he's cleaning the kitchen, i'm drinking beer and watching football

[fizzgig]

i went to help, but he told me to go back to watching the game. i married a good man.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. You sure did, my dear fizzgig...

I hope things are working out, job-wise, for him...

[fizzgig]

2. he just finished his first week of training at his new job

not a great job, but it's money coming in until he can find something better.

hope you're having a good weekend

[TexasTowelie]

3. That sounds like a great fizzgig you got goint there.

[pinboy3niner]

4. You are both embarrassments to your respective genders!1!!

I love it! I'm a man who doesn't take an interest in sports, though I might catch a big championship game once in a while or watch a Buckeyes game for sentimental reasons (from visiting friends in Ohio and doing political volunteer work in Columbus).

I didn't even go to USC Trojan games when I was a student there.

P.S.--It's good to hear your husband has something to tide you over.

[fizzgig]

5. i love that our relationship doesn't get bogged down by gender conformity

he once proclaimed football sundays to be bullshit but tolerates them for me. now if i could just get him to make me dinner

and thank you. i'm more relaxed than i have been for awhile.

[pinboy3niner]

6. I happen to be an excellent cook

Mainly because I'm not afraid of asking for directions. I can look up a recipe, follow it, and prepare a gourmet meal.

A long time ago, my wife bought a Cuisinart food processor before they came on the retail market here--you could only get them by going to Tupperware-style parties. I read the instructions and recipes and made some terrific dishes. Same with her K-5A mixer--I made some great breads.

I actually took gourmet cooking classes at one point. A Cajun shrimper from a family of shrimpers in Louisiana bought a seafood store in my area of VA, and he teamed with a gourmand who worked as an analyst at the nearby CIA HQ to offer the classes. I still have the "Honorary Cajun" certificate I was awarded on completion. And I still use some of those recipes.

[fizzgig]

7. he's a great cook

but worked in kitchens for years and only likes doing it when it's his idea.

have any awesome recipes to share?

[pinboy3niner]

8. Too many awesome recipes

My favorite from the Cajun class was a Paul Prudhomme recipe for Barbecued Shrimp. There's no barbecue involved--the shrimp is actually sauteed in butter with a lot of herbs and spices. There also was a seafood bouillabaisse to die for! The ingredients for that one are expensive--in the mid-80s it cost me $86 to make one pot.

Also Bananas Foster, but I found the alcohol is too strong for me and I had to cut it in half to come out to my taste. BUT you must use 151 rum if you want it to flambe properly.

I also found a recipe for crab spice that pretty well approximates the spice served with Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab in mid-Atlantic crab houses. That came from an L.A. Times recipe for Steamed Spiced Shrimp that also was excellent,

[grasswire]

9. so are you gonna share that crab spice recipe?

Or what?

[pinboy3niner]

10. Here:

(This is salty, so anyone who has a probem with salt should substitute/adjust accordingly.)

2 tablespoons Old Bay seasoning

1 tablespoon Hungarian paprika

2 tablespoons celery salt

1 tablespoon kosher salt

1 tablespoon cayenne pepper

1 teaspoon ground ginger

It comes from this shrimp recipe, which also is excellent if you like steamed spiced shrimp:
http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jun/20/food/fo-sos20

[kentauros]

11. I thought maybe y'all had had a fight.

That's what one of us would do after a fight just to use up some of that energy. Our kitchen was always spotless when I was married. Now, not so much. No one to fight with