re: Let's have a gender discussion

The only thing my wife doesn't like is the smell that lingers with certain foods. She likes to use the crockpot out on the deck so the house doesn't smell like roast all day. Or pork if we're doing a picnic roast to pull for sandwiches. The smell of bacon sends her running. Also when I fry vegetables I try to dump the oil as soon as it has cooled so that smell isn't lingering.

She will eat anything, but her choice of what to cook usually involves what all of us will eat and how quickly it can be prepared. I'm rarely going to walk in to some elaborate meal she's been working on for over an hour. It is always good, but usually something like spaghetti or other pasta, chicken cooked in a pan, rice, or canned veggies. At the same time, there are nights I walk in and she wants me to cook, and anything goes then. Last night I baked some chicken, broiled some squash from our garden, and fried the rest of it with okra from the garden. She's also good about cooking stuff that is great as leftovers, and I bring that for lunch the next day.