Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Best Potato Fritter Maker


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.”


Would you like my potato fritter recipe?  If you add a cool comment and ask me nicely I will send it to you.


2 comments:

  1. 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!

    I agree with you...he can not claim any awards if he uses YOUR recipe! You still win! The public has spoken! :)

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  2. Thanks Marie I am going to read your comment to him right now and you totally deserve my recipe.

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