Day 12 –30 Days of Truth …Something you never get compliments on.
For good reason, cooking.
I went on strike the summer of 1978.
The kids didn’t eat anything I made…
even if they requested it.
I was tired of having to eat the same left overs for two or three days
because they decided to eat at a friends house,
snacked too much
or took an “afternoon nap” like a zombie til the next day
Finally,
I think it was three days of something I’d gotten so tired of,
that I told them,
I’d buy the food if they told me what they wanted….
BUT
they’d have to learn how to cook it for themselves.
It was during this time I met hubby number 2
and told him he was invited to supper,
but if he stayed,
he’d have to cook it himself !
It turns out,
that H#2 learned he liked to cook…
and was/is good at it…
at first there was enough for a small army,
but soon, after we married
and had a budget,
he learned to cook in exact proportions
for what ever number of servings he wanted to make.
That was 1979.
We were divorced in 2003.
.
Now I am by myself,
and no one calls to ask how to make something
…they call HIM, hubby # 2.
My daughter does not remember when I could cook !
She once called up and asked to speak to her dad,
and I heard “400 degrees, one hour”.
I got back on the phone
and asked why she didn’t ask me the temp and time for the meal,
and she said “you don’t know how to cook ! “
.
Sigh.
Even if I cook a good meal…it’s considered a fluke.
.
So therefore, I never get compliments on cooking. ☺.
.
siggiofmaine 
siggiofmaine
Jenna…
as long as the dog is well, that’s all that counts !
☮ ♥ Siggi in Downeast Maine
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I never get compliments on my cooking either, but hubby is probably being nice! lool! Sometimes when I cook, umm, sometimes my dog wont eat it :-O LOL! It has only happened a few times though, so don’t worry too much lool
Tilly Bud
Sounds like a nice man.
I can’t cook well, either. I think being able to cook is a gift, like writing, or singing.
siggiofmaine
Tilly, I think you are absolutely correct.
I heard Rachel Ray say the recipes ideas just come to her all the time.
I think some people are wired for cooking and doing it creatively.
Like being wired to be able to balance a check book or understand math over the basics.
☮ ♥ Siggi in Downeast Maine
earlybird
How lucky you were to have all those years of Hubby #2 cooking for you!
siggiofmaine
EBird…
it gets better…or worse if you are a control freak…☺.
It’s called be careful what you wish for, you may get it and it’s not what you think !
When hubby # 2 and I were first married, he worked at a motel as the manager/desk clerk…
seasonal workers at the time could collect unemployment
so that they would not seek other employment and come back in the spring.
I was working as Director of Nursing in a privately owned nursing facility and teaching a CNA course.
And was on call 24 hours a day … any time I wasn’t at work, I was on call being the only RN.
So,
in addition to the cooking,
he learned to do the laundry, grocery shopping and cleaning…vacuuming, washing the non-carpeted floors.
I won’t go into details, at this time, but the divorce was hostile on my part, not wanted on his,
It is interesting to look back at those times and the stress of a control freak expecting
things done her way, and someone who was used to a less than pristine … clean but clutter…atmosphere !
These days, I try to be grateful for the help whether it meets my standards or not !…
I am disabled and unable to do some things for myself, and he still comes over to help me.
Others should be so lucky, even when divorced .
☮ ♥ Siggi in Downeast Maine
Cindy
It’s sad, Siggi, very sad to cook and have nobody to appreciate it.
siggiofmaine
Cin, I try to see the humor in it..
.It never dawned on me, that my children, especially my daughter,
were too young to remember that I cooked.
But it makes sense…they would have been 6 and 10 at the time.
Thanks for stopping by to read my post and to comment on it.
☮ ♥ Siggi in Downeast Maine