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I love my wife and we're happily married but she can't cook to save her life. She's always trying new things and loves cooking for me but she just isn't getting any better.

I think the worst it ever got was a couple months ago when she served up some chicken tortillas that I thought tasted kind of off, almost like they tasted like the freezer, I asked her how she cooked them and she said she put them in the oven like it said on the packaging, but I didn't believe her. I kept asking and it turns out, she put them in the oven, then just set it to 200 and waited for 20 minutes before taking them out. The oven didn't even reach 200 degrees by the time she pulled them out so they were basically just defrosted. She literally did not understand what it meant to preheat an oven.

She's also a really picky eater, refuses to eat anything with onion, basically only eats noodles and spaghetti.

I've begged her to try new things and she just cries. I don't know what to do because I love her but I don't want this to ruin our marriage.

Any advice anons?

>> No.14369637

>>14369630
>"we're happily married"
>writes an essay about how much he fucking hates his wife's cooking

>> No.14369643

How the fuck did you marry someone who doesn't eat onion

>> No.14369646

>>14369630
That octopus looks pretty good

>> No.14369653

>>14369630
https://www.reddit.com/r/imgayandstupid/

>> No.14369654

someone post the pasta

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14369672

>>14369654
Ok?

>> No.14369673

>>14369643
It's medium-rare chikkun

>> No.14369678

>>14369672
nice

>> No.14369681

>>14369673
meant for
>>14369646

>> No.14369691

>>14369643
I don't know

>> No.14369783

How can I improve her cooking

>> No.14369793

There’s one poster on /ck/ that has the information for you to do what you will with it, but it’s not my story to post. You’ll have to see if he shows up.

>> No.14369803

>>14369630
>Any advice anons?
so you do all the cooking. my wife is a so-so cook, but I do 90% of the cooking.

seems obvious.

>> No.14369806

>>14369630
Basically you married a child which makes you a pedophile

>> No.14369822

>>14369783
ok OP, i feel bad for you for marrying an incompetent cow so i'll give you advice
she likes to try new things so she obviously likes to cook. nobody starts out perfect. get her some nice cookware and nice utensils to show you support her efforts even if she makes bad food here and there. if she doesn't have a cookbook, get her something with simple recipes. i started with Better Homes & Gardens New Cookbook (my boomer mom cooked with it so it has a lot of dishes from my childhood) and when i became more knowledgeable i moved on to more advanced recipes. Julia Child is kind of a meme but because of her fame a lot of female cooks look up to her.
if you do not like something she cooks, tell her, but don't make a big deal out of it. women are approval seeking WHORES so sandwich whatever negative criticism you have between positive. "Wow it looks great. I think the chicken is a little undercooked but the asparagus is perfect. Good job."
she'll probably start to like onions once she learns how to prepare them in different ways.

>> No.14369825

>>14369822
oh yeah, and load/unload the dishwasher from time to time
women love that shit

>> No.14369839

>>14369803
So I have to be the sole household income, do all the house maintenance and all of the house work? What is her job then? How is she not just a roommate at this point?

>> No.14369843

>>14369839
have some boundaries, dude
make her do some shit
women will walk all over their husband all the way to the grave and then they'll walk on that too

>> No.14369844

>>14369630
What is it about onions doesn she not like? The taste? texture? A horrible experience in the past?
Maybe let her try onion powder. And take it from up a notch eventually. Otherwise go see a psychologist

>> No.14369852

>>14369844
She says it's the texture, she goes on and on about texture for most foods. I've managed to slowly widen her pallet a little with the slow introduction of new foods but onions are still the biggest stumbling block.

>> No.14369858

>>14369839
We didn’t marry her anon you did

>> No.14369860

this is when you are justified to open hand smack her

>> No.14369863

>>14369822
>>14369825
Thank you anon, this is some genuinely solid advice. I've just managed to find a cheap copy of the Better Homes & Gardens New Cookbook online and I'm going to give it to her as a gift.

>> No.14369867

>>14369843
What I meant was if I'm working and she's the housewife, if I'm doing the cooking as well that just seems a little unbalanced. She does take pretty good care of the house though. I just do the outdoors stuff like mowing the lawns.

>> No.14369875

>>14369858
Now you tell me

>> No.14369883

>>14369867
Then idk talk to her about it, have you talked to her about these things

>> No.14369884

I've been with my wife for 10 years now. We met in high school, and I got her pregnant. She is and always has been a lazy person and a shit cook. I wouldn't even mind eating shit food if she at least made it on time. But she rarely did.

We'd get into screaming arguments constantly about how lazy and worthless she was. I felt like an asshole for it, but goddamn she was a real piece of work. The only reason I dealt with all this was for the kids, and also because the sex is great.

But one night, I got fed up. Not only did she get drunk, neglect the kids, and made me top Ramen for dinner, but she decided to give me attitude too. She was being real fucking bitchy. So I told my grandparents to keep an eye on the kids and told my wife we were going to go out and have dinner together. I drove maybe 3 blocks to a quiet area (we live in Oregon, it's not hard to find a quiet field) and I got out of the car, went around like I was going to open her door for her and let her out, and I just beat the shit out of her while she was still seatbelted. After a few punches, I asked her if she wanted to go back to her parents. She started screaming and yelling and said yes, so I beat the shit out of her again. Then I asked her what she wanted to do. She finally got smart and said she wanted to go home. So I took her home and dared her to start trouble. I even handed her my cellphone and dialed her mom's number on the drive home. I made her talk to her mom, while daring her to fucking say something.

Before that incident, I had never laid a hand on her. But I had always threatened it. I told her "one of these days, if you don't straighten up, I'm going to lay hands on you."

All my meals have been on time, and she just recently tried to make a meatloaf. It was mediocre, but I was just thrilled that she tried.

Do with this information what you will.

>> No.14369886

>>14369630
>She's also a really picky eater, refuses to eat anything with onion
Fucking based

>> No.14369892

>>14369863
you better pair a cheap-ass vintage book with some cute oven mits or some shit like that

>> No.14369904

You married an idiot.

>> No.14369926

>>14369884
came in this thread hoping this got posted

>> No.14369929

What kind of ghetto ass oven can't heat up to 200 in 20 mins?

>> No.14369943

>>14369904
Maybe so but she's very loving and affectionate. She hangs on my every word and is intensely loyal.

>> No.14369946

>>14369929
15-20 minutes is average

>> No.14370010

>>14369630
You're posting on /ck/. Why is she the main cook?

>> No.14370029

>>14369630
>we're happily married

No you aren't, OP. You've married a child and she isn't going to change. I hope you get out of that marriage before y'all have children.

>> No.14370041

>>14369630
They were all born with walnut brains, not her fault. You can try to do something with her like a couples cooking class/date night. Pre-COVID they had them at Sur La Table.

>> No.14370063

>>14369630
>marrying a woman before knowing if she's proficient at cooking and cleaning

>> No.14370176

>>14369943

So is a dog

>> No.14370193

>>14369630
Take a cooking class with her

>> No.14370265

Shit like this is why they need to bring back home economics.

Anyway, have your wife learn how to make scrambled eggs, spaghetti, and bake chocolate cookies. These basic things will force her to learn the basics of cooking. If she fucks up, tell her she fucked up. If she starts crying and wants to give up, threaten her with a divorce.

>> No.14370287

>waah my wifes cooking has the possibility to ruin my marriage

Divorce then you faggot its clear you don't love her for whining about something as petty as that.

>> No.14370305

>>14369630
How do you people marry someone when this kind of shit is this important to you? I don't get it. Like, I personally hate when my girlfriend cooks for me, so we don't share meals. Simple as that. But we talked it out.

I wouldn't marry someone who expected me to ditch my friends or check my cellphone, but we've talked that out. Are you people just that desperate to pair up? Is that the problem?

>> No.14370377

>>14370305
people are terrified to set boundaries and ask for what they want in romantic relationships for some fucking reason

>> No.14370562

>>14370010
Because I go to work and she takes care of the home.

>> No.14370565

>>14370287
It's not just something petty, it's a little thing that keeps getting more frustrating.

>> No.14370597

>>14370565
then tell her that yourself. GEEZ.
why are you bitching to random people on the internet. are you from reddit or something?

>> No.14370616

>>14369630
Just be glad you are happily married. For real.

>> No.14370620

>>14369884
You know I actually woke up wanting to see this. Funny how that works out.

>> No.14370636

>>14369884

I wonder how many husbands actually went out and this this after reading this post?

>> No.14370669

>>14369630
Damn, your wife sounds cute af.

>i begged her to try new things
why are you begging her? Begging seldom gives anyone incentive to change. It's kinda dumb for you to do - just show her. Make real food TOGETHER with her. Show her the ropes on how to cook. Do baking too! That's real fun with a partner or friend. If she doesn't like stuff like onions, cut em up real small. Indians usually blend/crush their onions and ginger or wtv in their curries - she'd never know there were in there till you tell her after she tastes it. Or dice your veggies real small for a similar effect.

If this shit is ruining your marriage, yall shouldnt have gotten married, fucking kids...
This is the simplest of simple problems - if you dont overcome this, that is not a good sign for your marriage

>> No.14370677

>>14370669
I don't mean I actually begged, just more that I keep asking and got more and more annoyed.

>> No.14370678

>>14369852
She's autistic. For the sake of the gene pool, ADOPT.

>> No.14370694

>>14369852

I used to be like this but my only experience with raw onions was basically fast food burgers. My distaste for onions went away really fast once I got used to cooking with them. It is pretty damn silly to not like onions once you start putting in nearly every friggin recipe.

>> No.14370732

Do parents teach girls/kids how to cook at all anymore? It's a pretty important skill, and unless people are self-motivated, they're not just going to magically known how to make a dish.

Is it all just frozen food, fast food and uber eats these days? Do families home cook anymore?

My advice to OP would be send her to some cooking classes. Learn the basics from a teacher, and how to do a couple nice dishes she can be excited to try out for you.

>> No.14370746

>>14369630
Eat her ass.

>> No.14370790

>>14370732
She actually came from a very traditional household with a very conservative father but unfortunately he was always away for the military and her mother was busy working and I guess she just never found the time to teach her how to cook. Other than that she's very traditional.

>>14370746
Would Jesus approve of that?

>> No.14370802

>>14370790

You are married, you can do anything you want to your wife.

>> No.14370814

>>14370802
But she poops from there!

>> No.14370824

>>14370814
Not right now she doesn't.

>> No.14370825

>>14369884
nice,gonna try this tonight

>> No.14370912

>>14369783
Best of luck.
My wife (meh at cooking, but likes interesting food) got noticeably better when I started watching old cooking tutorials as entertainment.
She fell into the rabbit hole on a video where Julia Child made soup from scratch.
Next day she tried it, needed some help figuring out the blender, and we all agreed it was damn good.
Now she knocks out a soup from scratch 3+ times a week, and she got a less complicated blender.

(Girls. They seem to come with a lack of useful skills. She is still not quite up to general competency, but she is getting better. Her experience with "cooking" was that you just buy fancy spices and sprinkle them on to make the food better, and skipped learning a lot of fundamental techniques. Now we're going through a lot of remedial coursework.)

>> No.14370916

>>14369863
Joy of Cooking.
Starts with "Stand facing the stove".

>> No.14370922

>>14369630
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmu9RDX9KFQtKMyRamBzSMyogNYuQaTDm

I think your wife really lacks confidence. She sounds like she was spoiled by her parents and never had to cook for herself. Well, the good news is at least she's trying (the failed tortilla). She just needs to learn the simple things first.

>> No.14371008

>>14369630
>She literally did not understand what it meant to preheat an oven.
youre dating a child im calling the police

>> No.14371019

>>14369630
>not knowing the fuckin basics of cooking
First, teach her what you know about cooking. Maybe do cooking together for fun or something like that so you can understand where she is fucking up and correct her mistakes. After you've taught her what you know, tell her to watch youtube videos. Maybe send her vids as suggestions for what you'd like to eat and inspiration for her. Start with basic shit. Bon appetit, marco pierre white, gordon ramsay are all good for food information, inspiration and learning tips. Then, I'd send links for recipes and buy her books. The reason why I put recipes last is because if she learns from recipes first, she won't actually learn anything, she'll just be autistic for recipes, unable to make any necessary changes for your tastes and when she follows a recipe that turns out to be terrible by her and/or your tastes, she'll melt down or be depressed because after putting all the work in for a meal she has realised she doesn't know a fucking thing and can't correct herself. It's also much much easier to fuck up when following a recipe than it is when putting a meal together off the cuff when you have the proper knowledge to do so.

>refuses to eat onion
People that don't like onion are childish dickheads and it needs correcting asap because you're missing out on an outrageous amount of meals because of this. It might sound stupid, but if she's bad at cooking make sure she's actually cooking them correctly and using the correct amount. If she hates it regardless, I'd say this. For taste, replace with shallots. For texture, you can get away with using onion powder for some dishes, otherwise maybe try spring onions or leek? You can also disguise it with other ingredients.

>noodles
Try get her to do a stir fry like chow mein or pad thai. Or maybe try lo mein

>> No.14371022

>>14369630
>>14371019
contined...

>spaghetti
Try other pastas. There's tons of pasta dishes that don't need onions. Lasagne, carbonara, tagliatelle, linguine, gnocchi, ravioli, fettuccine, penne, fusilli, rigatoni are all very common and are mainly used in dishes that, for the most part, do not need onions and can be used diverse enough to not get bored.

Hope this helps OP and I hope you can fix your gastronomic failure of a wife. Godspeed!

>> No.14371048

hows the sex?

>> No.14371065

Cook more for her. If you're here, it may be a passion of sorts. Wives aren't good at everything.

Mine has slowly improved though. She once made ramen and wanted to crack an egg in it like restaurants. She cracked the eggs in and mixed it all up, creating a scrambled goopy mess that had a grey color.

She's gotten better though. The key is to find something special with some flexibility. She now makes some solid breakfast skillets. Eggs, cheese, vegetables. Not sure why but her eggs are better than I make.

Sit her down and tell her that her cooking sucks. Use the chicken thing- she could have hurt somebody. You should be able to be that honest with her.

>> No.14371071

>>14369630
If you can't afford an oven that reaches 200 in five minutes, you're lucky to be married at all.

>> No.14371088

>>14369630
Divorce

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>>14369783

>> No.14371242

>>14369884
Thanks doc.

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>>14369630
My wife's cooking would gag a maggot ~ Sheriff Pugh

>> No.14371292

>>14369884
this copypasta recipe is the best!

>> No.14371294

>>14369637
Its possible to love someone and still want to be with them but recognize she doesn't know how to cook. Tbh he should take over or teach her, but still.

>> No.14371309

>>14369630
Can you even cook, faggot?
>>14369867
Are you actually this gay that you’re bitching about cooking, just cook a shitload on the weekends so you’ll have leftovers for two-three days, then cook more one fucking time on Thursday and if it’s good enough you’ll be able to survive until the weekend when you cook again.

Assuming you make enough money, just get takeout. When it comes to getting her to try new foods, you fucked up by not fixing it before marriage because they get more stubborn. You’ll need to find a way to get her to try things in a way she feels is safe, I.e. if she always enjoys YOUR cooking then she’ll be more willing to try new things. Start off small. Use onion/garlic powder because she’ll learn to like the taste if she isn’t absolutely deranged.

>> No.14371314

>>14370732
My parents didn’t teach me whatsoever and once I started in a restaurant I realized I had a pretty good talent for it and it’s something that was completely lost in my youth because my idiot parents had no desire to teach me dog fucking shit.
Imagine how much better I’d be if I started young? It’s depressing.

>> No.14371389

>>14369630
i unironically think that those meal plan services like hellofresh and blue apron aren't a bad idea for teaching someone basic cooking knowledge and skills. they come with practically idiot-proof, detailed instructions and the properly portioned ingredients are right there for you. it's overpriced, but absolutely justified in this scenario if it means you and your wife find a handful of recipes she can cook and you both can enjoy

>> No.14371480

>>14370922
Thank you for this, I'm going to start watching them with her.

>> No.14371496

>>14371309
I never learned growing up and I've only started learning properly over the last year or so and I don't mean to brag but I'm already a much better cook than her. I think it's that I use common sense more than anything. She might follow a recipe and find we don't have something like basil or tomato paste and freak out and I just come in and explain that it'll be fine without it or to just use something else.

>> No.14371503

>>14371389
I've been tempted to get Hellofresh before but I'm just worried it will all go to waste and then I have to cancel once we start getting piles of rotting ingredients but fuck it, I'll give it a go.

>> No.14371528

This thread will probably be archived soon but I just wanted to thank you anons for all the advice. I got some pretty solid tips and I truly appreciate it bros.

>> No.14371533

>>14371528
How fast do you think this board is? This thread could be up until the weekend.

>> No.14371542

>>14371533
Yeah but I'm going to bed so it may not be up tomorrow.

>> No.14371545

>>14371528
I haven't bothered reading the rest of the thread, but have you tried shouting at her? Shout really loudly, tell her if she doesn't cook something decent you'll keep yelling until she does. Ignore any crying

>> No.14371553

>>14369630
A cooking course for both of you even if you dont need one

>> No.14371576

>>14370636
Something tells me the guys who surf 4chan and have a wife are in a group that is mutually exclusive from the ones who would take this pasta srsly

>> No.14371582

>>14370790
Traditional doesn't mean "conservative while lacking any and all values."

>> No.14371599

>>14369630
Ask her to go to a cooking class or offer to cook with her sometimes to teach her what to do?

There's not really much else you can do but try and be honest with her about it.

>> No.14371614

>>14369630
get away from her without losing any money somehow.
she is good for nothing.
dont have children or you're stuck with her FOREVER.

>> No.14371616

>>14369630
No joke I also dislike 'normal' onions, can't rightly say why but they always seem to taste disgusting/have a really off-putting texture, I'd generally just replace onion in a recipe with spring onion or shallots instead, somehow thats fine.

>> No.14371629

>>14369653
thanks for the laugh anon

>> No.14371631

>>14370912
can you explain what you mean by "soup from scratch"? what other way is there to make soup? like with storebough bullion cubes or something?
also what do you need a blender for? is it a cream soup?

>> No.14371656

>>14371631
I would assume the bullion cubes/pre-made soup stock is what they meant, if not straight up soup in a can.

>> No.14371659

>>14370029
>Y`all
Fuck off nigger/wetback

>> No.14371696
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14371696

My mum can't cook at all, at least you can go to the store and quickly make a meal with fresh ingredients to your liking, I have to endure this shit. You don't even know how many arguments there have been simply because she burned Frozen fuxking pizza or because she doesn't add any bit of salt, so either my food is just disgusting or it's very fucking bland, it never even looks nice. I even got food poisoning because of her fish and so I couldn't eat fish up until now.
>t.zoomer and not some basement dwelling NEET

>> No.14371710

>>14371656
that's weird, my mom sometimes tosses a boullion cube in the soup, but i wouldn't call it not making soup from scratch since she still boils the meat and the veggies and then has to take the meat off the bone and season and thicken the soup. yeah, it's not the best possible way to make soup, but it's still good and "from scratch"

unless that anon really meant soup in a can

>> No.14371714

>>14371696
What the fuck is wrong with you

>> No.14371722

>>14369630
But I set the oven lower than 200 and put chicken in without meme preheating and it's cooked in 15 minutes. Your oven is shit.

>> No.14371750

>>14369630
Didn't read the comments so sorry if duplicating. The only way is to cook amazing shit yourself and let her steal and make her own anything you can do well.

>> No.14371791

any special tactics required to get a female to like tomatoes? I can only go for so long without having some kind of pasta or lasagna with a nice tomato sauce, or shakshuka, and y'know, most of the entire fucking Italian cuisine

>> No.14371901

>>14370265
trying to bust a woman down to the fundamentals to make her learn to cook a scrambled egg or boil packaged spaghetti correctly is totally impossible to square with a woman's pride, she basically has to admit she was a complete fool which a woman will never do.

>> No.14371920

>>14370790
So what is she conserving, exactly? Or don't words mean anything anymore?

>> No.14371924

>>14371920
go fuck yourself

>> No.14371968

>>14369630
Is your wife a child

>> No.14371991

>>14369630
>refuses to eat anything with onion
Cook something where the onions completely disolve like stews, goulash etc. Or if you do a sauce just filter it through a sieve or blend it.

>> No.14372006

>>14371791
People like what they like.
I know a handful of people who do not like tomatoes, raw or cooked, but love ketchup.
Really not sure if it's texture, seeds, or tomato goo from around the seeds.

>> No.14372011

>>14372006
>People like what they like.
go fuck yourself

>> No.14372032

>>14371791
fresh heirloom tomatoes or tomato products in a glass jar and a 3+ hour cooktime
some people who haven't eaten canned tomatoes their whole lives are sensitive to the metallic taste

>> No.14372040

>>14370916
unironically a good book

>> No.14372043

>>14371991
>something where the onions completely disolve like stews, goulash etc

They never fucking completely dissolve. Have you ever coooked a stew with onions yourself?

>> No.14372045

>>14370732
No. Lol. I learned everything about cooking on my own. Mom cooked everything from a box and thinks she did a great job feeding us while my dad went out and ate good food in secret.

>> No.14372059

>>14372006
>but love ketchup
They're all probably fat fucks

>> No.14372064

>>14372043
Sure. Cut them very fine and you won't find anyhing that looks like an onion after a few hours.

>> No.14372086

>>14369630
Sometimes I wish I had never met my husband

>> No.14372088

>>14372086
you know divorce favors women, right?
you'll get EVERYTHING if you divorce him at the expense of his soul and livelihood
but go on, just live passive aggressively for the extent of your marriage when unhappiness is ultimately a personal choice

>> No.14372107

>>14372088
I won't divorce him I'm 9 months pregnant with his child. Also I'm never passive aggressive (he'd make me pay if I gave him attitude), just sad most of the time

>> No.14372116

>>14372107
your sadness is your own fault
make something of yourself or drown in self-pity with your melodram patheticism

>> No.14372128

>>14372116
You're right, thanks for the brutal honesty

>> No.14372135

>>14369884
My favorite pasta

>> No.14372337

>>14369839
Is the bitch super hot? if so then you my friend have a gold brick on your hands. looks like a million bucks but sits around doing nothing.

>> No.14372351

>>14369630
Don't marry retards, get to know people better before jumping into relationships.

>> No.14372420

Make some chicken tendies together anon. Then start to change things when she's nailed that. All else fails just get ready for a life of tendies.

>> No.14372493

give her a real reason to cry, crack some black pepper and blow it in her face like pocket sand

>> No.14372572

>>14369630
Damn my gf cant cook but she knows enough not to fucking kill people. I do the cooking though so that might be part of the problem, she just doesnt know techniques very well. Ive been thinking about teaching her how to cook better, seems like a fun thing to do together. Maybe try that?

>> No.14372638

>>14369630
take a coocking course together

>> No.14372666

>>14369630
I think you just have to deal with it anon. I'm in the same boat. Mine believes she is a good cook, is very proud of the fact she learned from her mom, who learned from her mom. One of those types. Some of her cancerous kitchen habits include:
>Not washing anything she uses even if its just one small thing. Use a spoon to stir coffee you just made? yeah leave that shit on the counter.
>Also doesn't get concept of preheating oven. Just turns it straight on, always to the same temp and just chuck the food right in.
>Does not reseal things in fridge, even things with "Peel and Reseal" packaging eg ham or cheese. Will just take some and put it back in the fridge, open
>Will scrape the fuck out of nonstick pans with metal utensils while cooking.
>I think she grew up with a garbage disposal, we do not have one in our house. This will not stop her from trying to flush food down the kitchen sink though.
>Nothing goes in the trash, only on the counter top.

I've mentioned all these things to her numerous times, and I usually just get told "yeah i know" when i tell her that using a metal fork to stir her shit in the nonstick pan isnt good for it, or that the sink will get blocked if she keeps running food bits down it. In one ear and out the other. You might just be stuck with it, because women.

>> No.14372690

Why not cook WITH your wife? You're not a child. She's not your mother, nor your babysitter. Get your lazy ass up and get to work. If you are cooking with your wife, you can taste test things as you go and offer feedback and change things.

>> No.14372692

>>14371696
why dont you just fucking cook for yourself dumb zoomer

>> No.14372694

>>14369672
So really what's the fucking point? What's the fucking point of having so many varied shapes when at the end of the day it's all just so much fucking bread?

>> No.14372707

>>14372694
Variety is the spice of life you prat.
You wouldn't live an unseasoned life, would you?

>> No.14372714

>>14370677
So, you begged.

>> No.14372717
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14372717

I know that feel.

My bf is a great cook when he feels like it, he has made really good shit (the best steak I ever had in my life was one that he made).

However, most of the time, he is lazy most of the time. He uses so much margarine in his daily cooking that it's honestly disgusting; his dishes come out like greasy slop. And he uses shit like instant mashed potatoes, even though I know he is perfectly capable of making delicious mashed potatoes (he claims "they're too much effort").

>> No.14372733

>>14370732
I'm one of the lucky ones and gave a fuck, I liked being around mom in the kitchen and even my dad liked to bake/cook when he felt like it. Kids truly don't do this sort of thing anymore, they'd rather do other stupid bullshit or act helpless even though said kids could already be considered teenagers.
I'd argue that kids are more coddled than ever. My grandmother slaves over my cousins. A couple are normal while some others are just fat, lazy, fucked up pieces of shit. One of the youngest ones can't even wash his own hair and he's in his preteens.

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>>14372006
>people like what they like

>> No.14372750

>>14371791
Grow. Your. Own. Tomatoes.
Why aren't you growing your own tomatoes? Out of everything you could grow, even if you live somewhere without a yard or front porch to put the planter, you can still grow tomatoes indoors. It's one of the only things worth growing yourself, nothing compares to them.

>> No.14372753

>>14372741
extremely cringe post of someone who was undeniably assdevestated by someone who turned down their food.

>nooo you can't just eat what you like, you need to appease ME!!!

>> No.14372759

>>14372717
>have to wash and peel potatoes
>wait for the motherfuckers to boil
>exert physical energy to MASH them
At that point, just make baked potatoes instead of using instant potatoes, but your BF really isn't that wrong. Mashed potatoes are effort, even with an instant pot method.

>> No.14372767

>>14372753
Context: OP didn't like seafood, literally only gave his reasons as "it's icky and from the ocean so I don't like it"
Pic related is an anon's response, and now mine to (You) for being a pedantic child.
I make delicious food, too bad fags like you can't find good cooks.

>> No.14372792

>>14372741
lol i was raised to eat what was put in front of me
i've served food to baby boomers who literally proclaim "EW, RED PEPPERS." and pick them out of a fresh salad
never been more offended yet I was the one who got beat for not eating the food they prepared

>> No.14372797

>>14372750
tomatoes are retard proof plants
even if you neglect them (outside of forgetting to water them), they produce a shit ton of matoes

>> No.14372800

>>14372759
>not using a hand mixer to mash potatoes
ngmi

>> No.14372931

>>14369643
This anon asking the hard hitting questions.

>> No.14373094

>>14369863
I believe you'll overcome this anon, if you love her for her. Cooking is a learned skill and some people really are surprisingly shit at it.
You're headed in the right direction. Supporting her with a gift is nice, but don't just get the book. Get her something that looks nice for the kitchen that she would enjoy having. Oven mitts was a good suggestion, but you could get a new pan, new pot or even spring for some stoneware, just depends what she would like to cook. If pasta is really her thing, buy a nice strainer and some wooden spoons or something. And you could add flowers.

>> No.14373100

>>14370176
A dog can't bear your children

>> No.14373103

>>14371659
>t. unioncuck
Enjoy freezing to death this winter, fag.

>> No.14374862

>>14372800
>overmixing your mashed potatoes, resulting in a gloopy, gluey mess

no

>> No.14374878

OP find out how your wife learns shit. Watching YouTube videos is a good way to see how the basics are done then you can cook a meal with her so she can apply it and remember it better.

Also maybe buy those like glass bowls so she can pre-measure all her shit and not forget anything since it sounds like she has trouble following recipes and probably needs to read the whole thing first.

>> No.14374952

>>14371722
Bro that's chicken is fucking raw

>> No.14374964

>>14369783
dude she doesn't like onion.

picky shit like that severly hampers a persons cooking ability.

She can't cook things she's not even willing to taste.

>> No.14374995

Reminds me of something heartbreaking my fiance asked me last year. She asked me:
"Do you usually enjoy the food that you cook?"
I asked her what she meant, and that of course I do. Doesn't she? She said
"Well sometimes I'll cook something and it won't be very good, but I'll just eat it anyway because I made it and I'm too tired to have something else.

The idea of her cooking dinners and eating things she hates just because was really upsetting.

>> No.14375003

>>14369883
Tired pasta.

>> No.14375012

>>14371710
Soup in a can and soup at restaurants was the only soup I had known until I became an adult and moved out.
I'd say that using bouillon cubes is a bit of a cheat but if you're still flavoring water by boiling meat/veggies you're making soup from scratch.

>> No.14375020

>>14372006
I enjoy tomatoes now but I still get a little weirded out by the seed goop. The flesh is where it's at

>> No.14375027

>>14371631
>Soup from scratch

Not from a can. Not a bag of frozen soup warmed in a pot.
Yes, sometimes with broth cubes, but in addition to raw foods.

Blenderizing about 3/4 of a potato leek soup does make it thick and creamy, while leaving a few choice tidbits for the spoon to find.
She had not realized that chunking up a few vegetables, boiling/simmering a bit (possibly seasoned with a stock pot), and then blenderizing was literally the entire souping process used at some of the restaurants she went to for soup until watching the video and becoming empowered.
Still working on the seasoning balance, although the saltiness is right now.

>> No.14375030

>>14369884
Relationship goals

>> No.14375037

>>14374964
>if you don't like onion you're a picky little child
Fuck you I bet if the norm was eating a hunk of shit you would chow on down and accuse anyone who doesn't like it of being picky

>> No.14375042

>>14369637
>this post is an essay
Christ, writing standards really plummeted lol

>> No.14375046

>>14375027
Add the stock pod, or don’t. It’s your choice really. I believe that you’ll find that the stock pod delivers an unmatched flavor, every time. Just that little sense of occasion that adds something extra to your weeknight evening meals.

>> No.14375052

>>14369630
Divorce her, the first think you should look for in a wife is if she can cook

>> No.14375058

>>14369783
You can't. She will forever be a picky tastelet. Just cook things for yourself and reheat some chicken nuggets for her.

>> No.14375059

>>14375037
Nah onion is a really great and vital ingredient in tons of dishes, especially easy ones. Does she dislike onion as a flavour, or is it something weird like disliking "an onion"?

I was a picky eater for most of my life. I didn't eat stuff like pizza, pasta, curry, chinese food, ham (any smoked or cold meats), cheese and a bunch of shit until I was in my mid teens. Now there's barely anything I won't try.

I didn't eat tomatoes until I was about 15, was convinced I hated tomato stuff, tomato flavouring except ketchup and heinz tomato soup. When my parents and grandparents tried to get me to eat tomatoes, or veggies in general their strategy was just to slice a tomato in half, dip it in salt raw and have me take a bite. Now I get why people do that now, and it was how they liked it. But it just made me spit it out and hate it even more while wanting to be sick from the salt and tomato seeds in my mouth.

>> No.14375164

>>14372767
spoken like a true beta

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Animation

>> No.14375222
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14375222

I took over the cooking responsibilities when we moved in together because I genuinely find it enjoyable and I also like being in control of our menu. We have what I'm in the mood for every night and it's based.

>> No.14375227

>>14375217
Huh?

>> No.14375270

>>14375227
Wojack is a 4chan AI creation. The bots that post on here are constantly compiling everything it reads and sees and has made every quality Wojack you've ever seen. Seeing that it's starting to make animations is quite impressive.

>> No.14375334

>>14369630
Go to cooking classes with your wife. It'll be a bonding experience and she'll learn something

>> No.14375340

>>14375270
Huh?

>> No.14375359

you seriously didn't consider any of this BEFORE getting married?

>> No.14375362

>>14374995
Eh, I kind of get it, at least to the point that sometimes you fuck up while cooking and burn/overcook/undercook something in the meal, but you eat it anyway because it's not terrible, and throwing it away would just be a waste of time and food.

Though I guess that depends on what she means by 'not very good'.

>> No.14375372

>>14375340
yes

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>>14375270
someone made a post saying that it was mostly his fault because he got a whole bunch of them proffesionally commissioned and then spammed them everywhere. he said he was sorry and hated what he did.

>> No.14375467

>>14369630
>she just cries
holy shit
just do the cooking yourself, buddy
it's for the best

>> No.14375501

>>14369630
By chance, are either you or your wife European/white?

>> No.14375506

>>14369929
good question, a fucking woodstove or some shit?

>> No.14375602

>>14372694
I can understand some of the variety, like ravioli, lasagna, spaghetti,or those large shells you stuff with ricotta. But I do agree that some of the other shapes seem excessive.

But c'est la vie, if the Italians love their shapes, who am I to judge

>> No.14376704

>>14370732

I learned somethings from my mother like our traditional everyday meals but not because she wanted to teach me in the first place
but I was very interested in cooking (and I'm interested in all other things that you can do at home without much proficiency like
homebrewing, distilling, repairing electronics, growing things etc.)

Actually why I started cooking was because of my friend at 4th or 5th grade who made some eggs for us. I was very impressed that
someone at my age could cook. So I started cooking some basic stuff like eggs, grilled cheese or pasta. But it was in highschool
that I got really into cooking and started doing very complicated stuff. My friends were all amazed at my cooking skills but all I
did was follow the recipes, I think people overestimate how easy is cooking and they think they would suck at it without even trying
or paying some attention to recipes. I'd say 80% of any recipe out there can be easily done without someone having
to show you in real life. Especially in this day and age when we have something called internet and there are tens of thousands of cooking
videos on there only thing you have to do is not to be lazy.
That friend of mine just graduated from culinary school last year btw. His grades were never good at school, it's a good choice to pursue
at least something you are decent at and having fun while doing it.

>> No.14376801

>>14372694
>What's the fucking point of having so many varied shapes
so you can make better macaroni art

>> No.14376899

>>14372666
Christ, I don't mind being bad but being a lazy slob fucking infuriates me. Mine is the exact same. She won't clean a single god damn thing and leaves her trash strewn all over the house. I've seen her pick trash up just to leave on the counter by the trash can. Why are women such slobs?

>> No.14377335

>>14372666
>>14376899
lmao it sounds like you both just married a couple of dumb bitches out of convenience at the time. I'll bet both of them are overweight.

>> No.14377382

>>14369630
>Raw chickin
Uh, you're gonna get Salmonella.

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>>14369630
Kill her and eat her.

>> No.14377561

>>14369630
You should have never married such a daft cunt who fucking cries when you ask her to try new food ffs what a child.

>> No.14378797

>>14371545
I have actually and it gets a pretty good response out of her.

>>14371920
She's gentle and submissive, she agrees that she should be a housewife and homemaker and doesn't complain or even want to be a careerwoman.

>>14372493
To what end?

>>14372666
Yeah my wife is basically the same. Things like dishes in the sink may not seem like that big of a deal but every fucking morning I find an unwashed cup and spoon or plate in the sink and I tell her every day that if she uses something, just wash it and put it back, do the dishes as you go instead of leaving them in the sink for someone else to do like a child. She also cries every time I bring this up which I think is her subconscious way of discouraging me from ever criticising her habits.

>>14372717
What a lazy shit. Mashed potatoes are the easiest fucking thing in the world to make, I also love to add cream and butter to mine to make them extra goopy. You should be doing the cooking for your BF though.

>>14375059
Yeah I'm exactly the same. I was a super picky eater growing up, basically only ate 2 minute noodles and fast food. I wouldn't try food that had pickles or tomatoes. Then sometime in my early teens I just felt like I was missing out and figured people wouldn't make food if it didn't taste good to at least some people, so I started trying more and more. Now I'll try basically anything. Only thing I can't stand but will still try is bacon and ham, maybe I'm a crypto Jew.

>>14375501
Yes we're both 100% White, have the DNA tests to prove it.

>> No.14378818

>>14369630
>Begged her to try new things and she just cries
Like this?:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=betUJk6ntAI