the only cake I ever baked, was a mix (none for the last 30 years), for cookies I use the refrigerated dough you break apart and bake to bake a pie I put Mrs Smith frozen in the oven or even better, stop by the bakery.I make one pot meals and would live on sandwiches if I were not married.When my children were growing up, we had chili, spaghetti, crock pot meals and all of the above mentioned.
In short I HATE to cook and bake. I don't mind clean up duty, in fact prefer it.I am so bad, when I married Bob, 25 years ago, our first Thanksgiving, I said I have never cooked a Turkey before (I was age 40 then)and his answer was, neither have I, but I can read. I LET him cook that turkey, and still have NEVER cooked a turkey. He did such a good JOB it has become a tradition for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner for The Man to cook the turkey.Yes, I do clean up the mess! I almost forgot, he makes the stuffing also. I cook the frozen corn, open the can of cranberry sauce, steam the frozen veggies, open the package of rolls and place in oven, and of course we have Bakery pumpkin pie.
In short I HATE to cook and bake. I don't mind clean up duty, in fact prefer it.I am so bad, when I married Bob, 25 years ago, our first Thanksgiving, I said I have never cooked a Turkey before (I was age 40 then)and his answer was, neither have I, but I can read. I LET him cook that turkey, and still have NEVER cooked a turkey. He did such a good JOB it has become a tradition for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner for The Man to cook the turkey.Yes, I do clean up the mess! I almost forgot, he makes the stuffing also. I cook the frozen corn, open the can of cranberry sauce, steam the frozen veggies, open the package of rolls and place in oven, and of course we have Bakery pumpkin pie.
Yesterday, I told him three of my email pals, Madeline, Carole and Catherine they were making me feel bad because they all bake, boil,fry, and DO recipes ( I can't follow one and make it taste right).they were sharing all that WORK in our emails. All it did was make me hungry.
When I mentioned this to my husband Bob,he said, that is OK, my first wife could not cook either. He said when we first got married, she wanted to make his favorite chicken livers wrapped in bacon. She comes out of the kitchen,and says I can't get the bacon to wrap around the livers it keeps breaking up.Seems she COOKED the bacon FIRST! He said, the first pot of Spaghetti she made, she did not cook the burger, just dumped the lump in and all the ingredients and started it to boiling. YUM!