Men cooking....

onefitdiva

Just a little rant ...but if there are men who love to cook out there I would love to hear about it! My son (14 yrs. old) is great at cooking and loves to go grocery shopping with me to look for the next thing he can try. Not joking over the weekend he went to the butcher (in our grocery store) got a small crown roast of pork (I know a bit over the top for a non-holiday dinner, but I like to let him run with this stuff, it makes him happy)... anyway he asked me if I thought apples and cranberry with a bread stuffing in the center would be good. I said it sounded good, lets try it, so we got the ingredients and I found a recipe that had our ingredients and added in the rest. He prepared the whole thing with minimal direction from me. It was amazing. Here is my problem, he wants to take a culinary class offered at a local college just for high school students, my husband is having a royal fit. He believes it is "feminine". I think this kind of thinking is archaic and ridiculous. I think there is absolutely nothing wrong with men cooking, loving it and doing well... heck a LOT of the best chefs in the world are men. And honestly I think it just might be the kids gift he definitely has a passion for it, he gets so darn excited when I turn him loose in the kitchen and let him do his thing. He is going to the class btw... I registered him but I was wondering how many male amateur or pro chefs we have around here.



P.S.... Here is the recipe we (he) used and no we did not use the little hats, lol...just cover the ends with foil so they do not burn.
http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/crown-roast-of-pork-with-apple-cranberry-stuffing/1ce5e96d-6a86-435f-9c14-a11a807e3503

Oh...and not exactly low fat friendly. But worth the cheat.

AmyLRed

Watch food network! most of the chefs on chopped and other shows are all men, and manly ones at that!

My husband loves to cook!

scs143

Its not feminine at all! Good for you for signing him up for the class. Tell your husband to turn on the food network.

Carl01

I love to cook,my motto though is always KISS (keep it simple stupid).
Not counting seasonings if the list of ingredients takes longer to read then the dish takes to eat it is probably not economical to make nor worth the trouble.

I don`t have recipes,just know flavors I like and do trial and error things from that.
Would be happy to make dinner for any lady and see what they think of it.

MB_Positif

Does your husband know that most chefs are men? This could be an amazing career for your son! He clearly has the mind for putting foods together that taste good, so I would run with it!

Sherie13

Some of the top chefs in the world are men... Actually MOST of the top chefs in the world are men. In fact, it's hard for a lot of female chefs out there. My ex was chef. It's actually one of the reasons we started dating... He used to cook for me all of the time. You can tell your husband that it's not feminine in the least.

ld40

I love to cook, and do most of the cooking for my family.

nml2011

My Dad is a chef and I certainly wouldn't call him feminine!

I also like cooking and all the girls I have ever cooked for have been impressed.

If your son wants to be healthy, put on some muscle, look good in clothes and the mirror, impress girls then he wants to be able to cook!

He's not always going to have his Mum or a partner to do it for him!

taso42

That is awesome! I say you help him cultivate that. Feminine? Your husband is living in the stone ages, sorry. Tell him to MAN UP and open his mind and his eyes.

twanthe1

I cook everyday!

TheGoblinRoad

There are plenty of guys cooking, and doing it well. Many guys don't bring up the fact that they cook, for whatever reason. My dad taught me how to cook when I was a kid. I take care of 99% of the meals in my house. Though my wife is an excellent cook, she's a teacher, which means she works 60-70 hours in a week.

peteb79

Let him do it, I am not a chef by any means but I make dinner every night in my house and love finding new recipes that my kids actually eat.. I look at it as a challenge because my youngest daughter is the pickiest eater I have ever met.

kmbrooks15

Have your husband watch Top Chef...lots of men on there! There are lots of male chefs out there...Rick Bayless, Gordon Ramsay (nothing feminine about him!), Bobby Flay, just to name a few.

I'd love to have your son living in my home...I don't let my son cook for fear he'll burn my house down! lol

IronmanPanda

All of the top chefs in the world are men.

bill_i_am

3 years at Culinary school and I love to cook, my wife and kids benefit from this and no one has ever called me feminine.
Good for him I say!

Kohadre

I love to cook, I started around the same age as your son and took a culinary class at a local technical center when I was in high school. I ended up working as a cook for a couple years after I got out of high school, but ended up leaving and going into IT as the stress was a bit much.

As for cooking being feminine, that's just ridiculous.

timadotcom

My husband is a chef, he caters from home. I used to be a good cook, but when we got married 5 years ago, he started cooking and grocery shopping and the only contact I have with the stove is when I'm cleaning it. My husband makes a pretty good living doing what he does, so as long as bills are being paid and my stomach is full and he is able to get me pregnant, I'm not too sure what so feminine about this.

I say as long as your son loves it, why the hell not, he will make some woman really happy one day with all his culinary skills:)

margieward82

The world of professinal chefs/cooking is a heavily male dominated field! It's only with this idea of women and homemakers the cooking has been painted as a feminine role. Tell him to watch Food network and do a little more research

Sidesteal

I know you're on my friends list so don't take this personally but your husband is being an idiot and I don't know a better way to phrase that.

Please, encourage your son to pursue this.


Ask your husband if Robert Irvine is feminine and be sure to show him pics.

Fit_Canuck

I definitely love cooking so your son is not alone. It's actually going to come quite in handy later on in life! I feel bad for those who don't like to cook or even worse can't seem to be able to cook. It's relaxing, enjoyable and satisfying when you cook for others and they appreciate what you've done for them

chefkev

I was the executive chef at the University of Louisville for almost 6 years until I was promoted. You could say I like to cook. Got a culinary degree too! and ServSafe instructor also!

Anayalata

I'm a guy and I love to cook. I'm learning, so I suck pretty badly, but I enjoy it.

It's just like any other hobby a male picks up. He just wants to be good at it (the best if possible).

bella_babe_86

If you really want a good argument, look at the statistics. History tells us that women are mostly the ones who cook in the home, but the culinary world is ruled by male chefs. It is extremely hard for women to breakout in the culinary community because it is 75% men. I dont think there is anything feminine about it honestly I mean look at Wolfgang Puck, Emeril, Bobby Flay etc.

LuckyLeprechaun

My husbandd's amazing cooking skills are one of his best attributes. He loves to create new recipes, he's amazing at grilling/BBQ, and I am one HAPPY wife that he is so willing to take the lead inthe kitchen.

Cooking isn't "feminine." Everyone eats, and being able to prepare awesome food is a desirable skill!

gerritnking

I love to cook....
I am learning how to cook healthier. Its a fun and interesting to try to make healthy versions of my favorite foods.

YassSpartan

Clearly your husband has some "macho" issues going on there. Cooking is actually awesome, many many great chefs are men and has nothing with gender, sexual orientation, or anything like that. I love to cook and any woman can appreciate a man who cooks for her.

TheGoblinRoad

Interesting, I just found this online:


https://www.npd.com/press/releases/press_080325a.html

Shows increasing numbers of guys cooking.

Poohsta0

I grew up in my Italian Grandmother's kitchen. We all had to learn to cook. She said "I am not going to inflict you on some woman someday if you can't manage the basics." I do all of our cooking. And this occurred in rural Maine (northern hillbilly country)/
As others have pointed out- most of the top chefs in the world are male.

onefitdiva

I know you're on my friends list so don't take this personally but your husband is being an idiot and I don't know a better way to phrase that.

Please, encourage your son to pursue this.


Ask your husband if Robert Irvine is feminine and be sure to show him pics.

Lol... no offense taken!

engineman312

listen, some guys can hit a home run, others can build a house with their barehands. i cook. and i've never heard anyone complain about it. the high light of my day is cooking. and i learned from my father. i love grocery shopping. nothing like getting the ingrediants, and then watching them become a culinary feast.

and cooking just relaxes me. i don't play music or watch tv. i concentrate on chopping, slicing, measuring things, getting all the equipment ready. love it. and nothing like having all the items in front of you, and then watch it turn into a meal.

if your 14 year old has a gift for cooking, encourage it. maybe it becomes a career, maybe its just a hobby, but to have your husband says it is feminine is just horrible. your husband must cook. he doesn't bbq at all?? is that feminine? or no, thats MANLY because its outside??

kayleen_longworth

Just watch Food Network. Plenty of male chefs. Iron Chef is all men with only Kat Cora being the lone female iron chef. Rarely are then even females competing against them.