Let's have a gender discussion

Wife doesn't like overly spicy food and she has become very anti-salt since experiencing slightly high BP. Other than that she is fine with anything we cook.

My wife is a finicky eater. No Asian food (Indian, Thai, Chinese, you name it) and doesn't like much seafood. I'll cook Indian or Thai on occasion. She can either eat it or get a sandwich. Would eat a lot more fish at home if she likes it.

My wife will not eat shrimp.

I still make shrimp for friends.


She really doesn't care for steaks.

I now have a daughter that will eat devour a rare steak with her daddy.

I eat most everything that's not processed crap. The Mr doesn't like much non fried seafood, gelatinous/rubbery/overly chewy textures (octopus, dried coconut, jello), or mint & chocolate in combination.

I thought about it some more and the biggest difference between us is how we eat our steaks. I'm a rare or mid rare fan and she likes hers mid well. I've seen her order one well done once and could only shake my head. I just buy her the cheapest sirloin I can find when we do steaks and she's still happy, so at least I don't have to ruin good meat over it.

wife of 35 years, 2 daughters
20 and 17
what do you want for dinner?
don't know ,don't care

ok here's what i'm making you want it or not?

My wife does no like Indian food or curry dishes and I love them. So I don't get to cook with curry much.

My wife also had a bad episode with shrimp one time and now gets nauseous at the smell of shrimp, so I haven't cooked shrimp in awhile.

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.