Family codes and ritualsFreddy Woo writes, "as a child we used to have a 'whoever cuts doesn't choose the slice' rule with cake. It worked brilliantly, but it's left me completely anal about dividing up food - my wife just takes the piss as I ritually compare all the slice sizes."
What codes and rituals does your family have?
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chthonic, Thu 20 Nov 2008, 18:05)
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I grew up in a house with the rule that the cook doesn't clean.When I got married my wife changed that to, the cook cleans up as they go along.
Lazy bitch hasn't cooked once in two years.
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Peej, Fri 21 Nov 2008, 10:36,
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MenIf he didn't use every single pot, pan, dish, utensil and chopping board, AND burn the food on/spray flour all over the kitchen/leave things to dry up everywhere, then I wouldn't have had to change the rule, would I?
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We still have your initial rule(ish).There is some unfairness in this, as I am a very neat cook. By the time the meal is put to plate, washing up will be stacked neatly by the sink in the correct order to be washed and surfaces will have been wiped down. Depending on the meal I'm cooking it's possible that, by the time eating is complete, the only clearing up will be the eating and serving utensils and a pan.
My significant other, however, can cook cheese on toast using every piece of equipment in the kitchen and leave the place looking like a rhino has repeatedly headbutted every surface whilst his monkey friends cavort about atop the sideboard getting drunk and throwing stuff around, after which a small thermonuclear device has been detonated.
I usually cook.
(, Fri 21 Nov 2008, 12:13, closed)
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