Your cooking style/dishes vs. your S.O.'s style

[shootingstar]

I used to pride myself as a reasonably good cook. I see it as a relaxing way of inventing dishes from the ones I know as a base.

However dearie really can invent things. He invented a wonderful crepe dessert with his own invention of pear-blueberry filling by using up ripe pears, a touch of maple syrup, sour cream, even a bit of ricotta cheese and sprinkled with sliced almonds. Crepes were leftover ones he made a few wks. ago.

He wished we had some cooking wine at home to finish off the dish.

I'm beginning to be intimidated by his creative cooking..

But in short, he's better at inventing all sorts of salads, sauces (savoury and dessert sauces), fruit compotes and pureed veggie soups.

Whereas, I'm just stir-frying, sautéing veggies and steaming some dishes. I'm getting boring..

[Kiwi Stoker]

My DH is half Chinese and learnt cooking from his Chinese Grandma. I cook European.

Of course there's some things he would like to cook that I don't like and vis versa. So no mac and cheese or stuffed baked potaoes when we are eating togther. And no tripe, minced meat or red bean puddings either!

[Irulan]

I cook, he does the dishes.

[Owlie]

DBF plans things out. He does things that require a certain set of ingredients, and it's largely things like shepherd's pie, burrito filling, and burgers--things where he doesn't have to do too much work to see if it's done. The man can't tell if chicken's done at all!

I'm usually a "I have X, Y, and Z in the fridge. What do I make?" sort of cook. I do use recipes if it's something I've never tried before, or if it's so good that I don't see a point in tweaking it. Oftentimes, I just make things up. I'm not so good at doing it with desserts yet, but I don't make those very often.

The only things DBF really objects to me making are Thai-style curries (he hates coconut milk, but he'll eat Goan curries, which also use coconut milk), and pumpkin soup. Oh, and coconut-crusted chicken, but I haven't inflicted that on him--there usually isn't enough left!

[smilingcat]

I love to cook. I cook what my partner likes. She likes simple things. EASY!!

But I do miss making more elaborate dishes, things with mirepoix, simple sauce even like bearnaise, bechamel, hollandaise.

Add bit of zing to bechamel with cayanne, make the sauce thin and use sparingly over steamed broccoli yum. but no.

She does like my grilled fish with mango sauce, diced mango with small amount of minced red onion, and lime juice.

And oh she does like my fish stew with tomato base. closest would be Manhattan style chowder.

I'm far more adventurous about food and different cuisine.

[shootingstar]

Your style of cooking preference smilingcat is delicious/luxurious. He has become especially inventive with bechamel and wine sauce combinations. For instance, he managed to make a delicious light sour cream sauce that had a touch of maple syrup, lemon zest, lemon juice, some fresh herbs over......potato-cheese perogies that we bought frozen from the market. Amazingly lovely dinner dish. He has figured out when to combine fruit juice or even wine without curdling a sauce. I can't do that yet.

It's really effortless for him to invent a dessert wine sauce over fresh stewed fruit, crepes, etc. I need a recipe and effort to memorize, learn the technique before branching off with inventions.

And kiwistoker,

Of course there's some things he would like to cook that I don't like and vis versa. So no mac and cheese or stuffed baked potaoes when we are eating togther. And no tripe, minced meat or red bean puddings either!

I ask that he not use much butter. He normally doesn't buy butter for the fridge but some of his dish inventions for special occasions do include butter at times. Otherwise we don't limit certain dishes to one another. It does make it easier that we both don't care for: deep fried foods, tuna casserole-like dishes (it's just not our preference), stuffed potatoes, ground hamburger meat, chips, pop/soft drinks, etc.

He likes to make dressings with a more "bite" or sourness meaning more vinegar taste, whereas I ask that he cut back the amount of vinegar/sour taste. I like /can have/make more strongly spicy-hot-chili tasting dishes.

Since we've known each other, we have influenced each other's style of cooking ....or at least using certain ingredients more often than before: ie. He will naturally toss in more grated ginger root in savoury and sweet dishes.

[badger]

I cook, he does the dishes.

ha ha, same with us. He'll cook if he HAS to (which has only been twice so far), but otherwise I do the cooking. At least he'll eat anything I put in front of him, and he'll do the dishes.

I don't enjoy cooking much, but I hate it less than he does.

[goldfinch]

My spouse always cooked. He is vegetarian and Hindu and there is a religious component to how he eats. He is a superb cook. He is the master of the soup.

I like meat but I don't eat it at home. We spend three to six months apart each year. When I now cook I keep it pretty simple. Fish, especially salmon. Shrimp. Precooked chicken. Eggs. Milk. Lots of fruit. A fair amount of vegetables, mostly raw. Too much cheese.

[NbyNW]

DH cooks, I do dishes. Cooking is his creative outlet, and he's much better at it than I am.

I have a few things I do pretty well that he does not. He doesn't bake, for one. And when he does steak I'm in charge of the creamed spinach. When I cook it's usually an all-day thing that's meant to have leftovers and frozen portions for later. He usually does the day-to-day cooking and has a lot more down in terms of different techniques for getting the best out of different cuts of meat.