the Learning Curve

[Asian Rush Fan]

Most guys and gals don't know how to cook, because, especially in the Asian culture men aren't allowed to cook. Growing up in a Japanese household, the men worked and the women did the house stuff. Whenever we have Oshougatsu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_New_Year), my mother, aunt, sister and cousin (all women) cook food like:

http://yfrog.com/0halex3gxj

But when men try to help, the women lift up their hands with a knife in their hands

http://yfrog.com/jyde1bj

And yell in Japanese GET OUT!. So I sit in the living room and watch T.V. and drink beer.

Being that I'm a liberal and all, I'm learning how to cook...albeit slowly, can we make this thread a sandbox where non-male cooks can learn? There are some things that are foreign to guys who want to learn.

[Brutus]

(04-23-2010 02:38 PM)Asian Rush Fan Wrote:  Most guys and gals don't know how to cook, because, especially in the Asian culture men aren't allowed to cook. Growing up in a Japanese household, the men worked and the women did the house stuff. Whenever we have Oshougatsu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_New_Year), my mother, aunt, sister and cousin (all women) cook food like:

http://yfrog.com/0halex3gxj

But when men try to help, the women lift up their hands with a knife in their hands

http://yfrog.com/jyde1bj

And yell in Japanese GET OUT!. So I sit in the living room and watch T.V. and drink beer.

Being that I'm a liberal and all, I'm learning how to cook...albeit slowly, can we make this thread a sandbox where non-male cooks can learn? There are some things that are foreign to guys who want to learn.

Funny! But the Japanese culture is not the only one that enforces a matriarchal environment. Without pointing fingers I can name many cultures that not so much bar the man but assign the woman to the kitchen! You're gonna have to "man up" and demand to have your place within that environment. Good luck with that by the way. All I can suggest is that you do a little research, sneak into the kitchen under the cover of darkness and explore your interests without fear of that knife finding a home in your ribs. HA!

[Asian Rush Fan]

(04-23-2010 02:55 PM)Brutus Wrote:  

(04-23-2010 02:38 PM)Asian Rush Fan Wrote:  Most guys and gals don't know how to cook, because, especially in the Asian culture men aren't allowed to cook. Growing up in a Japanese household, the men worked and the women did the house stuff. Whenever we have Oshougatsu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_New_Year), my mother, aunt, sister and cousin (all women) cook food like:

http://yfrog.com/0halex3gxj

But when men try to help, the women lift up their hands with a knife in their hands

http://yfrog.com/jyde1bj

And yell in Japanese GET OUT!. So I sit in the living room and watch T.V. and drink beer.

Being that I'm a liberal and all, I'm learning how to cook...albeit slowly, can we make this thread a sandbox where non-male cooks can learn? There are some things that are foreign to guys who want to learn.

Funny! But the Japanese culture is not the only one that enforces a matriarchal environment. Without pointing fingers I can name many cultures that not so much bar the man but assign the woman to the kitchen! You're gonna have to "man up" and demand to have your place within that environment. Good luck with that by the way. All I can suggest is that you do a little research, sneak into the kitchen under the cover of darkness and explore your interests without fear of that knife finding a home in your ribs. HA!

Thank you Brutus! But the women in my family scares me. Funny thing though, I can visit them and make homemade beer...hmmm.

[Bageleth]

Asian R.F.--Good luck in your attempts to get into the kitchen to cook! Some women are very protective of their creative space. If you do get to cook, cleaning up the mess afterward just might score some points with the women, and a welcome back into the kitchen.

I do most of the cooking in our house, however, if my husband offers to cook dinner, I tell him to go right ahead (most of the time when he offers, it's delivered pizza, but sometimes he does get a notion to try something that he's had at a restaurant and he'll offer to cook several times just to get it right)

[Asian Rush Fan]

(04-23-2010 06:45 PM)Bageleth Wrote:  Asian R.F.--Good luck in your attempts to get into the kitchen to cook! Some women are very protective of their creative space. If you do get to cook, cleaning up the mess afterward just might score some points with the women, and a welcome back into the kitchen.

I do most of the cooking in our house, however, if my husband offers to cook dinner, I tell him to go right ahead (most of the time when he offers, it's delivered pizza, but sometimes he does get a notion to try something that he's had at a restaurant and he'll offer to cook several times just to get it right)

I don't mind cleaning

[Bageleth]

Well then you're already ahead of the game as some guys just don't clean up. I guess just stay persistent in your quest for the kitchen.

[Asian Rush Fan]

(04-23-2010 11:13 PM)Bageleth Wrote:  Well then you're already ahead of the game as some guys just don't clean up. I guess just stay persistent in your quest for the kitchen.

Yuck! I'm germ phobic and dirt gets me sick

[Bageleth]

Purel

[Asian Rush Fan]

(04-24-2010 09:12 AM)Bageleth Wrote:  Purel

LOL. I have a bucket of Green pumice soap that mechanics use to clean oil. I'm clean. Oh and I bet Alex is lucky that he can cook. Brutus, do you enjoy eating Alex's meal?

[mArNiAc]

(04-23-2010 11:13 PM)Bageleth Wrote:  Well then you're already ahead of the game as some guys just don't clean up. I guess just stay persistent in your quest for the kitchen.

I bet if he offers to help clean up after the ladies cook, they might be more inclined to allow him in the kitchen more often.