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Trying to get the fiancée into cooking
Posted on 2/13/16 at 7:23 pm
Posted on 2/13/16 at 7:23 pm
Y'all have any recommendations on some good starter books of dvds?
I could teach her but I think she wants to learn on her own.
She can make a sammich.
I could teach her but I think she wants to learn on her own.
She can make a sammich.
This post was edited on 2/13/16 at 7:27 pm
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Posted on 2/13/16 at 7:26 pm to GEAUXT
Fiancée is female
Fiancé is male
Fyi
Good luck. Should have vetted her more before giving the ring
Fiancé is male
Fyi
Good luck. Should have vetted her more before giving the ring
Posted on 2/13/16 at 7:28 pm to Rouge
Thanks 
I love to cook so I don't mind that she doesn't, but she wants to learn
I love to cook so I don't mind that she doesn't, but she wants to learn
Posted on 2/13/16 at 7:31 pm to GEAUXT
Don't hold your breath. Been married almost 8 months and can count on one hand how many times my wife has cooked.
Posted on 2/13/16 at 7:40 pm to GEAUXT
Taking a cooking class together would probably be a fun start.
Posted on 2/13/16 at 7:52 pm to GEAUXT
IMO the absolute best way to teach someone is to make a list of some of their favorite foods, and start there. Explain what you would do such as ingredients, prep, and in what order. Turn her loose. Wash the dishes for her when she's done. If she has to wash a sink full of dishes every time she cooks, she'll do it less often.
Posted on 2/13/16 at 7:55 pm to GEAUXT
Order a couple of those blue apron meals to get her started. Everything is measured out but there is still a small level of prep to make you feel like you are doing something. Simple instructions and hard to mess up and the finished product is pretty good.
Posted on 2/13/16 at 8:27 pm to highcotton2
I agree on blue apron/plated, however it is more than a small level of prep, but if she wants to learn it is a great way, they come with pretty good directions and also have videos online if needed
Posted on 2/13/16 at 8:49 pm to GEAUXT
Cooking classes together or those mail order meals are both good ideas, but you could start simple. Cooking eggs with your tutorial. Frying bacon or sausage. Simple things with some coaching to give her confidence. That is how I would approach it.
Posted on 2/13/16 at 8:58 pm to GEAUXT
Pioneerwoman.com has step by step recipes with pictures of each step.
Posted on 2/13/16 at 9:17 pm to GEAUXT
My wife sucked at cooking when we got together at LSU. She's a great cook some 15 years later and even though I had of cooking knowledge handed down from my mom...you have to let them learn it themselves. Every 3rd time or so you walk in when she's doing something and give a 'hand'...no advice. She'll realize that that step mattered, whether in prep or seasoning or cooking, but she'll never admit it. Good luck, POSITIVE comments always.
Posted on 2/13/16 at 9:20 pm to Gaston
Start DVRing America's Test Kitchen.
Or sign up for the website...it's excellent.
Or sign up for the website...it's excellent.
Posted on 2/13/16 at 9:37 pm to GEAUXT
Blue apron or hello fresh.
It's fool proof and fun. An idiot can cook what they send. They do all the work and you just follow the step by step recipe with pics.
It's fool proof and fun. An idiot can cook what they send. They do all the work and you just follow the step by step recipe with pics.
Posted on 2/13/16 at 9:45 pm to GEAUXT
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Posted on 2/13/16 at 10:49 pm to GEAUXT
My favorite beginner's guide is Dad's Own Cookbook. It's actually intended for kitchen-phobic fathers to bond with their kids over food, but it can be used by anybody.
If your fiancee is interested in personal stories or history maybe she'd like the writings of Calvin Trillin. Here is a thread on writings about food, including links to a Trillin article about Mosca's and an old lady's infamous review of Red Lobster that Anthony Bourdain took up as a righteous cause.
This thread is about food documentaries and has a link to a favorite of mine, the classic short film about legendary diner cook Spider Osgood.
If your fiancee is interested in personal stories or history maybe she'd like the writings of Calvin Trillin. Here is a thread on writings about food, including links to a Trillin article about Mosca's and an old lady's infamous review of Red Lobster that Anthony Bourdain took up as a righteous cause.
This thread is about food documentaries and has a link to a favorite of mine, the classic short film about legendary diner cook Spider Osgood.
Posted on 2/13/16 at 10:56 pm to GEAUXT
Post pics of fiancée and I'll see if I might want to teach her. Wait, this isn't the OT.
Posted on 2/13/16 at 11:08 pm to GEAUXT
Good Eats is the show that got me into cooking, and I'll take shite for this, but 30 Minute Meals did a lot to demystify cooking/make things attainable for me starting out in the kitchen.
Posted on 2/13/16 at 11:15 pm to GEAUXT
It's amazing the things people can learn and master when shackled to a wall.
Posted on 2/14/16 at 7:46 am to tiger rag 93
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Don't hold your breath. Been married almost 8 months and can count on one hand how many times my wife has cooked.
I don't know why guys marry women that don't cook. Maybe my family and my friends' families are more traditional, but all the wives generally love cooking and cook frequently. That's always been part of my idea of what a great wife would be, and I married one that loves cooking
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