Women Who Can't Cook

Daily Nation (Nairobi) ^ | June 29, 2002 | Oyunga Pala

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

Okay, I'll have to admit I really don't understand this. I'm first generation Italian, and food is like a religion to us. Stuff from a can is blasphemy. My Nonna was one of the best cooks around and my Mom and cousin are also. I can certainly hold my own, but compared to women these days, I guess I'm advanced?? It's mind boggling! How do people eat anymore? I can't imagine eating out all the time. I guess I grew up in a different world. I'm still amazed at women who don't cook, but I'm more amazed at people who are amazed 'I' cook! How do people survive?

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

Wow! I've known a lot of men who were great BBQ'ers. I will admit I'm not very good at that. I wish I was.

[jrewingjr]

It requires practice, but the nice thing about propane is the ability to keep a constant temperature, which will speed your learning curve. And hickory chips, mmmm.

After a few times, if you keep track of temp settings and cooking times, you'll be a pro and you can consistently deliver great quality and leave your guests shaking their heads, "How does she do that?"

MUCH easier cleanup too. Just clean the rack while the hickory pan is still there, then dump and rinse the chip pan and you're done. WAY quicker than washing a bunch of pots and pans.

You can do it! I look forward to reports of your success.

[goodieD]

my mother was a good cook, but not the type to teach me. So when I got married, I made it my business to teach myself, being one of the accomplishments of a real lady and a good wife. Now I win ribbons at the fair. You can learn to cook, if you are single I suppose it doesn't matter (and that may be the reason), if you are married, it's your duty to LEARN.

[BossLady]

Holy Merde! This looks like an article from an issue of 1887 Hapaar's Bazaar!!!

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[danmar]

A lot of these women really don't realise what awful cooks they are until they try to impress some new man in their lives

I should know it, my dear wife burns the water, so I have takin' over the cooking for the family.As a matter of fact I enjoy cooking so much, that even when I am beat up and tired, cooking is like relaxation to me,(minus washing the dishes,...I hate washing dishes).

[Bella_Bru]

I'm first generation Italian, and food is like a religion to us. Stuff from a can is blasphemy.

Second generation Italian/Pole here. My ma and dad made their own tomato sauce every year. They'd have sooner consumed rocks than anything in a jar.

My sweetie cooks excellent Mexican dishes and I cook the excellent Italian dishes, so we eat good all the time.

That's not to say that we don't love Del Taco or El Pollo Loco, from time to time though. ;-)

[swheats]

A tip from Casanova's memoirs: The way to a woman's heart is through her stomach but don't ever forget to clean up her kitchen.

So true. I used to be the cook, with working and other things I lost that touch. I knew it was gone when I told my husband that I wasn't feeling well, his response-you didn't cook did you?

Of course I'm hoping he didn't mean it as it sounded. He's a very good cook.

[FlyVet]

Guess tomorrow I'll make that fresh cherry pie. Nite.

And, what time shall it be served? I'll be there one-half hour prior <:=} Nite.

[kancel]

What is a kedgeree?

Am I a good cook or a bad cook for not knowing what that is?? LOL

[latina4dubya]

even if you were a good cook, i cannot imagine that a soybean casserole would taste good... maybe you're just not choosing yummy dishes to cook in the first place... or maybe i just don't appreciate soybeans enough to make them the main part of a dish, or meal... i'm just wondering out loud here, so i hope you are not offended by my thought... if you are, i do apologize...

[MrNeutron1962]

My mother couldn’t really cook either. She had/has only two spices in her kitchen, salt and pepper. When we were in school, it seemed that we always had the 24-hour flu, we got it at least once a month, every month. When I started dating my future Mrs. Neutron, an United States Air Force field cook, I made a horrifying discovery, it was not the 24-hour flu, it was food poisoning. You see, mom always thawed stuff out on the counter, and would leave Sundays roast out on the counter from Thursday night. In 12 years of marriage, I've never had that type of "24 Bug" again. Mom also doesn’t own a meat thermometer; so most meat is cooked to death. Needless to say, mom comes here for SUnday Dinner, and when we vist her, we "Spring" for take out.

So Dot.com women don't have a corner of bad kitchen skills.

[GiovannaNicoletta]

Wow, am I glad you posted that!

I have to grill over at my parent's next Thursday and they have a propane grill. I usually use charcoal, along with hickory or mesquite chips, and it makes the food taste so much better- soaking them in beer sounds great! I had no idea how to use the chips with propane. I will arrive at my parent's next week armed with cookie sheet and hickory chips.

Fourth of July might be bearable after all!

[Greeklawyer]

There are more than enough women in this country and world
who far outclass the sterile career women. Cooking abilitiy does not require elaborate production.
A woman who can not cook, generally indicate many other
deficiencies.

The really pitiful women is the ones who refuse to cook.

[Greeklawyer]

I believe it the career women who refuse to cook (excuse for laziness) and then convince themselves as a virture.

The fact you can hold your own makes you superior to the deliberatly ignorant women.

[Greeklawyer]

"duty to learn"

feminists do not know the meaning of the word duty.

[Greeklawyer]

Your mom tried.
That was a true blessing.
No "cooking deminishes my personhood" from her.
She was trying to take care of her family.

[dennisw]

I am an expert in cooking beans and split pea soup. I can make both of them taste very good.

[SamAdams76]

Count me as another man who does the cooking in the house. There are only two women in my family who can cook: My grandmother and an aunt (on my wife's side).

I never used a recipe book in my life. I abhor them and most of the dishes featured in them are disgusting. I just use simple, honest ingredients and prefer grilling, broiling and sauteing to microwaving or other cooking methods. Basically every meal I make has meat (fish, fowl or beef), vegetables and rice. The seasonings I use most often is lemon, garlic, soy sauce, olive oil, or Lloyd's barbeque sauce. None of those fancy spices whose names you can't even pronounce. Keep it simple and it will taste good every time.

I learned to cook from my bachelor days. I grew up with lousy food (the mess hall food I got in the Marines was much better than what my mother made) and if I had to depend upon my wife, I'd still have to settle for lousy food.

[DugwayDuke]

I wouldn't be so hard on recipe books, they have their place. My Mom's philosophy was her son's would not have to get married in order to get a home cooked meal. Consequently, she started teaching us cooking skills as soon as we could see over the edge of the stove.

Mom was a "dib" and "dab" cooker who never measured anything. She cooked by sense of smell and recipes were just suggestions to her. I find recipe books useful for ideas, but feel perfectly free to modify as I go.