Hello GT, thanks for the kind note........it was a big step for both of us to get where we are now.
Alot of hard work on both sides but worth it in the end.
Donna has not gone in for surgery yet, scheduled for March31.
She is pretty worried, the first two or three weeks she will barely be able to get out of bed, so I have booked that time off the take care of her.
I will say hello for you GT!
James
The way a man dies is not as important as the way he lived
Hey Cory..thanks for the reply........I'll give her that hug to be sure!
Funny thing is before the A,I did almost all the cooking and grocery shopping when I was home, since then she has been head cook and food purchaser!
So back to the kitchen I go........in truth I'm the better cook ..............but by far she is the better baker!
p.s. why are womens feet smaller than mens?.....so they can get closer to the stove and sink.
running and ducking..........
James
The way a man dies is not as important as the way he lived
James said, "in truth I'm the better cook ..............but by far she is the better baker!"
Sounds like my house. I do all the general cooking, but when it comes to baking, I leave the kitchen and let Karen take over.
Men ARE better cooks. Some of the greatest chefs in the world are men. Betty Crocker? A MAN!! All their recipes were made by a man. Matter of fact, they used his wife's picture on the original packaging to go with a woman's name, as they knew it would appeal more to the housewives that were doing the grocery shopping...
I have short, wide feet (9 1/2 EE), but I won't take offense to the closer to the stove thing... LOL
Sorry, for some reason I had it in my mind that the surgery was last month. Anyway, hope all goes well. I know you will take good care of Donna.
Cory
My husband is one of those cooks who likes to "make up" recipes as he goes along. But overall he's as good a cook as I am. If only he was as good at cleaning up the kitchen after he's done.
GT,your hubby sounds like he cooks just like I do, he must be a great guy!
Yup when it comes to clean up, I have a hard time with that lol....its funny too when I am finished cooking the kitchen looks like a bomb went off in it!
Yet when Donna cooks it stays reasonable and tidy.
That's because in general men don't multi task well. While I am cooking im also cleaning up here and there, washing dishes, talking on the phone, etc etc...........I can manage all this at once. Men prefer to just concentrate on one task at a time. (well from my experience anyway)..........or maybe men are thinking about "other things" so much they truly are multi tasking as well LMAO....
Kid wrote>>>That's because in general men don't multi task well. While I am cooking im also cleaning up here and there, washing dishes, talking on the phone, etc etc<<<
I do that as well. I clean as I cook. And I am stingy with the amount of pots and pans I use. I swear my husband uses every pan we have when he cooks. But at least the man cooks. His specialty is omelets . I can't make a decent omelet to save my life.
2. Sit at the table, take a look. First complainer is NEXT week's cook!
3. And most important - Whoever does the work of cooking is exempt from the work of cleaning.
GT - The key to a good omelette is not too much milk mixed into the eggs, and be sure to cook on medium/low heat. Wait until the eggs are almost cooked through before adding all of your stuff.
Flipping a stuffed omelette: Sorry, no tips. It's just skill that comes with time...
it is in the pan....... needs a short wide sided pan.... and please NO milk... just a litte water.... and have your pan hot.... the eggs need to seezle when they hit the pan lol......folding an omelette.. the short and wide sides come in handy then....just slide half of it on a platter and flip the other half on top....
Like Cory, my kitchen has always featured the "I cooked--you clean up" rule.
However, I have generally cleaned up as I finished with something. Cutting boards wiped or stuck in the dishwasher, measuring cups rinsed or stuck in the dishwasher, pan or skillet at least scraped out when done.
So THERE, Kid. (Anyway, if you can get three or four things done and on the table at once, I think that qualifies as "multitasking". The hardest thing about cooking sometimes is getting everything done at once.)
And Kat is soooo right about omelettes (like everything else ) No milk, but some hot oil or butter waiting in the pan. And a wonderful small nonstick skillet is a necessity.
Will someone tell me the point of that? What the heck is the difference if you don't fold it but just chop it all up and eat it that way??? Yes, it might look "pretty" but it still tastes exactly the same way.
yes, you are right !!! however half the appeal - at least for me - the appeal of food is in the presentation ...I still set a table, and would not be caught dead with a pan on the table lol.... call met quirky... I know I am....
>>What the heck is the difference if you don't fold it but just chop it all up and eat it that way?<<
No! No! No! That's not an omelette. Them's scarambled hen aigs. Completely different. A good [i.e., folded] spanish omelette is a surprise every time - when you cut into it, all that juicy goodness comes spilling out around the edges. You don't get juicy goodness spilling out around the edges with scarambled hen aigs.
>>Rule #4 Put the crap back EXACTLY where you found it!<<
That's rule #1 in my house, not just in the kitchen and it has a corollary: put it back the way you found it too, Bubba. That means the lid on straight, not gunked up with sticky fingerprints, etc. I call myself a kitchen nazi because I want things just so. Makes one quite hard to live with, but the results are usually pretty good.
BTW, with SO and his two children, the thing I am having the hardest time with is cooking for so many and so many diffrent tastes - I'm vegetarian, the ten year old will only eat meat and loves processed foods (GAAAKKK!!!), the thirteen year old vacillates between this is good and OMG, I'm dieting, the two year old will barely sit still to eat, and SO will say, oh, I'm not that hungry let's just have dish-that-you-have-NO-INGREDIENTS-in-the house-in-order-to-make-it. I like the special of the day that another poster mentioned: If you see it, it's the special of the day. Gonna have that one framed.
My husband always puts the eggs and milk in the blender for a few seconds before cooking omelets. That makes them light and fluffy. When I try to make them it looks like I've put all the ingredients in the blender after I've cooked them. When our kid's have friends over for the night they always ask them if their "dad" will be making omelets for breakfast.
I guess we all have our specialities. Mine is lasagna. I can make a pretty mean lasagna.
Chris
My husband has trouble cooking a meal and having everything done at the same time. He always has a variety of dishes spread out "warming" and waiting for the other dishes to get ready. I've got to hand it to him though, he never gets up from the table after a meal and walks away without first helping me clean up.
Just recently a friend of mine complimented me on our oldest son. She said when he's at their house for dinner he always helps her clean the table. What I'd like to know is why kids (sometimes) do the things you've tried to teach them when they are at someone else's house, yet they don't do it at home?
Who knows but at least they will want to invite your son back and you can consider that a good thing :>)
"I still set a table, and would not be caught dead with a pan on the table lol.... call met quirky... I know I am...."
I hate to admit this but I wouldn't do that either and I wouldn't put a butter container on the table either. That neurosis of mine came from my MIL. The table does look much nicer :>)
Misha, you said, "I like the special of the day that another poster mentioned: If you see it, it's the special of the day. Gonna have that one framed."
It literally is a sign hanging in my kitchen. My W bought it for from one of those catalogs that seem to carry everything, like Harriet Carter or something like that...
It looks like a small chalkboard with the "Today's Specials" across the top, and the "Take It/Leave It" looks like it was written with chalk.
Karen was just looking over my shoulder, and she said she got the sign from the "Terry's Village" catalog. They send her emails all the time. If you're interested, I'll post up a link to their website....
I didn't know if you would get a chance to see this before tomorrow. But I wanted to bump it up and let Donna know she'll be in my thoughts tomorrow as she goes into surgery. Give her an extra hug for me James.
Well a little while ago the doc called and Donna is doing well and was headed for the recovery room.
The boys and I are headed that way shortly!
Thanks for all your support.
James
The way a man dies is not as important as the way he lived
..............but by far she is the better baker!