Men who can cook.

[pretty faythe]

I guess the ol' saying can be used both ways, food being the way to ones heart and all. lol

 

[Lady Day]

The best Chefs in the world are Men.:eusa_clap

Because ONLY they were allowed to.

LD

 

[PADDY]

I love the artistry at work in the kitchen.

From when I was a little boy I have enjoyed helping bake potato and wheaten bread with my country relatives, or cooking the buttered kippers out in the Forge (the selfish motive too was to get the first piece fresh from the range oven!! yum).

But that has developed over the years to my weekly shopping at local farms to get the best, freshest 'seasonal' food to cook, at a price that doesn't break the bank! There's something nice to have your veg with the muck still clinging to it and smelling the freshness of the earth!!

All the top chefs in the UK will tell you that they prefer to use food that is 'in season' for this part of the world, rather than fly something half way around the world that is not seasonal to the UK.

Where else do you get to use all your senses of touch, visuals, smell, taste and then add passion and imagination into the cooking pot for a very fulfilling experience. Nothing nicer than sitting down with friend/s around the dinner table and seeing the effect of all those flavours and textures exploding on their taste buds!

I get inspiration from cook books and dining out at some lovely restaurants, and then try to recreate a little bit of that (with my own signature to it) at home

I don't have the luxury of catering assistants to tidy/wash up after me, so I supply the blood, sweat and elbow grease to all!!

Bon Apetite!!

 

[GOK]

GOK, I appreciate good food & beautiful women!!!
I'll order take out for you anytime!!
Unless you want to take a gamble on my Pasta Fazul.
You'll find it extremely hearty and satisfying!!!

Aaahhh Rafter, you sweet-talker...if only I wasn't a vegan!!!

 

[Helen Troy]

Cooking is sexy, when the man enjoys it. Actually, a man who does anything he likes to do, and does an extra effort for your sake, is hot stuff.

My husband and I both love to cook, and eat, and make all our dinners form scratch. Dinner is usually the best part of the day! I love it when he experiments in the kitchen, and spoils me. (He is very good with sauces.) The only problem is that we both like cooking so much, we always fight about who's turn it is to cook! (The non-cook has to do the dishes...)

Although cooking can be very attractive in a man, it can be replaced by another passion. What is more important is that a man must appreciate good food! Some people just does not like to eat, they just shuffles anything remotely nourishing into their mouth, hoping to get this stupid eating-thing over with as soon as possible. That is very unattractive. Eating is sensual, in the cleanest meaning of the word: It involves your senses, and is about using them and taking time. A man who does not do this when it comes to eating, makes me wonder what other aspects of life he treats in the same not-appreciating way... (And I do not (only) talk about the bedroom aspects here...)

 

[Rafter]

So, now the question is, gentlemen, WHAT do your aprons look like? [huh]

Real men don't wear aprons!!!


Just as there's no crying in baseball!!!

 

[thebadmamajama]

Real men don't wear aprons!!!

Hmmm....didn't see that posted on the "Guy Rules...."

(and yes, no crying in baseball )

 

[Honey Doll]

This is a big deal with me. I've dated exactly TWO guys who have made an effort to cook for me. The first one got a second date (where other circumstances probably would have overridden).

I married the second one!

Honey Doll

 

[funneman]

I cook almost every night..

..and now I've gotten the kids involved. I started out letting them help me make pancakes from mix, now at least one of the four kids helps me with dinner everynight. In fact, my twelve year old, made dinner for US last night. The two oldest ones bakes cakes from mix on a regular basis.

It's a great way for ol' Dad to bond with the little ones, teaches them measurements, how to follow a recipe, how to improvise when you don't have all the ingrediants in a recipe and I'm hoping will build fond memories for them after I'm long gone.

And yes, clean up is very important. I clean up as I go.

 

[warbird]

Real men wear aprons if their children buy them one. My kids bought me for Christmas a couple years ago a black Iron Chef Japan apron and chef's hat. I dont wear them all the time, but I do when I cook with the kids, usually on the weekends. They have their own Alton Brown kids aprons they like to wear then as well.

 

[Haversack]

Rafter wrote: "Real men don't wear aprons!!!"

I take it you have never done any blacksmithing or worked around a forge?

Haversack.

 

[Diamondback]

I take it you have never done any blacksmithing or worked around a forge?

That's different--anytime you're talking about risk of super-hot stuff (as opposed to mere spaghetti sauce) anywhere near really important components, extra protection is always in order...

 

[Rafter]

I usually stay out of my lady's way when she's in the kitchen.
Especially when she's holding a knife!![bad] :essen:

If someone stole my microwave, I'd probably starve!!!.

 

[Tomasso]

That's different--anytime you're talking about risk of super-hot stuff (as opposed to mere spaghetti sauce)

Who would want their clothes splattered with pasta sauce? How about napkins at the dinner table? Manly or not manly?

 

[Flying Scotsman]

Does brewing beer count as "cooking"?

 

[Diamondback]

Who would want their clothes splattered with pasta sauce? How about napkins at the dinner table? Manly or not manly?

Not saying that at all, I was referring to the different damage-potentials between the kitchen and the 'smithy/foundry. I'm usually good enough to avoid getting hit with anything while cooking. Guess I shoulda put "mere" in quotation marks, to emphasize its relative context.

At the table, though, napkins are a must.

 

[Jovan]

Who would want their clothes splattered with pasta sauce? How about napkins at the dinner table? Manly or not manly?

I really should buy one just for that. White shirt + pasta making = white shirt attracting anything not white. :-/

 

[Haversack]

I suppose one could say the difference between a kitchen and smithy/foundry is just a matter of degrees. I have found however that the ability to 'levitate' when something is dropped is a useful skill to have in both locations.

Rule #1 at a blacksmiths: Everything is hot, heavy, hard, and/or sharp. Usually more than one of these.

Haversack.

 

[Diamondback]

I really should buy one just for that. White shirt + pasta making = white shirt attracting anything not white. :-/

Alternate solution: don't wear white. I never seem to have a problem with my khakis... lol

 

[Jovan]

I very seldom wear anything besides a clean white shirt.