and may the Rennies be with you.

'Great! Can you make sure you season mine and don't overcook it please.'

I think it’s hard when you’ve pretended to like them all this time! Are they that bad?

If he mentions it being his best dish again, I’d just say ‘Ooh I think your best dish is your curry, you make the best curry out of anyone I know.’ Given that you say he is actually a good cook it’s obviously not that he’s rubbish, just a difference in taste.

“Great, you take care of the burgers, I’ll do the toppings and sides.” Create such a bountiful feast of chips, salad, onion rings, buns, cheese, bacon, relish, pickles, avocado, literally anything you can think of to put in a burger, that you don’t notice the hockey puck meat or can surreptitiously bin it while not going hungry.

BIGAMY

That's my husband. Put him down.

I have a family member who makes ‘signature’ scrambled egg. It’s honestly vomit inducing - liquid, undercooked and full
of nutmeg. I have started lying and saying I’ve gone off eggs, they’re honestly dreadful.

'DH, I think my tastes have changed over the years, could you season the burgers, add onion, flavour or anything at all the improve these shoe leather 'burgers' you are dishing up???' 😀

@Skinnermarink - OMG! This is SO reminiscent of DH cooking 'carbonara'. He added peppers. I can't stand peppers. The flavour permeates the entire dish. On a pizza I can at least pick them off- but that 'carbonara' I will never forget! 😝

Literally the only thing my DH cooks is sautéed potatoes. However they're not really sautéed they are more like shallow fried, in quite a lot of oil, so and they are incredibly greasy and the oil makes the house smell really oily and chippy. He does them with steak or duck legs. He loves them but they are not my favourite at all.

Nutmeg! In scrambled eggs? What craziness is that?!

I think I would just liberally season my burger @Notsympatheticenough "You know what, dh, ever since having covid my taste buds have been so dull!" 😉

Gladly 🤣

Oh dear, this is like my friend’s signature bolognese with a secret ingredient- half a bottle of maple syrup. She says everyone asks her for the recipe but I think it’s more in the spirit of “wtf did I just eat?”

What percentage of fat is the meat you buy? A higher percentage makes better burgers.

Tell him you're going vegetarian

Actually you can keep him, but you have to take the skanky old cat too.

They pine if separated.

You need grated apple, salt, pepper, breadcrumbs , onions and maybe a bit of garlic powder

LTB!

Just tell him you’ve gone off burgers or don’t fancy them

I read about a bloke who ate sprouts with his roast,every Sunday for 40+ years before he got round to telling his wife that he,in fact,hated sprouts

dont be that man…

For my first birthday together dh made me Malayan chicken.. With possibly peaches in... Grim.
Lucky me had leftovers the next day too.
I told him it was vile..
He was a bit miffed.

But 10 years on we laugh about it. And it did prompt him to extend his culinary skills! He cooks most nights now.
And no frigging fruit based dishes.