People who say they can't cook
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What is the problem? It's only following a set of basic instructions. They seem to be ok following instructions for other things, like setting up their latest gadgets.
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It's not bloody rocket science.
They're just lazy drama queens, that's what it comes down to.
I can't do any of the above. I am lazy but I'm not a drama queen.
I have a couple of friends with husbands like that and oh wow when they do cook they never shut up about how great was their meal and their wife's have to praise them like they are little boys.
I remember once my husband vacuumed for "me" :rolleyes: and I walked over his newly vacuumed carpet and he went nuts and said he would never do it for me again
He is now a ex husband of course
I'm a bloke and do half the cooking in our house!
Practice makes perfect. Love is the key to good cooking. Without love and due care, it can become a nasty mess.
He has become lazy and needs re-training.
Go on strike.
Can only say what I have seen in my life and to be honest most blokes of my generation never cooked and if they did they needed a fan-fair or drum roll as they served the dish up
I have two boys both cook as much as their partners do, I also have a daughter and her partner cooks as much if not more than her.
I liked it, I think it should be brought back.
that is what we do in our house
i got no choice, either that or live on takeways or starve
i will cook and even if i had someone living here i would cook. in fact I did when I had a lodger here i would cook for her, it was cheaper shared between us both.
Yes almost everyone can cook but some people will be more adept that others.
I can cook, I enjoy cooking BUT I am not a natural? I can also get quite stressed if I am trying a new dish. I have a friend who never follows recipes, she cooks using her senses and instincts as to what will taste nice and she always delivers.
The other week I considered buying a cheese-cake packet. It turned out to need butter. I don't have any butter in the house, and haven't wanted to use any for 5 years, so I didn't bother with the packet.
I think it's like most things. Some people have an aptitude for it, enjoy it and are willing to spend the time and effort and money to get good at it. Often they either have experience, or someone experienced to help them, because cooking often involves an element of judgement.
i agree with you i can cook as i can follow a basic recipe i do however tend to get a bit bored if it has a large prep time and can forget things are in the oven
However i couldnt just look in my cupboard and throw something together with what is in there, i have no flare for it and cant ad lib
I would say I genuinely can't cook, but it's not for want of trying.
It's not that simple. Instructions are more guidelines as not all appliances work the same or cook at the same speed etc. You have to learn what goes together, how to store different foods, thawing/defrosting things properly, measuring ingredients and using the right ones, judging how thoroughly cooked something is amongst a ton of other things. It may seem easy to you now because you know how to cook and may have learnt quickly, but not everyone is the same...
Sure, if you followed a recipe and bought the ingredients for it you might get it right first time but that doesn't mean you automatically learn how to do everything I listed.