New cooking methods ... sous vide

[Dayze]

...and, my wife simply cannot cook a meal (in the very rare instances where she does) without completely destroying the kitchen. she was making baked chicken and rice one day; kitchen was desroyed - as usual - and I sh*t you not...there was flour all over the place.

FLour?
lol

..and, she can't complete the meal on time; certain things will be done (or overdone lol) well beofre other things, resulting in a plate of food at varying temps.
She doesn't understand when I say "Ok, go ahead and get your drink ready; dinner will be ready in 1 minute or so"...then she dorks around doing other stuff while the mashed taters are getting cold, etc. I try to tell her I time everything to be 'done' so she can have a plate of hot food....amazing. She can be watching TV/reading etc all while I'm preparing dinner, then when it's ready....that is apparently the time to go do some laundry.

[Fire Me Boy!]

Originally Posted by Dayze

...and, my wife simply cannot cook a meal (in the very rare instances where she does) without completely destroying the kitchen. she was making baked chicken and rice one day; kitchen was desroyed - as usual - and I sh*t you not...there was flour all over the place.

FLour?
lol

..and, she can't complete the meal on time; certain things will be done (or overdone lol) well beofre other things, resulting in a plate of food at varying temps.
She doesn't understand when I say "Ok, go ahead and get your drink ready; dinner will be ready in 1 minute or so"...then she dorks around doing other stuff while the mashed taters are getting cold, etc. I try to tell her I time everything to be 'done' so she can have a plate of hot food....amazing. She can be watching TV/reading etc all while I'm preparing dinner, then when it's ready....that is apparently the time to go do some laundry.

Same here with the timing. Apparently, when I say 2 minutes, that's code for sometime in the next 15 minutes.

[NewChief]

Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!

Same here with the timing. Apparently, when I say 2 minutes, that's code for sometime in the next 15 minutes.

Yeah, it's my wife's job to set the table, get the kids' drinks, and plate the kids' food (the kids often eat slightly different stuff than we do, since I cook spicy a lot). I tell her that I'm ready for her to start plating, but she, evidently, doesn't think plating should start until the whole family sits down at the table and is impatiently waiting to eat.

That brings up another question:
How many of you plate your food in the kitchen and how many of you bring bowls/platters of food to table and eat "family style"?

I think we'll move to family style as the kids get older, but currently we plate everything in the kitchen.

[Fire Me Boy!]

Originally Posted by NewChief

Yeah, it's my wife's job to set the table, get the kids' drinks, and plate the kids' food (the kids often eat slightly different stuff than we do, since I cook spicy a lot). I tell her that I'm ready for her to start plating, but she, evidently, doesn't think plating should start until the whole family sits down at the table and is impatiently waiting to eat.

That brings up another question:
How many of you plate your food in the kitchen and how many of you bring bowls/platters of food to table and eat "family style"?

I think we'll move to family style as the kids get older, but currently we plate everything in the kitchen.

We plate in the kitchen, but rarely eat at the table. But it's just me and my wife, so we go very casual. Once we have kids, we'll probably move to a table.