Kitchen

[qualitygal]

Well, if you figure it out, or get a good answer to that one, please share it. There are just days, where there's no figuring it out!!! Some of it is what's going on with me inside too. He's trying, and does help out. It's pretty good. We too have a smaller area to work in in the kitchen so he is asked to stay out while I'm busy there with prepping for the large meal.

[HonnyBrown]

On 11/28/2014 chickenbutt said:

On 11/28/2014 HonnyBrown said:

On 11/28/2014 chickenbutt said:

Well, he is useful in many many many OTHER ways but I don't want him in the kitchen. I really don't want him coming out every few minutes, as he tends to do, asking me 'how's it going'. I know he means well so I just respond.

But one thing with me now is that I get confused a lot and I have to maintain a train of thought. Every time he breaks in to my train of thought I lose what I'm doing and have to figure it out again. I'm getting used to this, but it sure does go a lot better without the well-meaning interruptions.

As for doing stuff in the kitchen - I'll pass. I have very precise ways that I want things prepared and cooked. In my head, I'm the only one who could/would do them that way, so I don't want the 'help'.

I have let him help me with dishes in the past but I do work pretty hard to 'clean as I go' so there's never that much at the end and I'll just go ahead and do them. Hey, I don't work outside the house anymore and he works long days almost every day so I figure there are some things that I'll handle around here - as long as I can, anyway.

Wow, chickenb, you are like a well oiled machine in the kitchen! My Mom is like that; it's better if she does the whole thing herself.

My turkey wasn't done when I put it on the cutting board. I called Mom-911 and she told me what to do. DH stepped right in and did what needed to be done. A wrench was in the cog and I lost focus, but he saved the day. Dinner was on the table by 5!

Yeah, I really have to operate that way or I'm all confused, walking around in circles like a useless fool. hehe - I have to figure stuff out in my head and plan it out accordingly. Interruptions just throw me off terribly but I do my level best to not let him know that he's driving me a little crazy and I kind of wish he would just stay out of the way.

One thing that helps me about that 'turkey not done yet' thing is that I have just one of those silly little pokey thermometers I go ahead and bring the roasting pan up onto the top of the stove (for that purpose, at that time, I keep one side of the stove open until the turkey is done and outta there). Then I use the thermometer on both thighs and one side of the breast (cuz, yeah, I have to be one thousand percent sure) and make sure the temperature is up to par. Otherwise, I still have him in the roasting pan and back in the oven he goes.

For some reason, he was done earlier than I expected. Thankfully, something told me to check him at one time at least an hour before I thought he was done and, indeed, he was done at that time. That whole thing with how long it takes a turkey is always a little bit of a thorn in my side because nobody has the same answer to that 'how long per pound' question. So I wrote it down this time - time in, 425F for 30 minutes, then 325F for the rest, and time out. I usually order one about the same size so maybe that will be helpful for next year.

You can get one of those little pokey thermometers for just a few bucks and it's very handy.

chickenb, with poultry, whole birds, I use a thermometer every single time. I check one thigh and when it reads whatever (180 for the turkey) I take it out of the oven.

Thanks for the suggestion of checking both thighs and the breast! That's especially helpful since my oven doesn't cook evenly.

[Pickwickpapers]

You are lucky to have such a sweet DH especially on Thanksgiving.........

[Lynnj]

LOL, some of the posts n this thread are hilarious. I don't have a DH...and now after reading, I think I've made the right decision thus far in life.

HonnyBrown, you are hilarious. Love your posts.

[HonnyBrown]

For those who think that I or the other wives are being ungrateful, let me ask: do you have husbands?

[cndkrick]

On 11/28/2014 Kitlynn said:

I am very lucky and blessed to have my DH! He and I are a team and he helps me out with everything. Yesterday we had steak and lobster and he grilled the steaks while I cooked the lobster. We both setup everything and clean up everything. We have been doing it this way for twenty eight years and it works.

Kitlynn, this resounds with me. DH doesn't help cook (he would but he knows he cant ), but he is always asking what I need him to do and always helps clean up, if not doing it all himself everyday.

Yesterday, at his parents, I was so proud that he was the first person up to help his mom clean up and he did all the dishes! This was such a shock to everyone because none of the kids or husband helps at all. Not until I came around anyway! I come from a family that... if you ate dinner, you help clean. I think his brother's wives were jealous too! HAHAHA Seriously though, I saw some of them giving their husband's "the look".

Now as far as my husband not being able to cook, he really just doesn't know how. Poor guy, he's learning though. Not too long ago he just learned to make scrambled eggs by himself, he likes them hard and almost burnt though. The first time I learned he didn't know how to cook was soo funny. I was sick, but hungry. He asked me what I wanted to eat and I told him my favorite, mac and cheese. He put about an inch of water in the pot, brought in the bedroom and asked if it was enough water to boil the noodles in. :-(

lol, now when he says he is going to cook dinner, it means he is going to go get take out. It's cute.

[Campion]

On 11/28/2014 depglass said:

The last time I let him cook he mixed a can of pork and beans into the meatloaf. That was 10 years ago. Now I let him microwave leftovers and that's it. He has an annoying habit of walking through the kitchen to get to the far wastebasket, even though there is one at the close end under the counter. He would have to slide that one out, that cabinet is on a rolling mechanism. Then he chews me out for leaving the dishwasher open. Its either being loaded, unloaded, or air drying. I'm thinking of putting up a red plastic chain.

Pork n Beans in a meatloaf. You've GOT to love the male mind. This is how thing get invented. And wrecked up.

I'd take my husband, unhelpful as he was. He's gone and I miss him. He did not cook or clean up much, but he was very good company.

[cndkrick]

I feel as though husbands often ask those "annoying" little questions (when and if they do) to help you.

They often take what you tell them, and brag about you to your guests. Or they are trying to show you that they are taking an interest in what you are doing. Wives do the same thing. "Ohh honey, whats that golf club called, you know the one you take the first swing with" (or some equally annoying question).

[HonnyBrown]

On 11/28/2014 Go Pokes! said:

On 11/28/2014 Kitlynn said:

I am very lucky and blessed to have my DH! He and I are a team and he helps me out with everything. Yesterday we had steak and lobster and he grilled the steaks while I cooked the lobster. We both setup everything and clean up everything. We have been doing it this way for twenty eight years and it works.

Kitlynn, this resounds with me. DH doesn't help cook (he would but he knows he cant ), but he is always asking what I need him to do and always helps clean up, if not doing it all himself everyday.

Yesterday, at his parents, I was so proud that he was the first person up to help his mom clean up and he did all the dishes! This was such a shock to everyone because none of the kids or husband helps at all. Not until I came around anyway! I come from a family that... if you ate dinner, you help clean. I think his brother's wives were jealous too! HAHAHA Seriously though, I saw some of them giving their husband's "the look".

Now as far as my husband not being able to cook, he really just doesn't know how. Poor guy, he's learning though. Not too long ago he just learned to make scrambled eggs by himself, he likes them hard and almost burnt though. The first time I learned he didn't know how to cook was soo funny. I was sick, but hungry. He asked me what I wanted to eat and I told him my favorite, mac and cheese. He put about an inch of water in the pot, brought in the bedroom and asked if it was enough water to boil the noodles in. :-(

lol, now when he says he is going to cook dinner, it means he is going to go get take out. It's cute.

Mine as well!

One day, he knew work was stressing me out. He sent me a text and said "I'll take care of dinner, babe."

I was so relieved! That put a big smile on my face!

I came home to whole wheat spaghetti with a sauce made from ketchup, mayo and hot sauce.

He was so proud.

[HonnyBrown]

On 11/28/2014 Go Pokes! said:

I feel as though husbands often ask those "annoying" little questions (when and if they do) to help you.

They often take what you tell them, and brag about you to your guests. Or they are trying to show you that they are taking an interest in what you are doing. Wives do the same thing. "Ohh honey, whats that golf club called, you know the one you take the first swing with" (or some equally annoying question).

That's exactly what he did!

My sons had friends come for a sleepover (4 more teenage boys ). When they were having leftovers, DH said things like "that's real sausage in the stuffing" (as opposed to what?) or "The macaroni and cheese is made from whole wheat pasta!" (as always).

Most of the dishes he questioned were from dishes I frequently made. Why now, when I'm stressing about getting all the dishes on the table by 5!