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A close female relative, who lurks on FR at times is a terrible cook.

Whenever she says, "I'm going into the kitchen to whip up something!"

One of two things happen:

Her husband says, "It is time to go out to a great restaurant, and I will treat everyone to lunch or dinner. (depending on the time)"

If that doesn't work, I suddenly feel a lot of eyes staring at me. Then, I hear, a lot of people volunteering to help me if I prepare dinner from buying the stuff from doing prep work, serving it and cleaning up.

I have felt for a couple of decades that this female relative knows this power and terror that she has when she announces, "I'm going into the kitchen to whip up something!"

Then, if we are spending the night, as soon as my dinner is over and cleaned up, I start to hear, "Grampa Dave, we would really love one of your great omelets tomorrow morning. What do you need, and how can we help now and tommorow morning when you make your great omelets!"