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re: Is your wife a better cook than your mom?

Posted on 3/6/18 at 3:16 pm to
Posted by jack6294
Greater Baton Rouge Area
Member since Jan 2007
4033 posts
Posted on 3/6/18 at 3:16 pm to
Yes

Mom is dead. Doesn’t cook anymore unless she wound up in hell.
Posted by madmaxvol
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Member since Oct 2011
22488 posts
Posted on 3/6/18 at 3:17 pm to
Yes...but my wife has a Masters Degree in Food Science. So that doesn't hurt.
Posted by 91TIGER
Lafayette
Member since Aug 2006
19640 posts
Posted on 3/6/18 at 3:18 pm to
Not even close. Mother from south LA, wife's mother from W Texas, she can't cook shite.
Posted by Zappas Stache
Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Member since Apr 2009
43556 posts
Posted on 3/6/18 at 3:23 pm to
I'm the cook and while my mom was good at the basics, she couldn't make a gumbo to save her life.... No patience and 4 kids I guess. My mawmaw from lake chuck was the best cook. My mawmaw from Opelousas was a pretty good basic cook too. I think I have surpassed all of them just because there is so much more info out there these days such as the TD Food Board.
Posted by IAmNERD
Member since May 2017
24508 posts
Posted on 3/6/18 at 4:07 pm to
My wife is limited in her range of things she can really cook. She does those really well. Except cornbread. My mother has tried to teach her but it just isn't the same.
Posted by eric4UA08
Member since Nov 2008
2027 posts
Posted on 3/6/18 at 4:35 pm to
My mom is a ridiculously good cook. So, no my wife isn’t better, but she’s only been cooking for a couple of years.. and she already has probably 5 or so dishes that are truly top notch. I’d say she’s well on her way. My mom is just tough to beat. Wife’s cooking > MIL’s though.
Posted by volnavy
Fair wind and following seas
Member since Jan 2009
824 posts
Posted on 3/6/18 at 4:37 pm to
My mom is from West Virginia and that type of food is meh. I mostly remember lima beans and liver, with a lot of chicken and dumplings. But she was better than my grandmother, everything she cooked tasted like stale cigarettes.

My wife loves putting eggplant, squash and every color of bell pepper in everything. So that's gross.

About every other week, I get fed up and make dinner myself and my kids act like it's christmas.
Posted by BRich
Old Metairie
Member since Aug 2017
3111 posts
Posted on 3/6/18 at 4:48 pm to
Nope, and my mom is not a better cook than my wife, either.

Neither one can cook. Growing up in the seventies, I remember my mom (a working mom) fixing crap for dinner like Shake-n-Bake chicken or pork chops, Stouffer stuffing, rice-a-roni and canned veggies. I can't tell you the last time I have eaten ANYTHING she has cooked in the many years since I moved out over 30 years ago.

Wife is a doctor and when she tried to cook, treated it like a chemist doing a science experiment-- exactly this much this or that, cooked exactly this long. And she didn't understand many cooking terms such as saute', blanche, zest, roux, etc. I think the last time I ate something she cooked for me was around 1990.

I am the cook in the family, on everything from the oven to the stovetop to the grill and crawfish pot (and campfire), including everything from the appetizers to desserts.
Posted by vengeanceofrain
depends
Member since Jun 2013
12465 posts
Posted on 3/6/18 at 4:56 pm to
my mom once burned black eyed peas.

so def my wife
Posted by madmaxvol
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Member since Oct 2011
22488 posts
Posted on 3/6/18 at 5:27 pm to
quote:

Yes

Mom is dead. Doesn’t cook anymore unless she wound up in hell.


Posted by pwejr88
Red Stick
Member since Apr 2007
37964 posts
Posted on 3/6/18 at 5:58 pm to
My wife can outcook ANYONE
Posted by highpockets
Lafayette
Member since Feb 2015
2116 posts
Posted on 3/6/18 at 6:06 pm to
I am better than both, mom second, wife still learning...although mom makes hands down best white cream gravy on the planet.
Posted by jeff5891
Member since Aug 2011
15979 posts
Posted on 3/6/18 at 6:46 pm to
quote:

Is your wife a better cook than your mom?


Absolutely
Posted by ljhog
Lake Jackson, Tx.
Member since Apr 2009
20725 posts
Posted on 3/6/18 at 7:42 pm to
The only thing my wife knows how to make for dinner is a reservation.
Posted by Interweb Cowboy
NW Bama
Member since Dec 2010
3193 posts
Posted on 3/6/18 at 7:55 pm to
Yes, no if's ands or Buts about it.
Posted by Dale Doubak
Somewhere
Member since Jan 2012
6000 posts
Posted on 3/6/18 at 8:39 pm to
Mom hands down. All wife can do is boil noodles and make spaghetti. Dam wops
Posted by VernonPLSUfan
Leesville, La.
Member since Sep 2007
17966 posts
Posted on 3/6/18 at 8:45 pm to
Not no, but hell no. My mom was old school, learned everything from her mom. The only difference between mom and grandmom is mom put pepper in her cooking.
Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
48668 posts
Posted on 3/7/18 at 9:59 am to
My mom was and still is (at 82) a fantastic cook. My wife is even better.
Posted by go ta hell ole miss
Member since Jan 2007
14798 posts
Posted on 3/7/18 at 10:05 am to
I don't know if she's better, but my tastes and tastebuds have evolved to enjoy her cooking more now. I love my wife's cooking (Italians sure take pride in cooking). I used to love my ma's cooking, but now I much prefer my wife's.
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