Wife is dangerous in the kitchen (ladies, serious, attract, people)

[Sunnydee]

RCM, my husband is also cooking challenged. He doesn't set things on fire, but everything he makes tastes horrible. I've solved this problem by cooking enough food on Sundays to last the whole week. Then all we have to do is nuke the pre-made food in the microwave during the week.

Another possibility: I've tried to teach both of my kids how to cook and at this point they both do a better job than my DH.

I'm sure one of these suggestions will take care of the problem without hurting your DW's feelings.

[Dennis58]

Back since I first met the woman Im now with, one thing that has impressed me has been her wonderful cooking ability. But, I cannot tell you the times she has left one or more burners on when she is finished cooking. What I do is just always be sure to check the stove before we leave, or go to bed. I just turn off whatever she left on. I pointed it out to her in a nice way, but it did'nt really help much. Im quite sure though, there are probably some little quibbles and quirks about me, that bug her too. So, I just turn off the stove, and all is well,(usually). My advice is that you try to see some humor in all this, and focus on her other great qualities, since cooking does'nt seem to be her thing. Good luck to you both.

[charms4him]

Originally Posted by OneDayInSomewhere

Oh wow...this sorta sounds like me. LOL. I have actually melted a crock pot. "kitchen challenged".

I would love to hear the story on this

[Claire_F]

This is indeed humorous (mainly because you have a wonderful attitude about it), but the fire risk would scare the hell out of me.

My first thought was Sunnydee's suggestion. Maybe the two of you could take time on the weekends and prepare a week's worth of meals together. Cooking together is fun, she might learn something from you, and during the week she just needs to reheat the meals.

There are also places cropping up that prepare entire meals for you to take home. It might be expensive, but probably less expensive than a house fire.

[Rcm58]

I've read through the posts and would love to hear the others stories in more detail too, some great ideas here also, I think I will try and cook up enough meals on Sunday or Monday to get through the week, that makes alot of sence and I have a chest freezer big enough to hold that and more. I can relate to having to turn off the burners or making sure she turns on the right burners if i'm there, i've found the oven still on after a day before or a pot holder will suddenly burst into flames with a pot on a burner that is'nt on so I do check often.

[foma]

Whatever you do, just be gentle. I am awful in the kitchen so I can empathize with your wife. I can't say I've nearly burned the house down (*knock on wood*) but I have been known to make less than stellar meals.

When my husband was 7, his house burned down b'c Mom was distracted by little sister wanting attention so leaving the stove unattended is a very dangerous risk she is taking. Maybe you guys can talk about it ... be honest with her but don't **** her off. It's not about her cooking but rather kitchen safety 101. Bringing stuff like this up to a seasoned adult may sound condescending and I don't know your wife so hope she takes it well.

Another idea is maybe you two can take a cooking class together and ask the chef to mention leaving the stove unattended. That way a third, objecive party can bring it up without your wife having to be defensive (if she's the type to get defensive). Then, when you two get home, you can bring up, "Hey, the Chef made a good point about so and so ... what'd you think?"

Good luck!

[Keeper]

I lied..or I just heard wrong the price is higher but here is a link to the stovetop firestop. I tried to check Lowe's but DSL is running slooooowwww tonight. Sorry.
WilliamsPyro (broken link)

[Keeper]

She is a lucky woman.. My husband and I use to get into arguments when we would get lost going to a new place or a friend's house. Finally, I just said 'Look, let's just plan on getting lost so if we get there on time, we will consider ourselves lucky'
Never had another argument on being late or getting lost.

My husband once was fixing breakfast for his DIL and fried her an egg for 3 minutes each side. He remembered the 3 minute egg and thought it applied to frying eggs. Needless to say you could have used it for a hocky puck

I can tell you those are the moments you remember because you could fight, get angry or just laugh and we chose to laugh..

[Cecilia_Rose]

Originally Posted by Rcm58

Everyone is so wonderful here, I would cook every night but I get home about 2 hours later than she does so I only cook on my days off. While I was out getting a filter last night I had some roast beef and cheeses sliced up and picked up some breads so it should be a bit more uneventful.
Thanks everyone!

Heres another option If you dont want to spend your weekend cooking or do the premade dinner route.
The two of you can still cook every night. Or she can cook and you can be on the sidelines out of sight makin sure she doesnt burn down yous house.

When we were first married and things were hectic I always cooked the next nights dinner the night before. When you come home you can relax instead of running around like a crazy person trying to find something to fix for dinner. Dinners fixed and all you have to do is nuke it.

Then after you eat and relax a little you make dinner for tomorrow. Since theres no big rush to get it on the table you can make things that take longer to cook like roasts and chilli. and meat loaf etc

This way your wife could still cook and youd be there just n case. And you could tell her its so she doesnt have to rush home and cook.

[Roaddog]

I felt pretty safe tonight, we had salad no fire, no smoke