Men, do you like to cook?
What are your thoughts on a man that can cook?
Men, do you like to cook?
>> Men, do you like to cook?
I enjoy it and got used to it as a bachelor, but I'm a little bit sloppy. I don't like to follow recipes precisely, so I'll look up multiple recipes for a dish and get a general idea of like the key ingredients that influence the flavor. Then just kind of go half-assed grocery shopping and make sure I get the essential stuff. Then taste and tweak and taste and tweak.
I'm much better at foods that allow tasting and tweaking, like a pot roast or a curry or a sauce or soup or chili or something. I'm not so good at precision things like baking where you have to get it all precise and perfect in advance. I did get the hang of searing steaks and estimating doneness, but only because I'm a steak lover.
Tweak and taster myself. Completely shit at baking..
My best dish and most popular with my wife and friends is Chicken Makhani:
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I spent a lot of time tweaking that one since my wife had a favorite Indian restaurant which closed, and I tried to recreate the dish on her birthday starting a week in advance, and just trying to go by popular recipes for it and tweaking it until it matched the restaurant. And I botched it the first few times but managed to get a "final draft" on her birthday, and I think I got the taste almost spot on that time to match that restaurant.
@spartan55 Same. :-) That precision stuff is way too tedious for me, and too many ways for it to go wrong. I can kind of save the stuff that's more forgiving with the whole taste and tweak thing.
All adults should be able to at least make some basic meals. You don't need to be a master chef, but anyone can learn at least a half dozen meals.
I can make about 20 dinner meals, basic baking, and I also do a bunch of grilling. And everyone should be able to make a few traditional breakfast meals - eggs, pancakes, waffles, French toast, etc. It's not difficult...
Honestly I would prefer they didn't. I want to take care of my future husband so I want to have some skills that they don't have so they appreciate it more.
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Every adult man should know how to cook. It's not a plus, it's requirement. I'm not dating someone who doesn't handle basic skills.
Then go to hell and stay single! Lol
1) I believe it's a good skill to have.
2) So you expect it from. men? Well, then don't cry sexism when men have unrealistix expectations. Things like "I don't date women who work. I need a full time housewife".
I just honestly hope one day you meet the perfectly guy, and you'll have to either dump him, or become
a hypocrite.
Cooking classes are mandatory in school here, I expect everyone who has passed seventh grade, regardless of gender, to know how to cook. So if someone is really so clueless that they don't know how to make dinner for themselves, I wouldn't date them.
And @bigbang10 I have a boyfriend, who knows how to cook, so I don't have to "stay single" or go to hell... đ
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None of my male Friends Cooks much, and they're not enthusiastic About it when they do. I, on the other Hand, love to cook.
Men should be able to cook in general and not just as a âadd onâ in a relationship. Lol Iâd be worried if a guy didnât know how to cook âlike what has he been eating in the past? Where does he get his meals from? How does he survive?
So I donât see cooking as a â+â in a relationship. If a guy is unable to cook and we enter a relationship then Iâd be more than willing to show him some recipes because when Iâm not there to cook for him then he would know what to do. Or just even making him a small recipe folder with basic steps for him to follow.
So itâs not a good nor a bad thing for a man to not be able to cook.
I prefer when men cook for me wearing a chefs hat and apron. Just a chefs hat and apron.
I think most women like a man who can cook so that they know they can at least have a night off every once and a while, even if they do like to cook. Other women just don't like cooking at all and will be stoked that they'll almost never have to.
I enjoy cooking, though I have to be in the mood for it. I make pretty good paella and risotto. I'm working on my pasta game but I'm celiac so thats a bit trickier for me. Though the sauce is where its at anyways so I'm sure I'll get there.
I can bake a bit as well, I make my own sourdough starters and brew my own beer, kefir and do other fermenting etc.
I was drunk once and got super hungry. My boyfriend, also drunk, took out a block of Velveeta, which I hate, some bread, and garlic salt (no butter) and made me a burnt, salty grilled cheese with cheese that wasn't even melted. I ate the entire thing because he tried. It doesn't matter if the food is amazing to me, just that someone took the time to create something meant to feed me and make me happy. It's always a plus.
Cooking is what I do when I want to eat good food. Whether women find it desirably - I honestly couldn't give a shit. If she likes it, fine. If she doesn't like it, she can go suck a dick.
However, if she CRITICIZES the food I make... well, then there's always the front door. I hope it's raining.
Cooking solely for girls/women is a thing of the past. A man should know the basics of cooking just as a girl/woman should know how to change a car tire. Times have changed and some of the best cooks in the world are men. I also admire women that are into typical men jobs such as construction. Barbie for girls and toy cars for boy is a thing of the past
@Benedek38
cooking my dear is an art. You learn to be a good cook. You can change a tire by looking ONCE how it's done
@Benedek38 wow, the insulting type grown up person...
Wow. A man who can cook... That sounds like my dream man..
Well yeahh, he can be very helpful around the house â„
I'm so glad you like cooking, and I really hope that you'll find a nice person to share it with. â„âĄ
I would surely appreciate the chef skills every day ! â„
Congrats with that talent of yours !! â„
i love cooking and feeding my man makes me happy. but my man can cook, seafood, breakfast, meat and potatoes. my ex husband could boil water. its nice when he helps me cook too. its a way he can show me he lives me and cares about me. so how could i not love that? when i work all day. he cooks a full meal! wow!!!
Women love a man who can cook, and this is because most (younger) women don't really know how to cook or are just too lazy to do so. You'll get bonus points with these ladies because that means they get to rely on you providing them with food to eat that they probably also didn't pay for.
I love cooking. That's most of my professional career. I even worked at a 5 star restaurant once. I watched my mom cooking growing up. Learned a lot from her. Plus, I'm a good baker. I can bake bread and cookies that'll make your socks turn inside out.
Yes its a plus. It would be fun cooking together in the kitchen and all that cute shit😊 rather than being the only one preparing the meal... i dont mind doing it every now and then though, i love his reaction as well seeing him enjoying the meal i made.
We had tried just this - cooking together. And I got banned from the kitchen. Although I did nothing wrong. I swear.
I think it's good if he knows how to cook basic things, such as eggs and pasta because I wouldn't want to be the one who does all the cooking. But I wouldn't say it's a requirement for him to be able to make gourmet dishes, just a big plus.
I enjoy cooking a meal for my woman. I worked in restaurants for 30 years. I wasn't always a cook. Even when I wasn't I was learning to cook the things I liked. I need to write a cookbook. Hardest part is besides starting it, I don't measure stuff. Everyone loves my food though. In a relationship I don't want to cook every meal though.
I love to cook. Of course its a turn-on for women. They love good food but can't make it themselves, and they can just sit and do nothing while their slave serves them.
You bring home the bacon. You cook it. You serve it to her. You clean up. She does nothing. What's not to love?
Chefs are like rock stars to me
Its amazing that they can make dishes that you didn't think you would ever try and now you love.
Yes, it's a HUGE plus for a man to be able to cook. In this day and age, not every woman knows how or is interested in cooking. So you bring more to the table when you enter a relationship
Uh.. you mean you didnât cook before? As in you only ate take out?
A man that cooks isnât or shouldnât be a rarity. You need to be able to take care of yourself, cause I sure wonât (all the time).
I love to cook and bake. So trust me when i say that when i get married in the future, i will do all the cooking and baking, unless she likes to cook too ofcourse. You know it's an art.
If you mean, knowing basic recipes and being able to cook for himself if he lives alone, then that is more of a requirment.
If you mean being a very good cook, then that's a plus. Who wouldn't like tasting delicious recipes from time to time?
I am a really good cook, I have been cooking since I was about 12 and I love cooking, I cook my own meals, before I leave home and when I come back after work and I absolutely love cooking for other people...
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