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Old 04-06-2008, 04:52 PM   #9 (permalink)
Grasshopper Green
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- Do you love cooking? No, but I love baking

- Do you like cooking any more when you cook for others? I never cook just for myself unless it's breakfast, so I guess so

- Do(es) your significant other(s) enjoy cooking? I don't think he minds it, but I don't think he "enjoys" it

- Do you feel obligated to cook, and does this taint your experience? Only because I have a child...if it was just the two of us I wouldn't feel obligated. He has 2 hands, too

- If you do not cook, is it because you don't know how, or because it simply doesn't suit you? Both. I've never completely ruined anything I've tried, but I really don't feel my cooking is great

- How does your role in the kitchen differ from that of your mother? Grandmother? My grandmother was a fantastic cook from what I've heard, but I really never spent enough time with her to find out firsthand. My mother was a terrific cook when I was growing up, but she rarely cooks anymore because she lives alone. My sister inherited my mom's skills

- Do you see it as your role as a woman to cook, or do you enjoy it "just because"? It's not my "role" to do anything simply because I'm a woman. If a man enjoys cooking, by all means...let him cook!

- Are you frequently inclined to depend upon frozen meals, or do you prefer to build a meal up from scratch? We eat both, but I am extremely picky about meat and rarely eat frozen meat products. Hubby actually cooks dinner more frequently than I do because he leaves for work when I get home, so if he wants dinner before he leaves...he makes it. Usually it's at least semi-homemade (see mixedmedia's spaghetti example)

- Did your mother prepare your meals when you were a child? Yes. We rarely ate out, and Mom didn't rely much on frozen food. Most of our meals were from scratch

- How much do you try to incorporate Organic or otherwise healthful products into your meals? I buy organic milk, but otherwise no to organics...too expensive. We do try to buy foods that are whole grain, no sugar added, lower in fat, etc. though

- Do you take time to plan balanced meals in advance? We make a vague menu prior to shopping, but nothing concrete

- Does it thrill you just as much to shop and prepare for the meals as it does to eat them? I detest grocery shopping and would be absolutely delighted if I never had to set foot in a grocery store again

- Do you appreciate a helpful hand in the kitchen, or do you consider meal-making your "alone time"? I prefer help, unless I'm baking. Then you can get out of my way

- Do you have a specific kitchen design that lends itself to your style of cooking or entertaining? We have a fairly large kitchen for an apartment, but it's still too small to have more than 4-5 people in. When hubby and I get a house we want a kitchen with a bar. Hubby is the unofficial bartender at all of the parties we go to and we'd both like to have someplace to entertain ourselves, one day
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