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re: Why is it so hard to find a woman that can cook these days?
Posted on 7/9/14 at 9:30 am to PurpleAndGold86
Posted on 7/9/14 at 9:30 am to PurpleAndGold86
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My wife is a CPA and carries a full time job. On a typical weekeday she doesn't get home til around 6 PM. She doesn't have a ton of spare time to create her own recipes.
It depends on how imortant it is to a person. My mother worked similar hours growing up, and we never ate out during the week. Few did when I was growing up. She managed to cook every night for the family, and could whip it together like a champ in nothing flat, mostly because she had prepped already over the previous weekend, and because she made it a priority.
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Posted on 7/9/14 at 9:50 am to Mike da Tigah
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My mother worked similar hours growing up, and we never ate out during the week. Few did when I was growing up. She managed to cook every night for the family, and could whip it together like a champ in nothing flat, mostly because she had prepped already over the previous weekend, and because she made it a priority.
Maybe you are misunderstanding. My wife still cooks. A lot. We rarely eat out. I just said she doesn't have time to think about and create her own recipes.
She is coming home tonight and plans to cook a meal that is going to take around an hour to cook. But she will be following a recipe she found and was interested in trying.
Cooking is important for her. She likes to cook. She loves to find new recipes all the time and try them.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 10:02 am to hillcountrywanderer
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They cook and clean pretty well but they can give you a lot of lip so watch out.
If applied in the right place, who's worried about whether she can cook or not.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 10:03 am to RouxDog91
This is why I do all my hardlegging on the F&D board.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 10:04 am to Cold Cous Cous
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This is why I do all my hardlegging on the F&D board.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 10:14 am to PurpleAndGold86
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Maybe you are misunderstanding. My wife still cooks. A lot. We rarely eat out. I just said she doesn't have time to think about and create her own recipes.
Your wife sounds as if she is entirely too busy. No shite.
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She is coming home tonight and plans to cook a meal that is going to take around an hour to cook. But she will be following a recipe she found and was interested in trying.
Nothing wrong with following sound recipes. I'm saying that at some point, you don't really need the recipe because repetition and cooking a bunch gives you the understanding of what pairs well with what, how to pull of various dishes and methods of cooking food different ways and on the fly, and pretty soon you can just look in the pantry and fridge and put together a meal with what you have on hand with ease.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 10:17 am to Mike da Tigah
First, you say it is easy to be a good cook, then this:
which is it? You are describing a training that takes years.
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With time and experience in cooking and understanding flavor profiles and texture, you can. It's like going from crawling to running a marathon though. First people need to familiarize themselves with a stove, and then turn it on. Learn how to cut veg, brown, reduce, etc. then they can take more steps, and over time and falling in love with food and cooking can then begin to build upon their skill set to become excellent in the kitchen.
which is it? You are describing a training that takes years.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 10:19 am to ULSU
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which is it? You are describing a training that takes years.
Cooking from a recipe is easy and just takes following directions.
Creative cooking (i.e. making your own recipes) takes years of trial and error and experience.
It's like the different levels of skill to play in a middle school marching band and being a creative musician. One just takes following directions and reading while the other takes much more dedication and experience.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 10:19 am to ULSU
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First, you say it is easy to be a good cook, then this:
Because were talking about two different things, following directions, and becoming creative. Following directions isn't too difficult, especially with the damn internet at the tips of your fingers. Becoming creative takes time, knowledge, and experienced in food and cooking. It's an art. You have to work at it to become excellent at it.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 10:22 am to Mike da Tigah
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Because were talking about two different things, following directions, and becoming creative. Following directions isn't too difficult, especially with the damn internet at the tips of your fingers. Becoming creative takes time, knowledge, and experienced in food and cooking. It's an art. You have to work at it to become excellent at it.
I had to work hard to get even remotely decent. My SO grew up baking, but didn't cook much until about 3 years ago. She just opens my fridge, throws shite together that makes no sense, and it comes out crazy good every time. Pisses me off.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 10:29 am to kingbob
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I had to work hard to get even remotely decent. My SO grew up baking, but didn't cook much until about 3 years ago. She just opens my fridge, throws shite together that makes no sense, and it comes out crazy good every time. Pisses me off.
I started off pre internet in college with a handful of recipe index cards my mom gave me when I went off to school, so I wouldn't starve.
Married to a woman who hated cooking and it showed, I took to the kitchen to feed us, and it became a passion, but when I look back, I find my real love for cooking came from my family upbringing and learning some basic skills from my little French mother, and other family members. That made it a lot easier.
Over the years, cooking has become more of an all consuming obsession I constantly think about when I'm hungry, full, eating, sleeping, watching TV, etc.
it's not a chore. It's a sheer joy. Posted on 7/9/14 at 11:16 am to Mike da Tigah
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Your wife sounds as if she is entirely too busy. No shite.
Ok well I was just going off of your comment of
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My mother worked similar hours growing up, and we never ate out during the week. Few did when I was growing up. She managed to cook every night for the family, and could whip it together like a champ in nothing flat, mostly because she had prepped already over the previous weekend, and because she made it a priority.
That sounds nothing like this:
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Nothing wrong with following sound recipes. I'm saying that at some point, you don't really need the recipe
Posted on 7/9/14 at 11:20 am to Mike da Tigah
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Over the years, cooking has become more of an all consuming obsession I constantly think about when I'm hungry, full, eating, sleeping, watching TV, etc. it's not a chore. It's a sheer joy.
It's basically my sole form of entertainment. I watched TV centered around food, follow food websites, post on food forums, buy food related books from stores, etc.
When we're at lunch, we're brainstorming dinner.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 11:21 am to LouisianaLady
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It's basically my sole form of entertainment. I watched TV centered around food, follow food websites, post on food forums, buy food related books from stores, etc.
When we're at lunch, we're brainstorming dinner.
I didn't realize you were Jewish
Posted on 7/9/14 at 11:25 am to LouisianaLady
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When we're at lunch, we're brainstorming dinner.
Sounds like HC.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 11:31 am to PurpleAndGold86
Definitely nothing wrong with recipes. Hell, I embrace them. You're not going wake up and magically invent beef wellington. You have to read and explore to learn these things.
You might have had an awesome duck or fish dish in a restaurant that you have never made before. You can browse some recipes, take aspects of each that appeal to you, and make it your own.
You might have had an awesome duck or fish dish in a restaurant that you have never made before. You can browse some recipes, take aspects of each that appeal to you, and make it your own.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 11:58 am to kingbob
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the uglier they are, the more domestic skills they will have.
this is true...I'm fairly ugly, and I'm a damn good cook.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 12:20 pm to RouxDog91
down the bayou girls can cook. Getchu one
Posted on 7/9/14 at 12:24 pm to RouxDog91
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The last two or three girls that I've dated have no clue what to do in a kitchen. I like cooking but not every single day. Whats a guy got to do to get some food cooked for him!?
Find someone who cares about the food they're putting into their bodies. Like fitness chicks or crossfitters. They cook all the time and the food is legit.
I know a few. One posts food porn on facebook all the time
. Somehow she's still single 
. This post was edited on 7/9/14 at 12:26 pm
Posted on 7/9/14 at 12:30 pm to RouxDog91
Mine does all of the typical woman shite. Cooks, cleans, does laundry, etc. I make the bed every day, make the grades, and pay for shite. She makes a mean chicken parm. I am also much better at eating than I am at cooking
My relationship is the stereotypical male/female relationship of the 80s. She works and goes to school also, but I take care of all of the manly duties. She can count on me to do my part, and I can count on her to do the same.
My relationship is the stereotypical male/female relationship of the 80s. She works and goes to school also, but I take care of all of the manly duties. She can count on me to do my part, and I can count on her to do the same.
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