Dan Abel wrote:
> In article > ,
> "Dave Smith" > wrote:
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>> My wife and I have never operated well together in a kitchen.
>
>> So that's it. She is not allowed in the kitchen when I am cooking. Never
>> again.
>
>
> Sometimes it works for us. Sometimes it doesn't. Every time I ask her
> why the heck she is in the kitchen when I'm trying to cook, she explains
> that she wants the company. She usually tries to clean while I try to
> cook. It doesn't work well. We have a very small kitchen.
My wife usually isn't in the kitchen when I'm at the stove. She likes to
watch me do the prep work because she's mesmerized by my knife work
(mostly Chinese cleavers). I think the stove intimidates her. It's a 36
inch Viking with the griddle in the middle. Seems to be afraid of the
high-powered burners. I ask her if she remembers what Emeril says about
the knobs on the stove being for adjustments of heat level and she says
yes. I then tell her don't be afraid of the stove.

We too have a small kitchen which doesn't allow for much room for
movement with 2 people when one is at the stove cooking. Cousin of mine
call it "a 1 butt kitchen"!

She wonders why when she tries to cook something and I do the same thing
that mine tastes better. I tell her it's a combo of prep work, love, and
cooking technique. I've offered to show her how I do certain things, she
just never takes me up on the offer, preferring to getting the oral
Cliffs Notes version.
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Jack N2MPU
Proud NRA Life Member (as is my wife)