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Is your DH/DP a capable cook?

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Yorkiegirl · 14/12/2004 14:28

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skiingawhitexmas · 14/12/2004 14:33

Well DH can open tins, packets and jars...but doesn't do it very often!! Also, hes incapable of cleaning up afterwards.

But...he can make pancakes and made crepes suzette for me the first time he ever cooked for me. Aaaah - them were the days!

PrettyHannukahndles · 14/12/2004 14:33

If you want meat'n'potatos'n'two-veg on the table at a certain time in this house - don't ask me to do it! Not unless you don't mind at least one item being raw/cooked to mush, anyway. Dh, on the other hand, will not only get it perfect, but he'll wash the pans up before eating.

skiingawhitexmas · 14/12/2004 14:34

NO WAY PH!!!!!
Thats fab!

spacedonkey · 14/12/2004 14:35

Funny you should ask that because the last 3 men I've had relationships with have all been really good cooks. Spooky coincidence. The current Mr Spacedonkey loves cooking dinners for me.

Pidge · 14/12/2004 14:36

Dp cooks every night during the week when I'm working - and he does the shopping . But I'm the one with the one and a half hour commute, whilst he has a 10 minute journey.

He's brill too - last night we had pasta with leeks, courgettes, bacon in a cream sauce. Yum!

If we do dinner parties he does the savoury and I do the pudding.

ChristmasBOOZA · 14/12/2004 14:36

No he's fairly useless. Will warm things up or do quiche, chips and beans/chip shop if I'm not available. Eg went out on Sunday night and he managed to warm up bolognaise that I had got out of the freezer and cook pasta. And also warm up DD's ice cubes that I had defrosted. BUT I had to look after DD (while I was getting ready) while he did it. Don't think he wonders how I managed to make the bolognaise in the first place while looking after the children let alone reheat it.

He's a bit like yours though that he's OK at other domestic stuff. Like yesterday evening I was very tired after my night out and he cleaned right through downstairs while I just did a bit of ironing while watching Coronation Street and then went to bed.

mrschristmaswallace · 14/12/2004 14:36

CAN COOK..WONT COOK

turquey · 14/12/2004 14:38

I think mine did scrambled eggs once in the early 90's. He made me a lovely salad with warm mushrooms for my 40th this year - recipe out of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy book which I'd given him for his 40th. But that was 6 months ago so I can't say he's turned a corner!
He has finally after 11 years learned to fill/empty the dishwasher and put the bins out but that's it. It's largely my own fault - I hated suddenly not earning my own money so much that felt like I ought to do absolutely everything so as to "earn" the housekeeping.

PickasillyChristmasName · 14/12/2004 14:39

DH cooks.

I eat

sparklynorthernstar · 14/12/2004 14:41

Seeing as my dh is a chef, then the answer is YES! And ovbiously he does it far better than me. Just doesn't do it enough at home

Cinderellascarrieg · 14/12/2004 14:44

Dh can do a mean Quorn Thai-style stir fry...but that's it. He's also a master of the 'but you're such a brilliant cook' schtick, which he employs to great effect (along with 'but I'd only put everything away in the wrong places if I do the laundry' & 'but you're so GOOD at knowing exactly what my mum would like for Xmas').

Sad thing is I invariably fall for it & go off preening - despite knowing full well that my housekeeping is more Baldrick than Nigella!

TumbleflumpDancingBum · 14/12/2004 14:45

DH a great cook, when I am at work does most evening meals so I only 'do' weekends

chillbur · 14/12/2004 14:46

Dh is a great cook and almost always does the main if we are having people over and I do starter and pud. He cooks 4 night a week, I would say. He learned to cook for himself as he doesn't like eating the same thing all the time (which is what he would get if I cooked every day). He's planning a goose for Xmas day, which I'm a bit worried about as our oven is pretty pants and I think it's going to take hours and hours to cook.

phatcat · 14/12/2004 14:48

every night - he's a fab cook - even washes up afterwards! I do all the shopping and menu planning though - he just shows up in the kitchen at 7pm. He's no use at any other chores though - his idea of cleaning the loo is to wee round the porcelain :-)

noddyholder · 14/12/2004 14:48

he can cook but rarely does.When he does it is a big to do a la jamie oliver and we have to wait hours

fuzzywuzzy · 14/12/2004 14:50

Dp picks up the phone and rings for a take away (does that count). On the other hand his cooking is not something I would inflict on my worst enemy, the one stab at sandwich making was enough to convince me that I was better off doing the cooking. At least thsat way neither of us dies of food poisoning...
He's never moaned about anything I've cooked or forgotten to cook though that's just cheeky.

MariNativityPlay · 14/12/2004 14:54

dh is a terrific "proper" cook, much more painstaking than me, so he is souffle/pastry/haute cuisine man in our house, whereas I can think laterally and rustle up a 20 minute tasty family supper from tins and fridge fossils.
Yorkiegirl, he is cruising for a bruising at the moment I fear Bit like Nancy Mitford's husband who whinged that no-one told him to turn the oven ON to cook the casserole he had been left in charge of...

bakedpotatohoho · 14/12/2004 15:03

fridge fossils, marina:

dh v domesticated in many ways. but doesn't cook in week off his own bat. however, sunday roasts are ALL his terrain (my mum, when visiting, wells up as he whisks yet another triumph out of the oven).

he is also much better at following difficult recipes than i am, much more patience/application.

my presence in the kitchen hacks him right off so when he's in the mood, i keep well clear. and give thanks.

Stilltrue · 14/12/2004 18:44

My dh occasionally cooks, but works long hours whereas I'm a sahm, so I mainly do it. I go through spells of totally lacking ideas for what to cook, then have a "creative" spell, bursting with ideas. My dh is fairly competent, but maddeningly slow, even allowing for his relative lack of practice. It takes him FOREVER to rustle up eg a spag bol (though it will be yummy). Oh, and he never cleans up after himself, whereas as a woman, I am of course capable of multitasking in the kitchen, loading dishwasher as I go, wiping down surfaces, etc.

midnightmass · 14/12/2004 18:46

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MiaouyChristmas · 14/12/2004 18:51

Dh is a brilliant cook, is one of these people who can just look in the cupboard, chuck a load of things together and it will taste delicious. Me, I have trouble even if I have a recipe to follow and all the ingredients! However I did surprise myself by making some really nice tomato soup yesterday (after ringing dh for step-by-step instructions though)!

hana · 14/12/2004 18:54

god, if DH didn't cook I'd be malnourished!

MiaouyChristmas · 14/12/2004 18:59

My Dh is away at the moment and I am malnourished.... we had spaghetti hoops on toast for tea tonight! (doesn't help that I've got m/s and therefore can only cook/heat up whatever I can stomach smelling)

oxocube · 14/12/2004 19:00

Don't know really. In 14 years, he's never tried so presume a serious lack of interest!! Always queues for the take away though

Frizbethereindeer · 14/12/2004 19:14

No, completely incapable, can just about re heat pasta and pop sauce over it.....

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