Dennis the Menace makes a big departure; bashes paternal ancestor again

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/11146396

Oh my.

Denninmi (5,217 posts)    Sat Jan 26, 2013, 05:10 PM

A big departure from my last posts - guys, who here loves to cook?

I do, it's something I have always enjoyed ever since I was quite young. My mother was always a great "farmhouse cook", growing up on the farm literally, she had to learn cooking skills at a young age to help out the family, and she learned to cook simple, comfort foods, stews, roasts, big breakfasts, that sort of thing, not fancy but satisfying, unfortunately not healthy.
 
All I will say about dear old dad was that he was extremely sexist, never cooked anything in his life, viewed it as feminine, as "woman's work", he of course persecuted me about the fact I enjoyed cooking as well as everything else. Never the less, I picked up great fundamentals and then expanded on them by broadening my horizons in ingredients, cuisine, and technique.
 
Ok, I'll go so far as to say this is at least one thing in my favor in terms of being good boyfriend-husband material, I can cook, clean, whatever, have no macho hang ups about doing any of it, and would take good care of any wife or girlfriend.
 
I would like to hope that boys today in general are taught fundamental life skills like cooking so they can be self-sufficient, and that sexist views of what is not "manly" doesn't interfere with this education.
 
I had an assignment from my dietician for my group fitness class - buy two exotic vegetables and create two healthy recipes with them.
 
I used an Indian vegetable known as Oppo squash, aka bottle gourd, to do a Thai style hot and sour soup:

after which a photograph of what appears to be shrimp soup

I used a mix of exotic mushrooms to make a quinoa "risotto" with just a little Parmesan and topped with toasted black walnuts:

after whch a photograph of what appears to be a walnut salad

Denninmi (5,217 posts)    Sat Jan 26, 2013, 08:08 PM

11. Thanks. I'm washing dishes right now ...

Well, I should be ...

[GOBUCKS]

Looks like the DUmp "men's group" is as faggoty as you would expect.

[miskie]

Perhaps I have had too much to drink, or perhaps I have spent too much time reading the primitives, because this is what I saw the first time I read this post-

A big departure from my last posts - guys, who here loves the cock?

[BEG]

Perhaps I have had too much to drink, or perhaps I have spent too much time reading the primitives, because this is what I saw the first time I read this post-

 

H5

[Conservative Libertarian]

Looks like the DUmp "men's group" is as faggoty as you would expect.

Liberal men act like women and liberal women look and act like men.

[franksolich]

Looks like the DUmp "men's group" is as faggoty as you would expect.

You know, one has to take Dennis the Menace's description of his father with not a grain, but a block, of salt.

It's a way of maintaining credibility on Skins's island, bashing one's paternal ancestor.

There's of course been a few bad fathers and many indifferent ones, but on the whole, men generally try to do the best they can.

It's unlikely any primitive, especially one growing up under affluent circumstances, had a bum for a father, and I get the sense Dennis the Menace is exaggerating things.

Old Dad is a useful puppet for the primitives; usually he's gone now from this time and place, and can't defend himself, and he's a handy tool to "explain" one's own shortcomings and failings; easier to blame the old man than oneself.

[JohnnyReb]

Dennis was raised on a farm.....DUmmie didn't learn the first thing about farm life and a farm marriage.....

1- Farm Dad's domain started at the back door and went yonder way toward the field/pasture.

2- Farm mom's domain started at the back door and went toward the kitchen....which was usually located right next to the back door.

3- One did not advise or attempt to do the others job. They would try to help if asked but would never just barge in and take over the others domain.

4- Farmer dad never had enough sheds and farmer mom never had enough kitchen cabinets.....those are the facts of farm life.

[Carl]

I will put my ability to cook on par with the best of anyone.

It is just a matter of feeding myself and making it taste like I want.
Not a big deal.

[Big Dog]

Denninmi
 
Ok, I'll go so far as to say this is at least one thing in my favor in terms of being good boyfriend-husband material, I can cook, clean, whatever, have no macho hang ups about doing any of it, and would take good care of any wife or girlfriend.

The real reason for this post. Dennis the Menace to Society is showing his spring plumage, hoping the DUmmy hens and pullets overlook the fact that he's dangerously insane.

[GOBUCKS]

^^^^^ Dennis joins a DUmp photo thread!^^^^

[Tucker]

Adding boiling water to instant oatmeal is not cooking.

[longview]

So what's the big deal?  His dad didn't/couldn't cook and he can.  His dad didn't even want to cook and he does.  Our parents are just human and can be whatever they ended up being.  We are only responsible for what we become.  He needs to stop whining.

FWIW my husband was a good cowboy, rough-string rider (something people think of as being "manly"), and a heck of a cook.  I'm a good cook, but there were times I'd request one of his best meals.  And my biscuits will never measure up to what he put on a table.  On the other hand he could barely change oil in a truck or get a tractor to move forward.  I'm a fair tractor hand and handy in the shop.  It worked for us and our children are fine.