Cooking. You and the Dr

[MrsK]

You know, notwithstanding that he is unable to boil pasta. . . DrK makes the most awesome omlettes. They are light and fluffy, absolutely beautiful. Go figure. I mean, isn't that "the test" to distinguish good cooks from lousy ones? He says he picked it up watching a cooking show on TV. So maybe there is hope for him after all.

[oceanchild]

My husband is definitely a better cook than I am. When he can, he handles dinner. When he can't, we eat boring things that I come up with.

My dh is an awful cook, but a great sous chef. He's got mad knife skills (he's a pathologist, after all ...), and is also great a rolling out doughs from helping his mom in the kitchen as a kid. But as far as what goes with what and how to make it / how long to cook it -- he's clueless. He'd microwave a hot dog for 5 minutes if I'd let him.

He makes breakfast. Pancakes and waffles (I've coaxed him not to make eggs b/c he overcooks them). He once tried to make sloppy joes and added 3 TABLESPOONS of black pepper, 'cause, you know, he likes flavor.

[lirio]

I'm the only one who cooks around here. DH can make boil in a bag rice and open a can of beans. He used to use a rice cooker but that was too much effort. He can also use the microwave. So I do the cooking but DH is also very picky about what he eats. He only wants rice and beans!

[Thirteen]

Usually my DH is the better spouse in the kitchen - but when I cook, I throw down.
Last night I made stuffed poblano peppers with venison chorizo, shrimp and rice.
He ate two, and I got lots of kisses and praises of being an amazing wife out of it.

That's just how I roll. *snicker*

But truthfully, he's much more skilled and diverse than I am.

[SoonerTexan]

My father once made a meal of steamed Lima beans and celery for my mother--while she was in the throes of morning sickness...

[DCJenn]

See, I LIKE to cook. 90% of the time I find it to be a great way to transition from 'work' to 'home'. I have no idea if my husband can cook or not. He made me a frozen TJs lasagna once and he makes a mean egg sandwich. I enjoy it too much to give it up. and on the days I don't feel like cooking, I'll make a frozen pizza or something.

I assume he can cook more than the egg sandwich since he was 32 when we met and had been on his own since he was 18. But who knows, maybe he did subsist on PB&J and cereal for that long.

I'll have to ask.

Jenn

ETA: So I asked him tonight what he cooked between his Mess Hall days and meeting me. He claims to cook well, and that he used to charm the ladies w/ his mad skills. Hmm.

[Vishenka69]

In the 9 years that we've lived together, I think DH has turned on the stove once (last week when he decided to make eggs). He usually will wait until I get home to heat him stuff in the microwave or toaster oven. He has managed to explode food and melt containers in the microwave on numerous occasions. He'll also call to ask how to turn on the toaster oven that we've had for 6 years. The one year he lived on his own he exclusively ate take out.

For the most part, I don't mind his lack of kitchen skills. I like to cook and such a control freak that if he messed anything up in my kitchen I'd be pretty mad.

I consider myself lucky that DH is such a wonderful cook. Time is an issue, but when there is an opening he loves to work the kitchen.