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re: Are less and less women cooking?
Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:17 pm to SallysHuman
Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:17 pm to SallysHuman
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I was a horrible young housewife, I eventually learned a few things and am capable now. I exploded the dishwasher in our second apartment too... didn't know dishwasher detergent and dish detergent were two different things- I loaded up the tray with Dawn and pressed play. Suds EVERYWHERE! I cried. A lot.
My mother did that once at my first house. We never had a dishwasher when I was growing up. As you did, I guess she just assumed you use dish detergent in the dishwasher. That took some time to clean up.
This post was edited on 11/17/25 at 2:19 pm
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Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:21 pm to 21savage
People are also pickier/snobbier about meals because we are exposed to so much. I love to cook, and even we have nights where we go.. "I really don't want what was planned tonight" and go out to eat instead.
That would have never been a thing when I was a kid.
That would have never been a thing when I was a kid.
Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:22 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
Your service is noted and appreciated!
Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:23 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Fewer and fewer
Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:30 pm to SallysHuman
Been married 31 yrs. I can count on 2 hands the number of times my wife's cooked "a meal" by herself. she can put potatoes in the oven and wash & prepare veggies for cooking (no meat, though) for me to cook but a meal from scratch? not really her thing.
Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:49 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I know a lot of young women who cook and bake, whether they work outside their home or not. It's a lot less expensive and healthier.
This post was edited on 11/17/25 at 2:51 pm
Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:51 pm to BluegrassBelle
My wife cooks great and a lot, but I'm a much, much better cook (self brag, but I'm one of the best, most diverse home cooks I know). We are probably 50/50 depending on our schedules, but we're not huge eaters either. I eat once a day, and she might eat 2 small meals a day, all left overs if we have them.
There's not really anything that's out of my wheelhouse when it comes to the range of dishes I cook, including bbq/smoking, and I'm always trying new things. It's one of my love languages. I love watching my wife and children enjoy the meals I put together. She's not complaining: with 3 kids it's a team effort playing zone defense. You don't have a choice unless you want your spouse to be miserable.
That said, a lot of my wife's friends are terrible cooks and a some are competent and serviceable. None are like my MiL and mother, though, and able to prepare delicious multi-dish spreads for a crowd on their own. It's just the way it is nowadays. As a geriatric millennial, I don't know the cooking tendencies of Gen Zers, but I'd say most stable, mature older millennial married couples share the load equally if both are working.
There's not really anything that's out of my wheelhouse when it comes to the range of dishes I cook, including bbq/smoking, and I'm always trying new things. It's one of my love languages. I love watching my wife and children enjoy the meals I put together. She's not complaining: with 3 kids it's a team effort playing zone defense. You don't have a choice unless you want your spouse to be miserable.
That said, a lot of my wife's friends are terrible cooks and a some are competent and serviceable. None are like my MiL and mother, though, and able to prepare delicious multi-dish spreads for a crowd on their own. It's just the way it is nowadays. As a geriatric millennial, I don't know the cooking tendencies of Gen Zers, but I'd say most stable, mature older millennial married couples share the load equally if both are working.
Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:51 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Almost everyone cooks less. Which is a pretty solid reason for the debt levels people have today.
Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:55 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I do 99% of the cooking in our household. My wife has a short list of things she likes to cook but I don't recall her cooking an entire meal in ages.
For some reason she doesn't have that clock in her head to allow all the parts of the meal to be ready at the same time, so most of what she cooks are one pot meals.
Her daughter seems to have 3-4 things she likes to cook-----jalapeno poppers, green bean casserole and chicken enchiladas are on a steady rotation when she wants to fix something. I know for a fact she's never cooked a meal with at least 3 courses.
For some reason she doesn't have that clock in her head to allow all the parts of the meal to be ready at the same time, so most of what she cooks are one pot meals.
Her daughter seems to have 3-4 things she likes to cook-----jalapeno poppers, green bean casserole and chicken enchiladas are on a steady rotation when she wants to fix something. I know for a fact she's never cooked a meal with at least 3 courses.
Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:59 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I’m the cook in the house.
My wife shoulders most of the day to day parenting.
She brings home half the bacon and puts out on the reg.
I cook 5 times a week and I love it.
On the occasion that we do eat out, it’s for the atmosphere/ambiance, rather than the quality of meal as I’ve learned to mimic most restaurant fare
My wife shoulders most of the day to day parenting.
She brings home half the bacon and puts out on the reg.
I cook 5 times a week and I love it.
On the occasion that we do eat out, it’s for the atmosphere/ambiance, rather than the quality of meal as I’ve learned to mimic most restaurant fare
Posted on 11/17/25 at 4:13 pm to SaintlyTiger88
My niece (17) has been coming over every weekend, and my wife and I are teaching her to cook. She really loves it and is doing quite well.
This is what she made this weekend. She didn't get her purees thick enough, and she needed to start with a bigger plate because there is no negative space left but it looks good, and it was darn good for her first try at it. It requires a lot of mise and goes really quickly once you start.
Panko-crusted shrimp parmesan:
This is what she made this weekend. She didn't get her purees thick enough, and she needed to start with a bigger plate because there is no negative space left but it looks good, and it was darn good for her first try at it. It requires a lot of mise and goes really quickly once you start.
Panko-crusted shrimp parmesan:
Posted on 11/17/25 at 4:48 pm to SallysHuman
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I didn't know you had too cook meat and add it separately, I thought it was all in the can. Dinner sucked that night.
So you’re saying there might be a correlation between women learning how to read and forgetting how to cook?
Posted on 11/17/25 at 4:48 pm to SaintlyTiger88
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This post was edited on 11/24/25 at 10:56 am
Posted on 11/17/25 at 4:52 pm to MyRockstarComplex
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So you’re saying there might be a correlation between women learning how to read and forgetting how to cook?
I'm just saying my early years homemaking were rough as all get out- young women today have so many more resources and from my limited corner of the world they seem to be using them well.
I may have been an especially retarded outlier with my meatless manwich meal.
Posted on 11/17/25 at 4:52 pm to SaintlyTiger88
My millennial wife is a fantastic baker. The only real limit to the amount of bread, cakes, pies, etc I could have is my desire to not weigh 250 lbs overnight. We typically cook 3 to 4 nights a week, aiming to make enough for dinner with leftovers for lunch and some leftovers to freeze for busy weeks etc. We mostly split this cooking but she is the driving force behind menu choices, getting the needed ingredients etc.
People need to stop settling for lazy spouses...
People need to stop settling for lazy spouses...
Posted on 11/17/25 at 4:52 pm to LouisianaLady
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There are many meals I grew up on (like Hamburger Helper, Shake n Bake, etc.) that I've never made as an adult despite cooking daily. I find people are more willing to cook from scratch than they used to be.
All this shite is processed trash and poison that boomers brought into popularity.
My mom cooked a ton for the family. I ate it, didn’t know any better. Now, there’s like 3 things she makes that I can tolerate and the sons do all the cooking, because we don’t eat overcooked meat and iceberg salads with thousand island dressing.
My wife is a mediocre cook when she is required to cook. I do 95% of the cooking because she doesn’t know how to do shite and doesn’t respect the food.
This post was edited on 11/17/25 at 4:54 pm
Posted on 11/17/25 at 4:57 pm to SaintlyTiger88
It's really hard to find an American white woman under the age of 40 that cooks. Before I got married, out of the 6 girls I dated, maybe one of them consistently cooked. These weren't exactly career women either. Got tired of takeout and chicken salad.It wasn't a deal breaker because I learned how to cook at 15, dad was an avid outdoorsmen and could cook a mean rice and gravy. Mom was half Eastern European and half Cajun so she could also. It was just refreshing when I found out my wife was willing to cook 3 or 4 times a week and was decent at it.
This post was edited on 11/17/25 at 5:03 pm
Posted on 11/17/25 at 4:57 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Mrs. STLDawg stays out of the kitchen for everyone’s benefit
Posted on 11/17/25 at 4:59 pm to The Third Leg
What’s funny is my mom made a lot of that shite when was growing up too, but now she makes tons of scratch recipes from online recipes.
I’m like - where was this when I was a kid? It’s like she got into it once I moved out and got into cooking myself.
I’m like - where was this when I was a kid? It’s like she got into it once I moved out and got into cooking myself.
Posted on 11/17/25 at 5:01 pm to Defenseiskey
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chicken salad
I can at least understand single women who opt for snacky dinners since they’re not feeding a man, but takeout night after night perplexes me. From a weight standpoint if nothing else.
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