Well, Annie, that's one of the things that can happen when you leave a man home alone for a couple of days, lol.! Actually, my man made himself Coq au Vin with egg noodles Wednesday night. I think he's still eating it...

Yeah, he can cook, but did he also use every tool and vessel in the kitchen AND clean up after himself? I'm sure Elery did a clean job, unlike my friend here!)

It looks fabulous, Annie!

I saw that on the WFD thread, and I marveled at his talent. That looks incredibly good, Annie!!!! To even think of it and then pulling it off perfectly, Elery gets a high-five from me!!

sushi, he always cleans up his messes, although he does use at least half of the available utensils, of which we have many. What is more than many? Whatever that is, that's how many we have, LOL.

Plus, if I'm cooking, he'll come out to taste, to participate and always helps clean up the mess. He also helps with supper dishes, as I usually make supper.

The only thing I can't seem to get him to stop doing is putting a tablespoon full of something into the biggest container we own, thereby using up all the refrigerator space!

He's a good cook, though, the result of years of being single, I think. He does gravitate toward things that are smoked or have a lot of hot peppers, so there is that, but he tries to "tone them down" for me.

Seagrass, coq au vin? That's pretty impressive.

Jasdip, I didn't really leave him home ALONE. He had a dog, two cats, 3 cows, 1 calf, an elderly buggy horse and 22 chickens to keep him company. (grin) He didn't have enough time left to get into trouble, plus it was cold and snowed everyday and I had the vehicle!

Annie

My guy can cook, but he tends to do something "fancy" and if it's a hit, that's HIS dish for a year or so! It used to drive me nuts cause the kids would rave about this, say chicken cordon bleau that took 2 hours and he used every pot in the house and say what a great cook their dad is while I cooked 29 other 20-40 min dinners plus 30 lunches, 30 breakfasts! AND kept things mixed up and healthy! GRRRRR

I have to give it to him that he does do most of the grilling for 5-6 months of the year (we don't grill every night)

Now hat it's just the 2 of us we enjoy experimenting (sometimes hard to do with kids in the picture) together.

I still do the majority, but I also freeze more to heat up at a later date to try to cut down on cooking all the time.

That's fab! I know a lot of men who can cook, but only the ones with a particular interest, like the men in this forum, know about "glue" and could concoct stuffing without asking a bunch of questions. And I know one who knows how to make hot cereal, boxed pasta, cookies, and hot dogs. That is, he knows how to boil water. And bake cookies. He's not bad at making reservations, however. ;) I am much impressed with Elery's creativity.