Pickles by Brian Crane for October 09, 2022

Still trying to change him

My wife does the cooking for dinner. She has veto power over all things, but she will encourage me to choose among the things she likes so she doesn’t have to decide. Then half the time she’ll change it after I do.

They’ve been married for more than 30 years and she’s still trying to change him.

When having Bauernfrühstück at my parents’ place, my portion usually doesn’t have melted cheese as I don’t like cheese that’s too melty.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauernfr%C3%BChst%C3%BCck

I make dinner every night, and I either cook what we both like or do separate portions. And after dinner, I clean the kitchen. We have a special word for that: “foreplay.”

Don’t worry, Be Happy… YES Dear

He should be happy that she’s happy sometimes.

Hubby was a better cook than me. He had a better teacher. There were a few things I made though, like a prime rib or roasted chicken and they always came out really well.

Earl if you do not like what is on the menu take a turn cooking ;-)

I had strict parents that demanded I eat whatever was for dinner, and also everything on my plate (“Poor kids starving in China would be happy to have that!” and “Grandma will feel bad if you don’t eat what she fixed.” and “If you don’t eat it now, it will go in the fridge so you’ll still have to eat it tomorrow!”

So, I learned early in life to “turn off” my taste buds when necessary. And my present waistline shows it …

What’s for dinner is the eternal question, what do you want," I don’t know, how about you I don’t know", etc. !

Happy wife …

If it doesn’t move fast enough, I’ll eat it.

Roscoe is happy that he likes it all.

I will eat anything without complaint someone else takes the time and trouble to prepare for me.

If I say I don’t like something the wife makes, she gets mad at me. It’s best just to gag down whatever is on my plate.

Perfect example of “Spouse Reasoning 101”.

I’m trying to see the logic here…….. give me a second.

I cook, my sis cleans up. And she absolutely NEVER complains about what I cook. She knows. . .that the “privilege” will be all hers if she does. . .

Drown it in barbeque sauce and choke it down. As a backup, tomato catsup or HP sauce.

Nothing masks the bitter taste of a domestic life, quite like barbeque sauce.

Relationship hint: If you don’t have what you like, appreciate what you have.In practice, I can accomplish that with almost any food unless it has ‘ruined’ with coconut.

My best girl and I have lots of early training from our moms. I also enjoyed some time as short order cook in different venues as well as years as a bachelor watching the really good short order cooks at White Tower handle heavy lunch crowds. After nearly 60 years together, swapping kitchen days is automatic. Nowadays, we try to perk up the menu by repeating the kinds of meals we enjoyed when we first married. Amazing the good ones we had forgotten over time.

Love is what one is willing to put up with the other….

When Mama’s happy…

Forget it Earl and just eat!

This is what being married for all those years comes to. Finding out that you don’t really know each other’s tastes when it comes to food. There are couples who might get a divorce simply for this silly reason.

My gal will cook whatever I come up with, the catch? I have to come up with the menu.

Hubby is a good cook but his menu is all comfort foods and no veggies (he hates veggies). We frequently make separate meals and that’s fine. After 32 years, we’re used to it.

YOUR WIFE COOKS?

My experiences long-long ago and far-far away when mom tried something new.

When I was married, it was not uncommon for me to make larger meals sometimes than we needed for food we both liked, then save leftovers for when I cooked a meal I liked but he didn’t and vice versa. But if he wanted liver, that only happened in a restaurant. I was happy for him to have someone else cook that for him. I could barely look at it. What we ate was never an issue, but I was the only cook 98% of the time. I didn’t mind.

Opal got Earl Frazz-led!

If that was so easy!

Opal won’t admit, but she is as much a little urchin full of mischief as Earl.

I am fortunate not too many dishes will my hubby refuse. One desert he does not like so I do not make it.

I would say that the cook makes the final decision!

If you can get what makes you happy, you can be happy.

If you can be happy with what you got, you can be happy.h

I’ve heard rumors that men are now allowed to share meal preparation chores.

From the comics comments, one would never guess.

He doesn’t look very happy to me…in fact, he looks positively miserable.

She is logical to me…..

Supposedly people who have been married a long time should know how to compromise.