I became a doctor .. working day and night
to avoid the everyday kitchen chore plight!
Cordon bleu chefs get credit.. and money too..
But tired plodding women??,..only frowns at the menu..!
its cold! I hate mushrooms!..says every whining voice
my mother made it better..[ is strangling him,a choice?..]
Mother in her time .. would have heard the same cries..
a home cook gets credit ,only after she dies...
I want my compliments.. before I`m interred
bake? make lunch? pah! caesarean preferred!
Women brag about their culinary abilities, like men their sexual exploits!.this is my personal belief, though i have always wondered, why not vice versa??? ,.. since the best cooks are male .. and er.... you get my drift!.. ha ha
In india especially, a woman`s ability to nurture were directly proportional to her ability to create great food... and thus generation after generation plodded on in the kitchen, buying into the idea that a good WOMAN[ read good wife and mother]should be a cheerful and accomplished cook.[ the accomplished is easy, the cheer is outrageous!]
well this theory worked very well in brain washing women for centuries, including the twenty first! , but a few of us ,[ very miniscule few , mind you!] believe if we have an option,[ like a paid maid!/ or microwave dinners, or a feeding friend ]then we will not cook!...sure, we will watch masterchef, comment on every recipe, like every man on earth, but one would refuse to plod and toil in the kitchen when one could be doing a zillion other things that were more joyous !.
I remember once , when my daughter was playing with her friends [, each of them waxing eloquent about what their moms cooked best] ... my daughter gave it some thought and said..." my mom makes yummy bread and cheese!...".
do i regret it ?? naah!.. i was a hands on mom and for me ,motherhood meant time with her, instead of spent in the kitchen, for her!
I think more of us have to take a stand , do things you like to do more than the things you have to do !.. with a job,.. well it may be a tough choice , but other stuff??
well if you don`t do what you like,.. who will ??
