MissScarlett
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When you all say young girls dont like to cook, what ages are you referring to?
Hmmm...IDK, I'm 32. I'd say maybe the 25 and under girls???
When you all say young girls dont like to cook, what ages are you referring to?
Hmmm...IDK, I'm 32. I'd say maybe the 25 and under girls???
I don't use cookbooks. I like the internet as a resource, because I can get several different versions of a recipe and tweak it until it's exactly the way I want it. I want to do what my gramma used to do...put all my recipes on index cards and give them to my kids.
I also use my dh as a resource because he's a chef, but he gets on my nerves sometimes because he's a perfectionist. He always wants to come in and correct the position of my knife or pass me the meat thermometer.
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Is this it? I need to learn to cook something other than mashed potatoes and Spanish rice
I'd say that's about right (in general). I got married at 23 and hated cooking at first, but the more I practiced it, the better I got.
Yes, Yes and Yes.
Dh sits down and I bring his plate to him
I do it as a nice gesture. I'm a true southern girl, its what my mama did, my grandma did, Its what I was taught to do I guess. I don't even give it any thought. Even now, when we are together with my parents, my mom gets up and fixes my dads plate, I fix dh's (all after the kids) if my mom is still busy in the kitchen, I fix my dad's plate.
I posted about this once before and was shocked it was such a big deal????
I was at a family reunion and some of my unmarried cousins from Ohio were in shock b/c I was in line and they asked me why I had two plates, I said oh this is my plate and dh's. They were like
I guess its a part of me and my total feminine role I like to play. Dh really appreciates it though, i do small thngs to make him feel good, he does big things to take care of me. its just not that big of a deal to me. I don't have his shoes waiting at the door or anything and I'm a very independent woman, I just truly believe that men like those little small old fashioned albeit, feminine gestures
You're a big exception to the rule. The young girls I know are "I don't cook" all smacking like its 'cute' I'm like ummmm that aint cute.
Yep, I got married at 24 and HATED cooking. UGH.....I just sort of trudged along though and really enjoyed it.
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Well I'll chime in and say that I HATE cooking...I hate iterplexed but I love to clean. thank god all of the guys I liked love to cook. not to say that will never do it for him or my kids, but trust it will not be an everyday occurence.
You think so? I thought it was just a trend and that there are a lot of girls out there my age (24 and under) that know how to cook. Sure some think it's cute until their man is all up in someone else's face who will cook at the drop of a hat.
Ditto. I totally agree. If DH is working in the yard or just hasn't made it home yet he will find his plate in the microwave. MIL lived with us for a time her upbringing was lacking and she never had a healthy relationship. I had to let her know that the only plate in the microwave is the the one waiting for DH. [Don't flame me she was rent free. I paid for that microwave]
I can't cook. My mother cooks but she's never taught me, and she also hates to cook, which rubbed off on me. I want some lessons. I can bake very well though.
Wow. Gorgeous! Which you most certainly couldn't say about my beach hair.
You think so? I thought it was just a trend and that there are a lot of girls out there my age (24 and under) that know how to cook. Sure some think it's cute until their man is all up in someone else's face who will cook at the drop of a hat.
No I liked it, that's why I wanted to take one!!! I was in the bathroom and dh was like WTF are you doing
Yeah, but I'm sure he liked it though. Men love that wild look (again, with my beach hair being the exception to that rule)! It's so pretty. How often do you wear it down like that?
Its funny I don't identify as traditional, but I have traditional moments. Currently, I make dh's lunches for work and when he had night school, I usually had food waiting for him when he got home.
That's me. If I don't prepare his plate he eats cereal.
Yes.
I make his plate when I cook and he makes my plate when he cooks.
We both do this as a nice gesture towards the other.
You said you understood why people did it in the past, but not today. Dont some people's situation still mirror the dynamics of yesteryear?
I have a question for the ladies who fix their SO's plates.
Is this also done when the serving dishes are on the dinner table? Or do you just fix the plate from the cooking pots in the kitchen, then bring to the table?
ETA: I've never heard of this until today. The closest thing for me is bringing back food if the person didn't attend the party, barb-b-q, etc..
Yes if the serving dishes are on the table, I still fix it. But we rarely put the serving dishes out, I like to fix plates from the kitchen and bring them out