Does your husband cook?

India
August 19, 2009 8:23am CST
My husband does not know anything about cooking. He just knows to prepare only coffee and tea and that too with my nonstop instructions. I always wanted him to learn some basic cooking but all my attempts were futile. My siblings husbands all know to cook well and can manage the situation in the absence of their wife. My husband on the other hand orders for food. How about your husband ? Have you trained him or he tries his hand himself? Do you love food cooked by him?
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@Ruby_Dawn (617)
• Spokane, Washington
19 Aug 09
My Husband is a wonderful cook,we take turns with cooking the meals :) he used to be the head chef in a very nice restaurant,so he know how to cook all kinds of good stuff :)
• Spokane, Washington
20 Aug 09
@rosepedal64: we have been married for 10 and a half years and together 11 and a half years :),we have had are ups and downs but now we are doing great and he helps me with everything are marriage is finally a 50/50 relationship :) @yogambal_64: yes I am lucky :)thank you for your response :)
• United States
19 Aug 09
Ruby!! That sounds like a wonderful husband. Have you guys been married long? I have been married for about 9 years(my second marriage) and he is a wonderful man that helps me in any way that he can, and then some. I think relationships are a building thing. I wish you all many years.
• India
19 Aug 09
Hi, you are really a lucky wife, with such a wonderful husband. Thanks for your response,good luck and good day to you.
@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
19 Aug 09
my hubby does about 95% of our cooking at our house which is good for me. he loves cooking and he is a much better cook than me, so why not? i do all the laundry and other things so he cooks.
• United States
19 Aug 09
Good for you guys. My wife and I do the same thing. Everyone says the wife has to cook, but she burns water, for any relationship to last you gotta divide up the work based on what you're good at. As long as it's getting done what does it matter?
• India
20 Aug 09
Hi cher you are a lucky person to have such a helpful husband, my husband is ready to help me with any other chore other than cooking.
@2babita (1072)
• India
19 Aug 09
I am married 27 yrs but i never seen him cooking.But he had interest of doing it but i think he cannot manage it.But any day if he cook and if the food is not so good then also i will have it bcuz to encourge him.
• India
20 Aug 09
So nice of you, I think you can help him trying to cook if you really want to. Thanks for your response, good day.
@yugasini (12893)
• Secunderabad, India
19 Aug 09
hi yogambal, sorry iam male,i could not cook, i can cut some vegetables, and can make ordinary dosa,cook rice on the stove with gas,have a nice day
@yugasini (12893)
• Secunderabad, India
20 Aug 09
hi yogambal, thanks for the comment,not regularly once in blue moon,have a nice day
• India
20 Aug 09
Hi yugasini, still you manage to do something in the kitchen, nice that you make dosa and cook rice, that is enough, good luck to you and thanks for your response.
@vingyan06 (2486)
• Malaysia
19 Aug 09
Hi, yogambal, you must be a good cook hence your hubs is enjoying your cooking all the time and lazy to cook himself. LOL. For me, my hubs love to cook. He will cook for us once in a while. I never teach him how to cook. Infact, he learn his recipe from his mother, which is my mother in law. My mother in law is very good in cooking. My hubs will always ask his mother about the cooking recipe and cooking tips. I am so lucky to have such a thoughtful hubby. Enclosed here is the image of what my hubs cook. This is a noddles with my favorite seafood, prawns.
@vingyan06 (2486)
• Malaysia
20 Aug 09
Hi again, your husband is just lucky to have you... But you are lucky too because he willing to help you in the kitchen , haha! So he will clean the kitchen and all the dishes for you?
• India
20 Aug 09
Hi vingyan, you are really lucky, yes my husband enjoys what I cook, except cooking he is ready to help me with any other job in the kitchen, His mother is also a good cook and so is his father, although not good tries as much as he can. Thanks for your response, good day and good luck to you.
@malpoa (1214)
• India
19 Aug 09
Yes my husband cooks. He doesnt know how to make a tea or coffee though hi hi. He is very good at making chilli chicken, and pasta in diffrent sauces. He makes excellent pizzas that now I like them more than what we get here in pizza hut or dominos. He is now trying to learn thai cooking. He is very fond of food and like innovative stuff. It all started when his mother fell ill and got admitted in hospital for more than a month. He started with simple dishes and since now Im here he tries the more ethnic ones. I am thankful that he can manage to handle kitchen during emergency and that I love it most when he makes breakfast for me.
• India
20 Aug 09
Hi malpoa, that is really great, so much of help, excellent pizzas, innovative dishes, I really envy you, Thanks for your response. good day to you.
@emma412 (1156)
• United States
19 Aug 09
My husband is like yours in the cooking department, he can't do anything. I barely trust him to boil a pot of water! I really wish he knew how to cook because it woud be nice to share that chore. I haven't thought of teaching him myself as I am afraid I would lose my patience with him. He does do the dishes though so I cannot complain. I hate washing dishes so it works out that I cook and he cleans up.
• India
19 Aug 09
Hi, emma I too lose my patience many a times but as you say he does the dishes, and other small works in the kitchen so I do not force him much regarding cooking. Thanks for your response, good day to you.
@jdyrj777 (6528)
• United States
21 Aug 09
I love it when a male cooks. Maybe he is that way on purpose. I mean how many times can you tell him how to make coffee or tea.
@aeadams (126)
• Philippines
19 Aug 09
Hi Yogambal! I'm glad you asked.=) My husband is a great cook, I love the way he makes Italian pasta and anything I request. He learned it from his father when they were in Europe. I love food cooked by him. Happy MyLotting!=)
• India
19 Aug 09
Hello, aeadams, so glad to hear that your husband is a great cook. Great that he makes anything you ask for, many thanks for your response, have a wonderful day.
@babyjesus (277)
25 Aug 09
He cooks when his friends comes for a get together. So far he can cook because my kids eats what he cooks. However, he likes to experiment and the experimentation were sometimes extreme that you can't eat the food because its too spicy or too sour.
• United States
22 Aug 09
Mine just lies and says that he can't cook. But if i'm sick or don't feel like cooking I noticed that he's quite good at finding his way around the kitchen and makes some pretty good stuff. He can't make rice though. :)
@cwong77 (2010)
• Malaysia
21 Aug 09
Man is suppose to be a better cook if you see all the international known chef and cook are mostly man.. and even in any event for a hotel vacancies, we have more man applying for that position than a woman. I don't have a husband.. however in my household, both my dad and brother cooks very well (if they are in the mood and wanted to cook).. my dad can even cook up a feast of 10 dishes during some festive seasons.. I think cooking is an interest, and also a young interest that is cultured since young. and maybe coz my dad cooks, my brother and others like us follows too..
@mrshughes (352)
• Philippines
19 Aug 09
Hi! My husband is a very good cook. Yes he cooks food for me and for my son if i feel tired of cooking. Sometimes we fight in the kitchen..i cook my own food and he cook his..and then we compare which food taste better. My son on the other hand just eat what he can get his hands to. But we sometimes feels lazy cooking at home, so we eat outside.
• India
19 Aug 09
Hi, how nice that you cook separately and share too, and that your husband is a very good cook. Thanks for your response, good day to you.
• United States
19 Aug 09
My boyfriend could probably fend for himself if he had to, but would probably go out or order pizza before cooking something other than microwave meals or frozen pizza for himself. I taught him how to make spaghetti shortly after he moved in with me, so he can make that. I intend to teach him more, but he had a mishap involving his finger and a car seat shortly after I taught him the spaghetti and we decided it would be cleaner to wait until it healed before he dealt with food.
• India
19 Aug 09
Good that you are planning to teach him more varities, it is very helpful to us at times. Thanks for your response, good luck to you.
@walijo2008 (4644)
• United States
20 Aug 09
My husband can cook very good, I used to tease him and say he's probably better at it than I am, but through the years I've learned to cook pretty good if I must say so myself. I do enjoy it when he cooks, it gives me a break, he especially likes to grill outside and whenever he wants to do that I let him..lol. He said before he was married he had to do all the cooking himself or he'd starve, in fact, while we were still dating he cooked for me all the time, and he did pretty good, once in awhile he still cooks.
@indahfth (11161)
• Indonesia
20 Aug 09
my husband did not cook. husband often buy food if I'm not at home. I never expect my husband to cook, but I will be very happy if my husband cook for me.
@happy6162 (3001)
• United States
21 Aug 09
My husband can cook eggs and ham and that about it. He said he does not need to learn to cook if he is hungry he will eat peanutbetter and jelly or lunchmeat sandwich.
@kavikent (57)
• India
21 Aug 09
Cooking is very interesting job for women than men. My hubby is not a good cook, he loses his patience very easily and seeing his predicament I never allow him to cook unless emergency. But he helps me while serving and winding up the leftovers. otherwise he is very understanding and co-operative.
• Indonesia
21 Aug 09
I was a husband and i can cook, and it is not something extraordinary. According to me, a husband must also be able to do their tasks to manage his wife's house, so that he can also feel the responsibility of a wife. Sometimes a husband has the task of opinion that a wife is very mild, compared with the duties of a husband who is very heavy for the money. In fact, he does not know tat the task of a wife to manage the home is also a task that is not easy. Especially the task of cooking so that all family members satisfied with the food she has cooked.
@jellie (21)
• United States
21 Aug 09
I don't have a hubby, but my dad was a really good cook (equal to my mom!) - he made excellent Spanish Rice! We're trying to train my brother haha, I don't think it's working as he has some fear of the stove... Btw (and off topic, sorry), but is that a Volks Yo-SD in your icon?