Did/do you enjoy cooking for a family?

No, I've never enjoyed cooking but I married a chef which sorted that right out!

I really used to enjoy cooking for the family, but can't do it now. I just get so exhausted. It's more than enough to cook for two.
Many years ago, in a magazine, there was a recipe printed for every day of the year. Oh how I wish I had kept it, just to give me inspiration.

Used to love cooking for the family and be quite inventive but after over sixty years of doing all the cooking, plus not having much of an appetite these days, I would very happily give the chore to someone else!
OH can just about boil an egg. I have injured my right wrist and have had to rope him in to help with tasks like peeling veg and chopping onions, it is painful to watch. We might have to buy ready meals which we have very very rarely eaten.

JaneJudge

the do you think there will be any blackberries left? was because I might put my raincoat on and go a walk to pick some make more jam...

Plenty here still in East Yorkshire.

I will be making a batch of the cheese biscuits this week!

Its not the cooking of the meals I detest, it the thinking up what to make that's the problem

I love cooking when there is no pressure and so I sometimes prepare meals days in advance. My mother was an excellent pastry cook( she put it down to having very cold hands) but the few attempts I have made with pastry have been unsuccessful. Even the birds didn’t eat it!
The blackberries in my neck of the woods are all but over. I was very surprised about that.

the do you think there will be any blackberries left? was because I might put my raincoat on and go a walk to pick some make more jam...

Yes, I love cooking and always have done, especially when all the family are coming round. I used to batch cook things for my children to take away with them when they were older, but I also loved getting them to help me cook things, even from a very early age. Getting no joy from food must make eating a very soulless experience - just like putting fuel into a car, I suppose.

I go through phases. Sometimes I love cooking, other times I am less enamoured. My husband has been unwell during the night so I got up quite early and left him bed. Opened the fridge and there was a punnet of strawberries that were not particularly healthy looking for eating, so I've made jam (2 jars)
So it is something I get enjoyment of too

Do you think there will be any blackberries left?

I always remember the cheese biscuit recipe you gave me I use it often