to have made a terrible mistake when telling DH I enjoy certain things he cooks?

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Firstly DH cooks. I don't. Generally he's very good at it. I'm not.

Because I am very thankful he can cook I am always very complimentary no matter what he plonks in front of me - even if I'm not mad keen on it.

I couldn't tell him something he's slaved over in the kitchen was a bit vile because he's made the effort.

Unfortunately over the years he's come up with a rather wonky view of what I actually like and dislike. He thinks I'm not that picky but there's some things I think are jsut vile.

for example having said once that a certain fish curry he created was quite nice (it was barely edible but I ate it) he now thinks it is something special and serves it up once a fortnight.
It's my own fault but the smell is turning my stomach but Ihaven't the heart to point out that years later I don't much like it.

I'll end up eating it so not to hurt his feelings.

As a cook? That would make me crazy. In fact, it does make me crazy. I tell my DH all the time, if you don't tell me you don't like it, I'll keep making it.

So tell him. He'll be mad for about a day. And then he'll get over it and never make it again.

would that also work with sheperds pie?

Say you have gone off it.

I am a wuss. I don't like any sort of confrontation or disagreement and really don't want to hurt his feelings.

If I had to cook we'd live off sandwiches.

I would just say you'd like to try something new as you love the fish curry soooooo much you've eaten way too much of it too often and now you've hit overload. I used this one when DH presented me with lentil & vegetable curry for the zillionth time and I just couldn't face it again. Had to do it again with his risotto.

Oh dear.
Maybe you could have a conversation along the lines of "So...what are your favourite foods?"
If not with him, maybe with a friend in front of him.

I agree with Buda though - our tastes change as we get older...maybe you could say you just can't stomach certain foods any more.

Lucky you - having a DH that cooks though

Just tell him if you don't like something. I usually cook and would prefer to know if my DH didn't enjoy something I had made, so I didn't keep unwittinly making him eat it.

DH doesn't usually cook, but is Ok at some dishes. I am curently pregnant and on bedrest, so DH has to do all the cooking. If he messes something up, I just tell him. He was hugely offended to start with, but has now realised his cooking has actually improved because of it and has learnt to do some fairly complicated stuff. He really enjoys doing the cooking now.

DH is an italian trained chef, he kicks real arse in the kitchen. I however could barely produce anything from scratch... DH is critical, he'd tell me when a dish of mine would be 'sent back' to the kitchen if it were served in a restaurant...

So, I learnt to cook a few things from scratch, to his lordships exacting 'restaurant standard' [grr]. Once you have got the basics to a good spag bol, you can do shepherds/cottage pie, chilli con carne for example.

Nigel Slater does an idiot proof oven baked lamb with aubergine, tomatoes, courgette, potatoes, garlic and rosemary... Honestly a chimp could make it! I did!!

The Chicken Coq au vin/casserole packets are very good too.

OP, TRY, have a go at something simple, it's not that hard, it's all about confidence.

Ask DH to teach you step by step something that he likes to eat, so you can treat him from time to time.

I heard that Tana Ramsay couldn't cook before she met GR either....