Quite pleased with myself

exlibris

Yes JackieO. I too have had exploding boiled eggs! Did you ever make a full Sunday dinner with all the trimmings and just eat the trimmings because the meat was still raw but brown round the edges? Was new husband impressed? I think not.

skylight

It has NEVER bothered me whether my husband was impressed with my household and cooking skills or not!

I have always told him that he knows where his mother lives!

But this shocked my Nan(s) when I told them! Different generations I suppose!

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exlibris wrote:

Yes JackieO. I too have had exploding boiled eggs! Did you ever make a full Sunday dinner with all the trimmings and just eat the trimmings because the meat was still raw but brown round the edges? Was new husband impressed? I think not.

Yes my first attempts at sunday lunch were awful.But in those days it wasn't my cooking that interested my then new husband
Luckily for both of us my cooking improved, although after meeting my ma-in-law for the first time 11 years after our marriage, I found out why my husband loved tinned peas.:rotfl: Evidently she force-fed him and his brother greens as a child, which meant he hated them forever more. Every Christmas she would grumble to me that
"He always ate fresh vegatables when he was little " As though it was my influence that made him enjoy processed peas.
He was a country raised boy, and I was that 'Odd cockney woman from London' I think she thought I raised my kids on jellied eels and fish & chips .:rotfl:
I eat virtually anything at all, but once he was grown up my husband didn't have to eat his Ma's veggies anymore . I swear she put the brussel sprouts on to cook on Christmas Eve:rotfl:

thriftmonster

I turned some chicken blue once - the recipe said Cointreau but we only had Blue Bols - the chicken was a lovely shade of blue green and I had to serve it to guests as there was nothing else in the house! - Tasted ok though!

SusanCarter

charlotte664 wrote:

It has NEVER bothered me whether my husband was impressed with my household and cooking skills or not!

I have always told him that he knows where his mother lives!

But this shocked my Nan(s) when I told them! Different generations I suppose!

I guess it depends on your situation.

I'm a supply teacher so hardly ever at work compared to my husband so think it's only fair that I do most of the food etc. I care what he thinks because I want him to be happy and enjoy the food he eats. When he's been at work all day and I've been at home, I like him to come home to some nice dinner and a clean, tidy house.

In contrast, the year before we got married, I was doing a PGCE and he used to come round to my flat and do virtually all the cooking and washing up. He even did my shopping too (well the supermarket was on the way over to my place so it saved a special trip). The fact that he did those things meant I was able to get all my PGCE work done and spend time with him.

bulchy

Hi Jen, welcome to OS, good luck to you in your new challenge. I started this in april but got sidetracked a little, but am definitely back for good, no more wasting money in future. Its much better to be organised with meal planners etc, and a great feeling that your giving your kids proper homecooked food,my two much prefer it to convenience food.
Sue

sugaJen

Thanx every1 for making me feel welcome

I did the exploding eggs trick last week!! didnt realise eggs could travel that fast!!!

bulchy- Dont know why I didnt start this months ago, saves money and like you say its better for us, and my kids too appreciate good food, although will eat anything when they are "staaaarving" but im a sahm, so each afternoon I can look at my planner see what we are having and prepare it early afternoon, its a great idea!

Oh and Im getting a slow cooker on Monday, 9.99 in Argos dont think Ill get one any cheaper, Ill look in pricedrop.tv shop 1st but I doubt it.

ellas9602

hello :hello:

I got my slow cooker for £1.99 using the money off codes for empire stores on online/offline voucher board if that helps

sugaJen

ellas9602 wrote:

hello :hello:

I got my slow cooker for £1.99 using the money off codes for empire stores on online/offline voucher board if that helps

Ooh thanx for that, ill look into it now.:T

bulchy

sugaJen wrote:

Ooh thanx for that, ill look into it now.:T

Me too.
Sue