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Maybe Polly missed out on this..... So just in case. Dont want her causing any more grief to us fellahs do we.

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:D

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Anaemic stewed onions? No thanks, Real fried onions, yum.

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The sausage is a little too thin and pale too boss...
;)

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Definitely wouldn't lie, but then I am so grateful when OH cooks, that anything tastes good!!

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It didnt taste good:frown:

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My husband can cook but doesn't 'cause the kitchen is my domain. Albeit his gravy (had to be gravy didn't it ?) is great. I showed him how to make gravy like my mum and gran made it. Basically, use the meat juices, add flour and stock made from oxo cubes. Bisto will not be tolerated. It's delicious. Lovely and thick the way we both like it. I will admit to using Beef Oxo for lamb and pork gravy as well as beef. Chicken Oxo for roast chicken. Have seen lamb Oxo cubes, wasn't impressed they just seemed to taste funny at best and greasy at worst. Maybe I should give them another try.

Would I tell him if I didn't like something. Actually, probably not. He makes a very rich gourmet sauce from onions, white wine vinegar loads of butter and cream. I'm just about working up the the nerve to tell him all I can taste is the vinegar and can we just have packet butter sauce next time. I'm more embarrassed for my taste than anything. He's very proud of the sauce he makes and it only comes out on special occasions which puts me under a bit of pressure to appreciate it. I've got between now and New Year's Eve to work up the nerve to tell him.

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See... This is my point....

Husbands aren't like puppies, who you pat on the head when they bring you something dead and stinky that they dug up out of the garden, and you pop it in the bin when you've rewarded him with a boneo and they arent looking... They're men... Grown ups... Adults..... Big boys...

Why is it wrong, when some one does something wrong, to politely say.. No i dont like it, dont do it again....jog a long....

Do you think his boss says..." Thats nice dear" when he ****s up at work????

Nope. I think not..... So why should the Boss's reaction at home be so different?????

Isnt it patronising to offer praise when summit is so terribly wrong? ...like gravy...

He knows it tastes shit, you know it tastes shit... Why are you lying to him? What else are you lying about? Does it meAn that if you can lie so easily over something like gravy, you're having an affair????

when he says "do you like it?" .... Is what he is really saying... ",to me this tastes like shit, but you're the chef... What do you think"...IMHO he is looking for advice..... Asking for help... And by saying "yummy"" when its "yuck" we are undermining their trust and self confidence.... Setting them up for failure...

If I had said "yummy" what happens when his mate comes round for dinner, and he cooks the gravy and his mate goes...."nah mate, is tastes shit?" or even worse ...drinks copious amounts of beer to force the bloody stuff down... Or goes home and thinks to himself...what a dick, he thinks he can cook but that tasted shite...

Jeez

They say women are complicated...

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Yeah you're right. I might just politely suggest that he's good at making sauces, in fact, let's try a new recipe this time. That doesn't mean packet and kettle.
I don't know what Gravalox is, I'm just lucky I guess. However, if he made up Bisto powdered gravy like what we have on mid week chops for Sunday dinner gravy I would probably divorce him. Yes I know I said that Bisto will not be tolerated. I mean when making Sunday roast gravy. You're really fuming over this, aren't you ? No, I'm not having an affair. My husband has what he calls his Woolworths bladder i.e. small. So on a long shopping trip he needs frequent trips to the loo. I think I have a camel somewhere in my family tree so need less frequent toilet stops. He gets annoyed with me because I don't always recognise his needs. He once remarked that I should marry someone with a large bladder. I said, 'yeah, that'll work, must bring x-ray of kidney/bladder function on first date.' (I was laughing as I was typing that.)

It suits my control freak nature that he makes proper roast meat gravy the way I want it made and is proud of the result. There are people that put flour and cornflour in gravy. What ? Or Bisto and cornflour. Again, what ?

I've yet to produce a duff meal. He wouldn't produce a duff meal 'cause he won't get the chance. I have recipes which I've typed. If he does prepare something, he'll use the recipe from the recipe folder.

I cooked herrings in oatmeal once. Yuk, not doing it again. We both agreed it was unpleasant. To date, I haven't burned anything. I used to overcook potatoes 'cause I thought it was a neat trick to cook them in the microwave and just ended up with near enough potato soup. I got out of it by mashing the potato. Husband is not a fan of mashed potato but will gladly eat Shepherds Pie. Go figure. I once served some chicken which hadn't been cooked enough. He just lobbed his meal in the microwave for a few minutes, job done. I very nearly 'lost' a caserole once, i.e. the gravy dried up. All that happened is that the gravy went to a syrupy consistency and not much of it. Meal tasted nice though.

BTW rolled oats and peanuts for a crumble topping ? Oh, I can see why that would cause consternation but it sounds interesting. I guess I didn't have to eat it ! I tried to make a butter free crumble using rolled oats, flour and sugar. It sorta worked.

My husband does not know how to make scrambled eggs. He does not like to eat eggs therefore does not see why he should learn to cook them. So, no scrambled eggs on toast for me when I'm ill then. I like his gravy. Maybe he should make gravy on toast instead when I'm unwell !!

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:lol:

Reminds me of the lengths my sis went to to make a steak pie for her ex hubby "...the way his mum does". The poor girl did everything including using fillet steak in the filling but no, it was "not as good as mum's....". So on a trip to the UK, sis met her mum-in-law and asked her how she makes it. Turns out it she uses fray Bentos filling! :ohmy::sneaky:

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One thing HE has never done.... Is say "its not as good as my mothers"

Because that would be the ultimate insult:frown:

Having said that Grampy DOES make the best pancakes in the world...

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Ah right. So he should lie about that, but you shouldn't lie about anything?

Double standards from a woman! Unbelievable ;)

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I agree, especially when she tried so hard to get it right and he still said it wasn't as good. Eventually she found the missing ingredient: Divorce :thumbsup:

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Lie.

Your getting a small fraction of the lies men are expected to tell to keep domestic harmony. If you punish him for being truthful when asked, you have to suck it up when the boots on the other foot.

All you need to do to rectify the gravy situation is 'lose' the tin of poor quality Oz gravy substitute.

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Sorted;)