How come men can't learn how to cook or bake?

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Wallythewalrus2 · Accepted Answer

I'm actually a good cook, as long as it isn't anything that splatters. That hurts when hot grease splatters on my genitals! Some times I forget to wear clothes when I cook.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

I'm a good cook myself and I know more men than women who are good cooks. It's women today who can't cook.

lightbulb27 · Answer

I learned, I've many successful dishes. Baking though, that is an art, especially desserts. I don't do that.

tfan1 · Answer

My mother never would let me in the kitchen to learn how to cook. She was always worried I would make a mess and not clean it up. I’m now 46 and still don’t know how to cook. I know how to make ramen in the package on the stove, stove top stuffing is the easiest fastest food in the world. I know how to make Mac and cheese from the box. I know how to make brownies, blueberry muffins from the box. Some frozen pizzas I bake in the oven backfire even when I follow the instructions to the letter. But as far as actually following a recipe from a cookbook…. it just doesn’t work for me. I even wanted to be a chef after watching food network programs. Everything backfired when I tried a culinary degree. I nearly cut two of my fingers off when my chef teacher was timing me on a test to chiffonade a lettuce leaf. He kept telling me to raise my knife higher and he had his iPhone on stopwatch in front of me. But in a way I got my revenge - he claimed nothing made him wince. Well when that knife went across my two left fingers…my knife was so sharp I didn’t even feel anything. I saw him look down and intensely wince. I looked down and saw my fingers start bleeding and I looked back at him in shock and he was still wincing! I was thinking at that time - Ha you lying son of a bitch - you claimed all this time nothing made you wince and This is making you wince! Ah it felt good to have double edged revenge! Because about 2-3 seconds later that’s when I felt the air hitting the cut areas of my fingers, and then the blood started flowing. It hurt! And I actually censored myself - I don’t know why but I yelled out Holy jiminy jumping jackrabbits! (Yeah I know where did I come up with that?). I ran to the sink and washed and rinsed my hands and I’m not sure if I or someone else put bandages across my fingers but I sure got dizzy and felt like I was going to pass out leaning on the door way. Needless to say I failed the test and unfortunately I had to drop the class. Baking class was more forgivable. We all had to draw from a hat - the pie we had to make. I had to make a pecan pie. The recipe called for light or clear karo syrup but we were out. I used the dark one and I made two pies from scratch. To my amazement including my baking instructor - they came out perfectly! We all had to taste each other’s pies and one pie practically disappeared with the other students. It felt good to finally get something right. However…my family and I don’t like pecan pie at all. Even though I was doing pretty good in that class…I had to drop the whole culinary degree altogether. To this day, I will not even attempt to cook any meats because I don’t trust myself with them. I’m afraid I will give myself or worse someone else food poisoning or kill them because it’s still raw. I would love to know how to grill and barbecue like everyone seems to do. Sadly…. i don’t think it will ever happen 💔😞

Garud · Answer

Many men do not get exposure to this or their parents are not so strict.

Usually, fathers teach their sons to do household chores but this is not happening now I guess.

I know how to cook. It started when my parents used to give me vegetables to cut while they were busy at work. So I knew how to use a knife since childhood.
Then when the temple priest and volunteered cooks were cooking for 400-500 people, they would see us playing outside and call us to help. So I had seen the cooking process.
Then one day I was hungry and I cooked something. And from then on I cooked whatever came to my mind, one after the other. Then it became a habit

D_Bone_Steak · Answer

Loaded question with the assumption that men can't cook.

Next time you're in a restaurant... just take a quick look in the kitchen. I doubt you're going to see any chicks. Plus my wife is a professional cook, and I cook better than she ever will.

How come men can't learn how to cook or bake?

MrOracle · Answer

Really? If you look in the kitchen of any 20 restaurants in your city, you will find men out numbering women by about 10:1. My girlfriend, who enjoys cooking, will be the first to tell you that I out-cook her, and definitely out-bake her. Many women I dated in the past could barely cook a frozen pizza.

Now, many women are fantastic cooks, and I give them all the credit in the world, but there are plenty of people of both genders that struggle in the kitchen.

PBandJ_Nerd · Answer

There's men that do know how to cook & bake, some of the greatest chefs in the world are men. The ones who don't learn are the ones who want the traditional wife to do all the cooking & cleaning & don't want to learn stuff that's required when you live on your own.

coxoabean · Answer

Some do. I have a friend who his mom really wanted girls but never hot them. She only had 2 boys. But he said that because she didn't have the daughters she taught her sons how to bake. Now the one bakes and he makes pretty good stuff! He even made these cool cookies for a bake off.

strateguy632 · Answer

We can and do.

AviatorTom · Answer

We can learn, and I know the rudiments of cooking and baking. My wife refuse to eat anything I make, which means she does all the cooking.

Before blaming the guys, would you please take a look at yourself, and realize that maybe you don't want your guy to cook and bake.

We guys are simple creatures. If you girls want to do all teh cooking and baking, go right ahead, it's fine with us.

EzOwlz · Answer

Most professional chefs are usually men but if your talking about in general I'll use myself as am example then I'm more like I'm too lazy to cook. To cook a good meal It can take 2+ Hours to cook and as a uni student I'd rather cook something that's quick to prepare and has a lot of protein which is why me and my friends buy a lot of eggs and meat pretty much.

Wraith_Cemetery · Answer

Tell that to all the people at my work who love it when I bring in my homemade baked goods. They constantly ask when I'm gonna bring in something again. Even the ladies have said my cakes are better than they could ever do.

TrueConfection · Answer

Can't learn? Some of the most famous chefs and bakers are men. Anyhow, my dad is the cook at home. He makes amazing food. He just refuses to do the clean up.

art84 · Answer

My dad can bake like cookies, cakes though it's mainly recipes from books he bought. Everyone loves his cookies and cakes when he was able to make them for special occasions. It definitely makes wish I could bake as women would love deserts. Cooking I can cook basic things like burgers, eggs, bacon, chorizo never tried anything fancy cause I never wanted to learn. I just don't trust myself in a kitchen and hate the clean up part.

Darwin_n_chill · Answer

Because when they do they become master chefs and women will get jealous 😂 seriously though the vast majority of great chefs throughout history have been men, women are just the ones that cook more often for domestic reasons.

ManOnFire · Answer

Far from truth. Many men are actually much better cooks than women. Even a lot of women have said the same thing.

Fireguy17 · Answer

they can, some males just like some females are just not very good at it or just do not wish to learn.
I learned at an early age how to bake and cook.
I still have my mom's old Betty Crocker cookbook that I use.

lil_will_12 · Answer

every man has the ability to learn to cook.  the only problem is that many times they are raised to think that they dont need to know how to do that

Vesuvius87 · Answer

I wouldn't be sure about that. The greatest chefs are mainly men.

msmissydc · Answer

A lot of men can. My Husband, father and a lot of friends are quite good. Its a neccesary adult skill.

phraseology · Answer

All the best chefs in the world are men. Not a single woman can compete.

glennos89 · Answer

In general men aren't really interested in cooking or baking and therefore we a don't put enough effort into it to be able to learn it properly.

Nobody is going to study for something they don't like or care enough about

Tamidi9n · Answer

Men are better cooks than women. Pretty much everything women do, men can do better. It all stems from biology: men are stronger, faster, more intelligent and do not suffer from biological defects like women do e. g. menstruation, pregnancy, menopause, quadrillion auto immune diseases, chronic diseases, etc.

XXTruthfulOgrexx · Answer

try again, I put myself through college by first earning a culinary degree. Men are some of the most popular chefs in the industry. Even most husbands can cook to a degree.

JustinTheGreat · Answer

A lot of men cook. But with the ones who refuse, they like weaponizing their incompetence. They are perfectly capable of learning how to cook but they act like they can’t so it forces their partners to do it for them

Apple1996 · Answer

a lot of men can cook but it's true that not many men are good at baking. I think they maybe just lack interest in it tho

CuriousMoonFox · Answer

As a profession or a hobby they can, do and sometimes excel. As part of labor division in the household they won't but when they are forced to.

matchrestore · Answer

I do most of the cooking at our house. I don't bake as much, but I do know how to do some staples of baking.

exitseven · Answer

Men can learn anything a woman can learn. They need motivstion.

Anonymous · Answer

With millennials and below, there seem to be way more women that can't cook than men. Maybe it's just where I live. The answer is always laziness and decadence.

yulbsari · Answer

😂😂😂

236color · Answer

You should join my family for Thanksgiving, I'm making paella.

Alex-Snow · Answer

I love both. I grew up ( I'm in college now) with just a slightly older sister and my mom. They taught me how to cook at an early age and I like it.

DryGermanGuy · Answer

„Forget about it! Wherever you go, the best cooks are men.“  - Lefty Ruggiero, Donnie Brasco

Yannae · Answer

Cause from the way this question is written, you haven't been fortunate enough to have met a man who can actually cook. How come? Just unlucky when meeting men.

FredWeasley · Answer

That is completely untrue I've met men who cook wayyyy better than me plus you never hear the name of a famous female chef they're usually male

Shoichiro · Answer

Your premise is false. There are men that can learn to cook and bake. There are women that can learn to cook and bake.

ohsheeT · Answer

I would bet you a dollar that you would love everything that I cook and everything that I bake

LeatherDame · Answer

They can, they just aren’t encouraged to or socially rewarded for doing so.

FunkyMonkee · Answer

I did. My brother could've been a chef. Dad was okay in the cooking dept., just don't let him make you a pot of Lipton soup!

Kayleigh2005 · Answer

I can cook, none of my friends have a clue 🤣

Anonymous · Answer

I definitely think it is due to the intensity of school and work life. But I still have an interest in cooking and learning. Because I am a Taurus and Taurus is the sign with the most appetite.

scott04sa22 · Answer

Your point?

Radiate143 · Answer

I don't know what kind of men you're around but, I know plenty of men that do both and well.

alice55 · Answer

It's not that they can't it's that they don't feel the need to

LiamJHayden · Answer

I do cook using the burners and oven, grill, and bake. I also do the necessary prep. It is easy.

Iron_Man · Answer

They don’t care they just wanna eat they are tired they don’t want to spend two hours in the kitchen every night

Dongie · Answer

When I was growing up my mom would say that all your greatest chefs are men. Hmm...

Danny_dan92 · Answer

I know how to cook. Because I’m independent and had to learn how to cook my own meals/meal prep

genericname85 · Answer

they can and they do. what are you on about?

KittygosMeoWW · Answer

They absolutely can! cooking and crafting is not gender specific.

Jackblue · Answer

My dad did most of the cooking in my house.

SolitarySolace · Answer

Cooking and baking is a woman’s job. call me a sexist but they do do it better.

Emmytexrex · Answer

Some men do common now don't disgrace us here lol 😂

dougeats · Answer

Thats not accurate, I cook, bake breads like sourdoughs and more

CB-Raido-Time · Answer

Most men who have lived and do live their lives alone know how to cook for those of us that do cooking is a must not a choice.

Anonymous · Answer

I work in the restaurant industry.. the only men I know know how to cook and bake lol

zagor · Answer

I know a number of men who are excellent at it.

Staximus · Answer

I can cook better than most women I know, but then again this is Southern California

purplepoppy · Answer

Aren't most chefs men?

In_Trance · Answer

How do you explain the fact that some of the top chefs in the world are male?

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