Husbands

I wish someone would cook for me and present it on a tray every evening, time no problem, content various, always nice and hot with accompaniments and served with a smile, having had to think, shop, buy with suitable veg etc etc

My fussy husband would never eat anything with peppers in until our son made him a meal with them in and he ATE IT! I had plenty to say about that later when we were alone..............
Also we always used to have to have just cheese and tomato pizza because he didn't like any other type until we were visiting family and when asked if he liked pepperoni pizza he said "Oh yes". GRRRRR all those years of boring pizzas well you can guess what pizza we have now.

Every morning when I get up, the meal for the evening is out of the freezer, so thats what we are getting today! I would love to discuss this every evening instead, and have a choice.

I'm quite a good cook too and I get "what's for gruel tonight?"
I ignore him he looks good on it!

I am sometimes irritated by my husband's lack of input for meal ideas, but when pushed, he'll come up with really boring suggestions.
He enjoys most things when presented with them, so I enjoy having the freedom to buy and cook the things I like.

I made a stew shortly after my ex and I were first married. When we were about halfway through the meal, he said he was enjoying it and asked what the meat was. I replied "rabbit" and he refused to eat any more.

I met and married my now husband ten years ago and I'm delighted to say that he knows what he's eating and often takes his turn at cooking as well. Having said that, if I ask him what he'd like for lunch, he'll always say "cheese and tomato sandwich" and always made them for his packed lunch before he retired!

Reply with ssame thing night after night. Think he doesn't know how to say thank you that was delicious. It is staggering how many never know quite what to say.

buy some kangaroo steaks - see what he says

ie sorry1 'darling'

I blame their mother. Only ever having just the one husband so cannot compare.My DH was an only child
and I had to turn a deaf ear when my mil never ceased informing me what I should or should not give her datling.

Why not say something completely different, but plausible? After your delicious sounding gammon, if the usual question comes, just say 'beef'. We also love 'Quorn' - supermarket brand - and I use it to make lots of pasta dishes. Didn't tell OH, (also a big fusspot) and when he said he enjoyed it and I told him the content he commented how tasty it was and that the meal wasn't in the least bit 'greasy'.

My DH would rather eat junk food from the supermarkets then the fresh farm home cooked meals I provide. This started when the children left home, his comments were ' I will eat what I want'. That's okay if I don't have to cook or eat the rubbish as well. Anyway I have passed caring as he has become fussier then my GS who is now 13. My reply is 'this is what I have cooked if you don't like it then get your own and he does' However after a week he is back to eating wholesome home cooked food again and I give the chickens the food he's bought but not eaten. A waste I hear you say, I agree but this is a game he is playing to wind me up. Unfortunately for him I am an experienced mother of 3 and know who will win in the end.

Next time he asks tell him its mouse! or whatever comes into your head ... If you're serving him chicken, when he asks tell him its gammon,he'll eventually get the message!

Thanks everybody for the input....I suppose I have indulged him over the cooking thing...he only ‘cooks’ if I’m laid -up poorly. I’m also gonna try the ‘zebra’ answer when he asks what meat it is! Vegetarian option....Luckygirl.... I’m gonna try that one!??

Next time he asks, say it’s camel !
Some men are weird tho, am not sure if I have posted this before ..... but my ex said he hated pizza, so when I made them for my kids, I rolled his up and said it was a vegetarian roll and he loved it !!
He also said he hated garlic. When my daughter made cakes, she used to get annoyed that my ex would take such big slices hardly leaving any for others. So one day she made a cake and said it had garlic in, he didn’t touch it !!

Definitely serve up something else - ie Quorn - look in Freezer aisle - loads of veg as usual and gravy - then throw it over him!!! (not serious with that suggestion) BUT how have you kept your cool for so long? I need to know!

My husband wont eat quorn but when I used it in a spag bol once he never noticed. He does know which meat is which though.

Absolutely go for quorn. Why creatures have to die for no real reason defeats me. And the more people demand meat without cruelty the bigger the market will become. There is a fantastic company called ‘the vegetarian butcher’ which do fantastic faux meats and some of their stuff is now being stocked by Waitrose.
Back to the other point of your question. It is just a habit my father used to be the same, mother a fantastic cook. I think he thought he knew he had to say something nice about the meal that she had laboured over....and weirdly it all seemed to be a comment about the meat which somehow reflected on what a good deal she had got off the butcher. Perhaps your husbands father used to do the same. No one should take meat for granted.

Does DH mean dear heart? I hate abbreviations for this reason. Why can’t we write like we used to? As for the grammar, don’t let me go there like.

Get him to cook a meal, then question its content, he's had it too good for too long.

No Saggi it's not just you - I've got one of those at home, viz. "Beef? Oh I thought it was turkey....." My adult daughter who lives with us is just the same. I suppose it could be down to my cooking, but other family members seem to appreciate, and recognise, what they are eating. DH also seems to think that the addition of mayonnaise on anything is an improvement.....

I am a vegetarian. I prefer the supermarkets "soya mince" meat free mince to the Quorn mince, I find the texture is better, softer and not so chewy.

I do regularly use the Quorn escalopes and what we refer to as "Chicken wings".
They make a really good meat alternative for a curry as they take in the flavours of the sauce.

Suggestions what to do with him?

How about answering that you can't remember what the meat is, or answering "some dead animal or other"?

But why does it matter if he can't tell one meat from another? If he eats it and says it's nice what's the problem? I presume you enjoy what you cook and appreciate different meats.

My husband does the shopping and therefore guys the meat. He also does the meal planning, I cook whatever he provides. We have pigeon breasts in the freezer, I've no idea what to do with those. Perhaps I'll ask him to bring some other game or venison and make a game pie or casserole.

My DH does all the cooking but always discusses what we are going to eat. He’ll say something like “can you put up with ......” or will look up a different recipe to try. His cooking is always good, and always recognisable!