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Sometimes, when I hear other wives talking about their flaky pie crust or their super secret all-
day lasagna recipe, I feel a little bad for Paul. All across this great land, men are trudging home from work, tired and hungry, only to be revived at the door of their warm, well-lit homes by the savory aroma of a lovingly prepared meat-and-potatoes dinner with a buttery homemade roll on the side. Paul, on the other hand, often has to rustle up his own grub, as do I, in a process we jokingly call “grazing”, as in: “Do you want to go out for dinner tonight, or just graze?” Grazing can mean sandwiches, or chips and salsa, or even cold cereal. I imagine it’s how most bachelors eat before they find that loving woman who promises to put their days of Ramen noodles and peanut butter firmly behind them. And it must bother me, at least a little bit, because I keep bringing it up/Katrina, Notes On A Napkin. More here.
Question: Are you a good cook?
D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.
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Bent on November 06 at 4:52 p.m.
I solved that problem at my house… I do most of the cooking!
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JeanC on November 06 at 5:07 p.m.
Damned fine cook if I do say so myself :D
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inlandempiregirl on November 06 at 5:31 p.m.
Yes, I am. I love to prepare traditional family recipes and experiment with new recipes, especially when it comes to baking.
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sue on November 06 at 6:05 p.m.
My husband is, I forget if I am or not.
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sue on November 06 at 6:13 p.m.
Oh, but tonight, with the football game & all, I'm making a chicken, broccoli pasta dish, with garlic & butter & cream & white wine. I better get started.
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mia on November 06 at 6:22 p.m.
I've been told that I am! I do enjoy cooking, and trying to figure out what is in an entree at a restaurant, so that I can go home and recreate it. I usually tweak and put my own spin on most recipes. I think spin is okay with recipes, unlike politics! ;)
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sue on November 06 at 7:50 p.m.
My 3 adult sons love to cook, also. One is a chef at a chi chi restaurant in Bellevue, another has managed a kitchen in Ballard, and the third one just loves to barbecue, anything and everything. He's always looking for apple wood or cherry wood for the salmon that's cooking or the brisket. I think I'd just say to Katrina that maybe you could look at that as a shared chore, each responsible for a different night. You never know what talents each could bring to the table. You certainly don't want to stifle any creativity there. I have no idea why my boys learned to love to cook, but they all have.They're each very good in a different way.
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JeanieS on November 06 at 9:02 p.m.
I am as good as Katrina is. Mechanic Man is a fabulous cook. I just can't get him to do it all the time. I have “tricked” him by standing in the kitchen and saying something like, “I have this great idea for chicken something made with orange marmalade and ginger and rice and, , ,” And he's in the kitchen like a bullet - and whatever he makes is delicious - and NOT what I described.
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Cindy H on November 06 at 9:25 p.m.
Well, I've kept five men happy for lo these many years :-)
Family meal time is something I really enjoy. When I was an at- home mom, I sent the kids to their rooms for quiet time while I lit candles, put on some tunes, poured a glass of wine and cooked dinner. It was MY time, followed by OUR time.
Things are much more hectic now. But we've adjusted and just eat later— rarely before 6:30. I still enjoy the process and the ritual.
And. I. Don't. Cook. On. Weekends. Ever.
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spokelooneh on November 06 at 10:56 p.m.
“Well, I've kept five men happy for lo these many years :-)”
-Cindy
Captive audience.
Just saying…
;)
My ex-gf was an outstanding cook, could have been a gourmet chef. She had hundreds of cookbooks, but I rarely saw her use them, when cooking, but she would read them in her spare time.
And the odd thing? She HAD to watch TV while she was preparing her mouth-watering feasts.
She also trashed the kitchen when she cooked. I was more than happy to clean up. WELL worth it.
Come to think of it, -I- was also a captive audience.
Never mind.
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JIMMYMAC on November 06 at 11:08 p.m.
The Mrs is an incredible cook and I am her fairly awesome sous chef/bbq'er.
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marmitetoasty on November 07 at 12:38 a.m.
I cant remember the last time I went out to dinner or even had a take-away…… cook from scratch proper every night and that includes a pudding….. its only Saturday that I rarely cook, but there are always homemade stuff in the freezer or left overs in the fridge if anyone is hungry….. we almost always especially now winter is upon us, have a proper sunday roast with all the trimmings…..
I would like to think I was a fairly reasonable cook, give me an onion and I will make you a meal fit for a king LOL…… I dont do posh stuff though, just good wholesome proper grub..
Would I like to be treated out for dinner once in a while or take-aways……. YOU BET THE HELL I WOULD lol…… one day aye..
x
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JBelle on November 07 at 5:39 a.m.
heh. ;)
this weekend I am going to nail one of the two best scrumptious desserts I had in Turkey. The Turks call it kunefe but I refer to it as shredded wheat. It's a baked shredded wheat crust, top and bottom, with a feta filling and simple lemon sauce. yowwwwwza! my personal fave! (throwing head back and howling)
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sue on November 07 at 8:20 a.m.
My mother-in-law & I used to have a contest, not deliberately, to see which one of us could make the worst cake. She was a fabulous cook, but rarely cooked desserts because no one eats them in this family. So birthday cakes were usually a bust. Now I make a coconut cream pie for bd cake, and the recipe has to be the world's most complicated. I still haven't nailed it, but it tastes pretty good anyway. It's double boiler cooking while beating some egg whites, and mixing gently and browning some coconut. I intend to perfect it one day. JBelle's recipe sounds interesting, but I think I'd need a taste test before investing that much energy.
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chatterbox on November 07 at 8:34 a.m.
My husband is the great cook of the family. I will assist him with the cleaning, cutting and prep work to my heart's content when he is cooking. He finds recipes and tweaks them to our tastes. However, I love to bake. Cookies, cakes, pies, muffins. And fudge at Christmas.
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JBelle on November 07 at 9:53 a.m.
sue, once tiny taste and I guarantee you will roll over and bark for more. i know I did!
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sue on November 07 at 10:02 a.m.
Well, I do have some feta in the fridge, and a jar of lemon curd. I might have to give it a try.
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Frum Helen Back on November 07 at 10:08 a.m.
If you like cremated food, then you would like my cooking. It's a job I dread and now my grandson and husband fix their own grub. The other night I fixed myself a grilled pastrami sandwich and even though I sat there watching it cook, it was burnt black on both sides. Fortunately I don't mind eating blackened food. It has a unique taste of it's own. And it's also a good way to check out the smoke detector.
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Liz on November 07 at 10:53 a.m.
My mother had that “I Hate to Cook Book” that you pictured there. Funny. But the recipes were really, really gross.
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