I am so frustrated. My wife, God love her, can't cook to save her soul. After all the years we've been married, just when I think I've taught her a thing or two about cooking, she reverts to her late mother's cooking habits. :mad2:
I'm a stickler for recipes, especially their proper cooking times and temps etc. To her the myth that "the higher the heat, the faster it will get done" has become a matter of undeniable fact. Any frozen vegetable gets dropped into a pot full of water and boiled until all the water has evaporated, and the contents are stuck to the bottom of the pot. The use of seasonings is, for some unknown reason, completely foreign to her. Regardless of what she cooks, the one description that is common to all her dishes is BLAND. :mad2:
The reason for my unsolicited rant? Yesterday I was at home and had planned a nice dinner. The particular items on the menu don't really matter, because what we had for dinner in no way resembled what I had planned. :conf3:
What made the difference was a phone call I received mid-afternoon and having to go out on an unscheduled visit. I had not yet started dinner preparations, with the exception of putting some dry rub on the meat and sticking it in the fridge until I returned. The problem was that I was delayed in my business, and by the time I was free from it and on the way home, my wife and already gotten off work and was at home - cooking dinner. Needless to say, by the time I got home, the dinner I planned was already overcooked, dried out and tasteless.
Make no mistake about this: I love my wife dearly, and would never think about life away from her. But MY GOD - This Woman Can't Cook!!
At least I can be content in knowing that she will not be a contestant on any of the latest reality cooking shows....:smile:
I'm a stickler for recipes, especially their proper cooking times and temps etc. To her the myth that "the higher the heat, the faster it will get done" has become a matter of undeniable fact. Any frozen vegetable gets dropped into a pot full of water and boiled until all the water has evaporated, and the contents are stuck to the bottom of the pot. The use of seasonings is, for some unknown reason, completely foreign to her. Regardless of what she cooks, the one description that is common to all her dishes is BLAND. :mad2:
The reason for my unsolicited rant? Yesterday I was at home and had planned a nice dinner. The particular items on the menu don't really matter, because what we had for dinner in no way resembled what I had planned. :conf3:
What made the difference was a phone call I received mid-afternoon and having to go out on an unscheduled visit. I had not yet started dinner preparations, with the exception of putting some dry rub on the meat and sticking it in the fridge until I returned. The problem was that I was delayed in my business, and by the time I was free from it and on the way home, my wife and already gotten off work and was at home - cooking dinner. Needless to say, by the time I got home, the dinner I planned was already overcooked, dried out and tasteless.
Make no mistake about this: I love my wife dearly, and would never think about life away from her. But MY GOD - This Woman Can't Cook!!
At least I can be content in knowing that she will not be a contestant on any of the latest reality cooking shows....:smile:
