When Michael and I met, he could only cook two things.
He sustained himself
by cooking a large pot of chicken soup or making a large dish of mince mate
once a week on a Sunday. He would
divide the meal up in portions and eat the same thing every day.
When we started living
together he stopped cooking completely and was happy that I made all the meals.
I started to work
shifts and all that had to change.
Michael was forced to cook for the family as I worked in the
evenings. Every day I had to write down
how much of every ingredient he needed and exact instructions. This was really difficult because I never
measure when I cook, I just throw how much I think will work.
In that first year
when Michael still looked at the meals I cooked with admiration, I made potato
fritters (my own recipe). Michael was
soooo impressed. He said that his Dad had always tried to make them and had
failed and mine were PERFECT.
I have lost my Goddess
of Cookery status in the past years.
The reasons are:
- Michael put cool games on my PC.
- We got the internet at home.
- The family gave me a laptop for my 40th Birthday.
Once dinner is started
the last thing I want to do is hang around the kitchen forever waiting for food
to cook. My food tends to be a little
bit overdone; my fussy family call it burnt.
Presentation is
another problem as I have mentioned before Michael makes his food ridiculously
pretty.
He now thinks he is
the MAN in the kitchen and that anything I can cook he can cook better.
Tonight I decided that
for once I was making dinner and I decided on potato fritters.
As I was about to
start I boasted:
“My potato fritters
are the best.”
Michael:
“We don’t know that
for sure, I have not made them before.”
Me:
“That was not what you
said years ago, you complimented me on making the best ones you had ever
tasted.”
Michael:
“I’m still saying you
cannot take the BEST FRITTER MAKER AWARD until I make them once”
Me:
“This is my own recipe
and if you make them, you will copy my recipe and then you will only be a
plagiarist.”
I will totally take your potato fritter recipe! I am not an amazing cook and will not be winning any titles anytime soon...but I am always looking for more dishes to add to my cooking rut that I seem to fall into to!
ReplyDeleteI agree with you...he can not claim any awards if he uses YOUR recipe! You still win! The public has spoken! :)
Thanks Marie I am going to read your comment to him right now and you totally deserve my recipe.
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