Why women can't cook

lumbingmi · 11-08-2007, 06:24 PM

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By SAM HOLDEN

When was the last time a woman cooked you a really excellent meal? Not just a nice meal, or a plain good meal, or a hearty meal, but a piece of cuisine that had you smacking your lips for weeks afterwards?

I'll wager that you can't remember, for the simple reason that you've never had such a meal cooked by a woman.

The truth is women can't really cook. All they can do is to cater, and there's a big difference. The only people who can actually cook on this planet are men, even the ones who only cook once a year when their wife or girlfriend is ill.

Women's cooking is often so poor because it is largely performed as a matter of necessity.

For the traditional housewife, cooking is not a luxury pastime, but simply another item in the long list of household chores that needs to be ticked off with efficiency and speed. There is clearly little time or energy left after a day full of children to prepare a serious piece of gastronomy, and most women usually rustle up a supper that is quick, dull but, to their credit, relatively nutritious.

However, it will undoubtedly be boring and flavourless, devoid of any inventiveness or joy in its execution. A typical example would be an overcooked pork chop with some over-boiled spuds and limp broccoli.

Even more common is the staple female dish, pasta a la things, in which some unidentifiable foodstuffs are chucked into a pot of soggy tagliatelle and then mixed up with slightly sour creme fraiche.

Men who endure such cooking soon find they have two options. Either eat a good lunch, or do the cooking yourself. I was one of the men who opted for the latter, having endured months of shoddy fare knocked up by my wife. (At least I hope she's still my wife after this.)

Although I was a stranger to the kitchen, I soon found that preparing exciting, top-quality dishes was neither particularly time-consuming nor difficult, and within a few months my abilities easily surpassed every woman I know, even the ones who think they are good cooks. And I soon discovered there were plenty more men like me.

In fact, when my wife and I go to see friends for dinner, nine times out of ten it is the man who cooks - and he does a brilliant job.

But female ineptitude in the kitchen is not just a product of the fullness of a woman's timetable. We all have busy lives these days, so there must be something else, something far deeper and intrinsic that makes women so hopeless at cooking. I have a few theories, all of which will no doubt see me pinned down and forced to eat my own sweetmeats.

The first is that women are less inclined to experiment. Good cooks are those who take risks, who wonder whether X goes well with Y, or perhaps even with Q. If it fails, it doesn't matter, you can always start again.

Women are more afraid of failure, perhaps because they are wary of all that nasty male criticism, so it does them well to stick to well-trodden recipes.

However, it gets worse. As well as being incapable of experimenting, women are useless at following written instructions, which in this instance are called recipes.

Blinded by a series of numbers and symbols, they get confused, and usually add the wrong amount of sugar or salt, or, more likely, substitute one for the other.

Every time my wife bakes, I always hear swearing coming from the kitchen when she realises that she has put in, say, six tablespoons of vanilla essence rather than six teaspoons.

This brings me to multi-tasking. Men are often being told that we can't perform actions simultaneously, and that it's women who have these wonderful brains that enable them to walk and chew gum all at the same time. What absolute rot.

The reason why men make better chefs than women is precisely because we are sensationally good at multi-tasking. For example, men can read maps and drive through any rush hour. Men can compute trigonometric equations while they are flying at Mach 2. Men can get roast beef, Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes, cabbage and carrots all ready at the same time, and will have made their own horseradish sauce and laid the table.

What else is cooking apart from multi-tasking? If women were so good at it, why can't they do as good a job as men? Why does my wife always burn the garlic? Why does my wife always forget some essential part of the meal only to remember it when we sit down to eat? 'Sorry honey, I forgot to put the potatoes in the oven. Are you all right with cous cous?' (Answer: 'No.') However, the most fundamental reason why women can't cook is that they don't have the same relationship with food as men do.

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Gemma · 11-08-2007, 06:25 PM

Obvouisly they dont know me!

shel90 · 11-08-2007, 06:47 PM

My husband is the better cook. He is more creative while I must follow a recipe.

lumbingmi · 11-08-2007, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by shel90

My husband is the better cook. He is more creative while I must follow a recipe.

There you go. Women claim that they know cooking but realistic men know abt cooking more than women. Wonder why there are more men as chef than women? hmmmm....

Maria · 11-08-2007, 06:59 PM

Maybe, women need a break from cookin' ? Maybe, they want men to be Mr. Mom, so they can go to work and leave everythin' to men to take care of at home ?

Maybe, some women got tired of doin' the same thing in the house over and over for years and want somethin' for a change ?

Lol

As for me, I would like to be pamperin' sometimes and let a man to cook to make me to please and love him more instead of bein' b*tch.

diehardbiker · 11-08-2007, 07:05 PM

Yea, plus my wife too!

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Originally Posted by Gemma

Obvouisly they dont know me!

shel90 · 11-08-2007, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by lumbingmi

There you go. Women claim that they know cooking but realistic men know abt cooking more than women. Wonder why there are more men as chef than women? hmmmm....

My husband has always seen cooking as a hobby while I see it as something that is a neccessity. I dont know about men and women in general though.

Lil_country_gal · 11-08-2007, 07:46 PM

I honestly have to say f u to anyone that says that is true for all women i understand some women can't cook but in my family i am the best cook over my mom and dad i create dishes that wow them both and my sister is the better cook over her husband same with my grandma so i'm sorry but that is just the sexiest crap that makes women hate men so much

deafskeptic · 11-08-2007, 10:58 PM

I tend to be a creative cook and I'll expermint with stuff just so I can see how it turns out. A few months ago, I made potato salad. Boring right? Well what I did was roast the potatoes first. Then I caramelized videla onions and fried some bacon and cut up hard boiled eggs, celery and used some mayo mixed with country dijon mustard on the whole thing with some smoked paprika and put that in the fridge for half a day. The reason why I created this is because the potato salads at the local stores uses way too much mayo and that's a major turn off to me; I like just enough mayo to coat the stuff.

I plan to bring this with me in my car for my next mapping so I don't have to eat at the Wendys at UNC. Wendys is my fave but I'm a bit sick of eating there. I'm trying to cut down on the clean up time as I hate to clean up after myself.

Today I had cornbread with fresh rosemary and videla onions.

My ex bf is the better cook though. He's a professional cook now.

Deafilmedia · 11-08-2007, 11:27 PM

Cruisine? I don't think I ever ever ever eat that.

Seem like all the Cruisine foods kill ya or bad for your body.

Lobster, Crabs, Rare Steak, and all.... loaded with fat, clog up arteries anyway.

And plus it is too expensive and plus I don't care for those cruisine food.

So you men can have all the caviar, oyster, caesar salad with raw eggs...

And I'll just stick with Mac and Cheese and Chicken Nuggets.

sara1981 · 11-09-2007, 12:31 AM

sometime i always cook not lots

mostly women love cook all the time for families but im sure mom and wife,women wanted cook or not depends on their their moods or unwell they let break for whiles or few days.

Deafilmedia · 11-09-2007, 01:18 AM

Men may know how to cook, but they went to Culinary School.

Women, don't let these men put you down...
they expect you to be a NATURAL CHEF or COOK.

Men and Women have to go to Culinary School to learn how
to make cuisine meals....

It is too hard... and plus the food is too expensive to make anyway.

Yes we all make mistake when reading recipe and cooking instruction, nobody is perfect.

Nobody on this planet is USELESS, NOBODY is useless. GOD put us
on this earth and we are not useless at all.

So don't let men mentally abused you and tell you that you are nothing.
We women are SOMEBODY.

diehardbiker · 11-09-2007, 01:22 AM

Thank god for my wife cause she is damn good cook! Your missing alot! hehehe,

BTW IF women can't cook, howcome there is Rachael Ray?

Liebling:-))) · 11-09-2007, 05:29 AM

My hubby & I share our cooking...

My hubby cook for my boys at lunch while I am at work for my boys when they come from school. (I work full time from 7.30am to 4.00pm and my hubby work from 4.30 pm to 10.00pm)..

I cook at the weekends, public holidays and most school holidays. I love cooking that's why we goes to resturant rarely.

LakeTahoe · 11-09-2007, 05:58 AM

Thanks baby! MWAH! Glad you enjoy the food that I cooked!

There are Paula Dean and few other females chefs on TV!

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Originally Posted by diehardbiker

Thank god for my wife cause she is damn good cook! Your missing alot! hehehe,

BTW IF women can't cook, howcome there is Rachael Ray?

Schermy · 11-09-2007, 10:59 AM

Hey now. I happen to a wonderfull cook!!!!!!!!!

***Chase*** · 11-09-2007, 11:51 AM

You look good in leathers, read sci-fi, ride a hog, like ee cummings poetry, shoot guns . . . and cook, too? My, oh, my . . . I wish I were a youngster again.

My grandma was a Catholic Basement Lady. For those who don't know, that means she was regarded to be one of the best cooks in the county. She was at her best cooking for a threshing crew on the farm, non-stop cooking from dawn to dusk, and wheat threshers never wanted to go home again.

I paid attention and learned to be a fair to middling cook, myself. So my guess is cooking is more of an acquired art than which gender does it.

Schermy · 11-09-2007, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Chase

You look good in leathers, read sci-fi, ride a hog, like ee cummings poetry, shoot guns . . . and cook, too? My, oh, my . . . I wish I were a youngster again.

My grandma was a Catholic Basement Lady. For those who don't know, that means she was regarded to be one of the best cooks in the county. She was at her best cooking for a threshing crew on the farm, non-stop cooking from dawn to dusk, and wheat threshers never wanted to go home again.

I paid attention and learned to be a fair to middling cook, myself. So my guess is cooking is more of an acquired art than which gender does it.

What can I say? I'm also a great baker, I can use a sewing machine, I have quite a few plants and I am currently growning a pinapple from a cut off top, and ummmmmmmmm well I just like to try and be good at most things in life!!!

I just made a chocolate cake last night for my son's birthday today. Yummy.

Tousi · 11-09-2007, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Schermy

What can I say? I'm also a great baker, I can use a sewing machine, I have quite a few plants and I am currently growning a pinapple from a cut off top, and ummmmmmmmm well I just like to try and be good at most things in life!!!

I just made a chocolate cake last night for my son's birthday today. Yummy.

And didja make that cake from scratch?

Schermy · 11-09-2007, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Tousi

And didja make that cake from scratch?

I'm insulted that you had to ask, but yes I did!!!

Tousi · 11-09-2007, 12:49 PM

Well, it IS a dying art.....

Schermy · 11-09-2007, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Tousi

Well, it IS a dying art.....

Well............I guess under that BIG BAD HARLEY BITCH shell I have...........there is an ole fashion gal

GalaxyAngel · 11-09-2007, 01:34 PM

Full of BS about woman can't cook..
Vary women who can abilities cook.. as same thing for men..
Some men don't know how cook too..
No make difference..

I do cooking.. My hubby cooking..
I'm Chef.. and used work Restaurant. Ain't fun work being Chef.. can be stress stage workplace due customer want be happy and satisfied the meal.

jazzy · 11-09-2007, 03:07 PM

Really, I can't cook? umm if I cook healthy foods then no one would want to eat mine foods.

My husband and my youngest son are excellent cookers but my oldest son is not great cooker even he worked at Mc Donald for few years. We asked him to bbq hamburgers for us one night and after that never again to ask him to cook. only my youngest one I would ask him. Only reason he is excellent cooker because he loves foods since he was a baby. I don't blame women if they dont like to cook because foods we eat are making us fatter.

shel90 · 11-09-2007, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Schermy

What can I say? I'm also a great baker, I can use a sewing machine, I have quite a few plants and I am currently growning a pinapple from a cut off top, and ummmmmmmmm well I just like to try and be good at most things in life!!!

I just made a chocolate cake last night for my son's birthday today. Yummy.

My husband loves to design cakes. I just whip them up and pour them in a baking pan and that's it. I am so NOT creative! LOL!

Yea, there are many great cooks who are women so that article is just sexist. Nothing new with such views on women.

Kaitin · 11-09-2007, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Chase

My grandma was a Catholic Basement Lady. For those who don't know, that means she was regarded to be one of the best cooks in the county. She was at her best cooking for a threshing crew on the farm, non-stop cooking from dawn to dusk, and wheat threshers never wanted to go home again.

Why is one of the best cooks a Catholic Basement? Basement=below first floor?

And my mom is a great cook. My dad is ok. I am a good cook, with great cake but I never cook much with school.

SxyPorkie · 11-09-2007, 07:51 PM

i am old fashioned cook.. i make cakes and stuff from scratches.. no instant food allowed here in my house...

11-08-2007, 06:47 PM	#3 (permalink)
shel90 So ready for Springtime! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: A Desert Rat that has found herself in Maryland Posts: 11,244 Blog Entries: 1	My husband is the better cook. He is more creative while I must follow a recipe. __________________ ~Shel~

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Maria Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: ALASKA Posts: 7,410	Maybe, women need a break from cookin' ? Maybe, they want men to be Mr. Mom, so they can go to work and leave everythin' to men to take care of at home ? Maybe, some women got tired of doin' the same thing in the house over and over for years and want somethin' for a change ? Lol As for me, I would like to be pamperin' sometimes and let a man to cook to make me to please and love him more instead of bein' b*tch. __________________

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Lil_country_gal Cowgirl Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Saint Joseph, MN Posts: 2,263	I honestly have to say f u to anyone that says that is true for all women i understand some women can't cook but in my family i am the best cook over my mom and dad i create dishes that wow them both and my sister is the better cook over her husband same with my grandma so i'm sorry but that is just the sexiest crap that makes women hate men so much __________________ Put some excitement between your legs.... Ride a Horse Laicy Always and Forever

11-08-2007, 10:58 PM	#9 (permalink)
deafskeptic AAACCK! I got BORGED! Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,112	I tend to be a creative cook and I'll expermint with stuff just so I can see how it turns out. A few months ago, I made potato salad. Boring right? Well what I did was roast the potatoes first. Then I caramelized videla onions and fried some bacon and cut up hard boiled eggs, celery and used some mayo mixed with country dijon mustard on the whole thing with some smoked paprika and put that in the fridge for half a day. The reason why I created this is because the potato salads at the local stores uses way too much mayo and that's a major turn off to me; I like just enough mayo to coat the stuff. I plan to bring this with me in my car for my next mapping so I don't have to eat at the Wendys at UNC. Wendys is my fave but I'm a bit sick of eating there. I'm trying to cut down on the clean up time as I hate to clean up after myself. Today I had cornbread with fresh rosemary and videla onions. My ex bf is the better cook though. He's a professional cook now. __________________ Left ear implanted with Med-El on April 24 2007. Activated on May 9th.

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Deafilmedia Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,579	Cruisine? I don't think I ever ever ever eat that. Seem like all the Cruisine foods kill ya or bad for your body. Lobster, Crabs, Rare Steak, and all.... loaded with fat, clog up arteries anyway. And plus it is too expensive and plus I don't care for those cruisine food. So you men can have all the caviar, oyster, caesar salad with raw eggs... And I'll just stick with Mac and Cheese and Chicken Nuggets. __________________

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11-08-2007, 06:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
Gemma Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 420	Obvouisly they dont know me!

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sara1981 Batista's Fans Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: North Little Rock,Ar Posts: 2,370	sometime i always cook not lots mostly women love cook all the time for families but im sure mom and wife,women wanted cook or not depends on their their moods or unwell they let break for whiles or few days. __________________

11-09-2007, 01:18 AM	#12 (permalink)
Deafilmedia Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,579	Men may know how to cook, but they went to Culinary School. Women, don't let these men put you down... they expect you to be a NATURAL CHEF or COOK. Men and Women have to go to Culinary School to learn how to make cuisine meals.... It is too hard... and plus the food is too expensive to make anyway. Yes we all make mistake when reading recipe and cooking instruction, nobody is perfect. Nobody on this planet is USELESS, NOBODY is useless. GOD put us on this earth and we are not useless at all. So don't let men mentally abused you and tell you that you are nothing. We women are SOMEBODY. __________________

11-09-2007, 01:22 AM	#13 (permalink)
diehardbiker Busy in poker room Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 5,766	Thank god for my wife cause she is damn good cook! Your missing alot! hehehe, BTW IF women can't cook, howcome there is Rachael Ray?

11-09-2007, 05:29 AM	#14 (permalink)
Liebling:-))) me in Springfield, IL '07 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 22,376	My hubby & I share our cooking... My hubby cook for my boys at lunch while I am at work for my boys when they come from school. (I work full time from 7.30am to 4.00pm and my hubby work from 4.30 pm to 10.00pm).. I cook at the weekends, public holidays and most school holidays. I love cooking that's why we goes to resturant rarely. __________________ sniffing you

11-09-2007, 10:59 AM	#16 (permalink)
Schermy Dragon Lady Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,306	Hey now. I happen to a wonderfull cook!!!!!!!!! __________________ You can’t quit until you try You can’t live until you die You can’t learn to tell the truth Until you learn to lie

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*Chase* Mod with training wheels Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Albany, Oregon Posts: 1,767	You look good in leathers, read sci-fi, ride a hog, like ee cummings poetry, shoot guns . . . and cook, too? My, oh, my . . . I wish I were a youngster again. My grandma was a Catholic Basement Lady. For those who don't know, that means she was regarded to be one of the best cooks in the county. She was at her best cooking for a threshing crew on the farm, non-stop cooking from dawn to dusk, and wheat threshers never wanted to go home again. I paid attention and learned to be a fair to middling cook, myself. So my guess is cooking is more of an acquired art than which gender does it.

11-09-2007, 12:49 PM	#21 (permalink)
Tousi Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 6,358	Well, it IS a dying art.....

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GalaxyAngel That's me! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Ontario,Canada Posts: 13,428	Full of BS about woman can't cook.. Vary women who can abilities cook.. as same thing for men.. Some men don't know how cook too.. No make difference.. I do cooking.. My hubby cooking.. I'm Chef.. and used work Restaurant. Ain't fun work being Chef.. can be stress stage workplace due customer want be happy and satisfied the meal. __________________ Parents' proud of Logan.

11-09-2007, 03:07 PM	#24 (permalink)
jazzy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 2,773	Really, I can't cook? umm if I cook healthy foods then no one would want to eat mine foods. My husband and my youngest son are excellent cookers but my oldest son is not great cooker even he worked at Mc Donald for few years. We asked him to bbq hamburgers for us one night and after that never again to ask him to cook. only my youngest one I would ask him. Only reason he is excellent cooker because he loves foods since he was a baby. I don't blame women if they dont like to cook because foods we eat are making us fatter. __________________

11-09-2007, 07:51 PM	#27 (permalink)
SxyPorkie SxyPorkie Join Date: May 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 3,074	i am old fashioned cook.. i make cakes and stuff from scratches.. no instant food allowed here in my house... __________________ Life Goes On!!