Curried Beef Mince with Cabbage - Budget Busters Booklet

[gertbysea]

Good Idea CreamPuff63, I know someone who does just that. Steak every day and egg sandwiches is all the man eats and he is now 70 years old. Give the man what he likes I say. No use butting your head against a brick wall. Frustrating but for a happy life feed the man his chicken and meat. More important things in life to worry about.


If my husband  could cook he would eat sausages every day of his life but as he has not one skill in the kitchen so he eats what he is given or he wouldn't eat.

I did once feed him sausages, mash and peas every day for a week and he still says it was the best week of his life and he is 81.

Gert.

[cathy79]

My dh doesn't cook either, so basically eats what I make for him.  We are catering for two small children too, and it can be tricky balancing out what parents like and would kids will like.

This Chicken in Yoghurt might be worth a try.  We really enjoyed it a few times, always without the chilli for the kids.  Fresh coriander is definitely not required.  It sounds like a lot of yoghurt, but I think it'd be worth a shot.

Try giving him some ownership of what meal you're going to cook.  Then if he doesn't like it, you don't have to feel so bad.  And hopefully the Indian book might help.

[judydawn]

Sarah, it is going to be hard for you with a fussy husband like that.  Normally it is the kids who are fussy
When I was reading what he likes, I was thinking Nico's Thai Chilli Chicken (which I gave my visitors for lunch today and they loved it) but then read on and he doesn't like fresh herbs and that was the end of that.  I would try Chookie's Chow Mein from the forum - it is great. In fact, try anything from the forum with reviews or photos and if you are planning anything from a recipe book, get DH to check the ingredients and see if he fancies it then see if there is a review on the forum.  If not, ask if anyone has done it as some people do recipes but don't post reviews.  Other than that, I'd also do what the girls suggest - give him steak and you do other things for yourself.  He may be tempted to ask for some of yours and eventually you will find something other than steak that he will eat.

Gretchen, how could your husband eat sausages every night for a week and make that comment.  Guess we are all different but I think you were probably hoping he would be sick of the sight of them and never want them again - unfortunately that was not the outcome. Gotta love a man who knows what he wants though.

[gertbysea]

[Gretchen, how could your husband eat sausages every night for a week and make that comment.  Guess we are all different but I think you were probably hoping he would be sick of the sight of them and never want them again - unfortunately that was not the outcome. Gotta love a man who knows what he wants though.
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Exactly!

Gretch

[cookie1]

Gretchen I love sausages, mashed spud and peas. We don't eat sausages very much now though.

[Cornish Cream]

Blimey! It is nice to know that there is another DH who could eat the same food everyday.With mine it would be egg and chips.But he can't boil an egg so he gets a "varied" diet courtesy of me and the TM.

[Very Happy Jan]

Blimey! It is nice to know that there is another DH who could eat the same food everyday.With mine it would be egg and chips.But he can't boil an egg so he gets a "varied" diet courtesy of me and the TM.

We should move our DH's in together. Mine would also be happy to live on eggs & chips & could probably manage to cook them as well. 

[gertbysea]

Blimey! It is nice to know that there is another DH who could eat the same food everyday.With mine it would be egg and chips.But he can't boil an egg so he gets a "varied" diet courtesy of me and the TM.

We should move our DH's in together. Mine would also be happy to live on eggs & chips & could probably manage to cook them as well. 

If he can cook sausages Very Happy Jan can I send my DH over as well?

Gretchen

[judydawn]

I'm sure we could fill a house with this type of DH - problem is whose house are we going to fill 

[gertbysea]

Bags not Dawn. One is enough.

Gretchen

[Very Happy Jan]

If it was my house that they all came to  I'd be on the first plane to someone else's house 

[judydawn]

That was the general idea VHJ - round them all up and leave them to their own devices.  They'd soon be begging us to come home and cook whatever we wanted for them 

[gertbysea]

We girls would have to keep the address secret otherwise they would find us.
 
Gertbysea

[cookie1]

Imagine all the laundry they would give us. I must admit my DH is pretty good telling me about things he doesn't like-even if it takes him 40 years sometimes. He usually says he will eat anything as long as he doesn't have to cook it.

[gertbysea]

Imagine all the laundry they would give us. I must admit my DH is pretty good telling me about things he doesn't like-even if it takes him 40 years sometimes. He usually says he will eat anything as long as he doesn't have to cook it.

Yeah and somethings he told me 40 years ago he is still telling me. Hello, am I not listening? 45 years next month. Yikes

Gretchen