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Hey y'all. Just wondering if your cooking is good enough for him/her. My SO is the pickiest eater in the land and I have heard, "My mom makes it like...." more than once.
Soooo.... I just make it how I make it and if he doesn't like it oh well I guess. So, we were at his parents for 5 days here recently and I got a chance to eat a lot of his mothers cooking. Her meatloaf has green peppers in it, mine does not. Her mashed potatoes were really good, old school like my mom used to make but I put garlic and cheddar in mine.
Her coleslaw is A LOT different than mine and I like mine better. Soooo.... I will make everything the way I make it and we will go from there.
We had meatloaf and mashed potatoes last night and he loved it, so thats good I spose. I don't think I have gotten any complaints thus far other than he doesn't like things burned. For him, burned means browned.
This is a problem for me. He wants me to pull the lasagna out before the cheese is all the way melted for fear of any browning. I love the brown spots on melted cheese!! There is no way he would eat potato cakes from leftover mashed potatoes! I asked his mother about it and she has no idea why he is the way he is...
Is your cooking good enough? I do get thanks you's and dinner was good, etc.
I try to cook things she likes. If she doesn't like it then she can make her own dinner. She's definitely a picky eater but I eat anything and everything. I'm learning her tastes pretty well though. She's never not eaten something I made for her.
Its funny, when we were very early in our relationship, he came over one night after work and I made breakfast for dinner. I fried some potatoes and some of them were brown and crispy. That is how I love them! He was scooting all those to the side!
I'm a much better cook than my MIL. My husband won't even eat in restaurants anymore because he says he would rather eat at home. (I would rather go out sometimes, personally.) He used to be really picky when we were first married, and I wasn't as good a cook then as I am now.
My mom likes to compare my cooking to the things my grandmother used to make when she was a kid, and she never likes mine better...my homemade ice cream is too creamy, my cake is too tall, etc. It's ironic because as soon as my grandmother didn't have children at home, she quit cooking and lived off of occasional McDonald's hamburgers, and a croissant from a bakery for breakfast. So I never experienced the legendary cooking that my mom is still talking about, 45 years after my Grandma quit cooking.
I am very fortunate that my husband will eat what I fix for supper, no matter what it is. He will tell me if it needs a bit of this or that or if I could have used less of something or not used it at all but it is not him being picky ***** it is him wanting to help make the dish better overall which I definitely appreciate. I was married to a picky eater once and the 2nd time he told me that his Grandma made it better I shut off the stove, threw everything I had cooking in the trash and promptly drove him to his Grandma's house and left his sorry butt there and I went out to supper. There were no more comparisions after that.
I am very fortunate that my husband will eat what I fix for supper, no matter what it is. He will tell me if it needs a bit of this or that or if I could have used less of something or not used it at all but it is not him being picky ***** it is him wanting to help make the dish better overall which I definitely appreciate. I was married to a picky eater once and the 2nd time he told me that his Grandma made it better I shut off the stove, threw everything I had cooking in the trash and promptly drove him to his Grandma's house and left his sorry butt there and I went out to supper. There were no more comparisions after that.
Well, I think my guy is coming around. I was just looking around on facebook and I found a picture of last nights dinner on there! His aunt complained that she wasn't invited!
I think that def. made me feel better when I saw that. I had no idea he took a picture of it and put it online! Tablets. Sneaky little things.
Sometimes I think I could serve cold spaghetti with ketchup and my SO would eat it. I think I'm a pretty good cook, and I get lots of compliments on my baking, but I've not really cooked for many people but SO other than making certain sides for holidays like cranberry sauce. People seem to like that, though. My SO comes from a weird family though where his father and mother didn't really teach him manners or to compliment people.
Well the requests from me on Turkey day are my homemade Sausage stuffing, cheesecake and sweet potatoes. I am used to cooking for a lot of people and then I went through a patch of no cooking at all. now I am cooking for two and for some reason, it's not easy.
I am lucky in that my husband's mom is not a good cook (overcooked hamburgers fried in a pan) and his stepmother is stingy with food (one small bowl of broth with some sad vegetables for dinner). He loves my cooking and is like Hedgehog_Dad up there , preferring to eat at home rather than go out. There are a few things I know he dislikes, so I don't make them, but in general he is appreciative. If I am not pleased with a dish and start getting apologetic, he stops me and tells me he is grateful I cook at all. Sometimes he will say something constructive like, "This seems a little salty" or "I like this, but I think the way you made it last time was better. What did you change?"
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, preferring to eat at home rather than go out. There are a few things I know he dislikes, so I don't make them, but in general he is appreciative. If I am not pleased with a dish and start getting apologetic, he stops me and tells me he is grateful I cook at all. Sometimes he will say something constructive like, "This seems a little salty" or "I like this, but I think the way you made it last time was better. What did you change?"
