Are all moms great cooks?

Hi there, well i can say that my mother is not really a great cook. She cooks usual meal and sometimes its always sauteed food. I also know other mother who doesnt cook at all but i dont think there is wrong with that. I am a mother also but i can say that i am not a good cook also. But i love to cook so right now i am still learning and i hope this coming days or maybe months i will be a better cook. So at this time still trying to be a good cook, i really salut those mother and even father who really cook, keep on mylotting

My mother was a good cook but I would not say that she is the greatest cook .I feel that this statement normally is made by boys and men for the greater part because they are not trained to cook [for the most part;being selfsufficient and just knowing the basics is different].Normally, even in joint families the mother takes the role of geting the child's food ready and feeding the child.THis makes children get so used to the mother's cooking that they have this taste firmly implanted in their tastebuds.Once women become wives and mothers and if they are given the opportunity to provide food for their families then they excel in it if they are really interested in the field.Your aunt has done this because it was a joint family and your mother has had opportunity to develop other skills.To your last question I would say that it is not necessary that mothers ought to be great cooks.THere is no compulsion.Boys normally talk about mom's food.In fact once when the chef of a great chain of hotels was asked about what type of food he liked best he replied'Maa kihaathki khana'.It is just sheer acquiring a particular taste.

Not this mother! I am a mum and no, I’m not a great cook at all! I cook because I have to but I don’t enjoy it at all in fact I would rather clean the kitchen and wash the dishes than prepare the food! I love keeping my house spotless and all the other things associated with household chores but I detest meal preparation!

My mother on the other hand is a fantastic cook although she too says she hates it; the way I see it, if this is the way she cooks and she doesn’t like doing it, what would she be like if she loved it? Her meals are scrumptious, she’s Italian and her cooking depicts her culture. I love going to mum’s for food; we’re going there for lunch on Sunday because it’s Father’s Day and she is preparing some delicacies for my Dad and her son in law! Looking forward to that one...

This is indeed a good topic.Let me first answer your question,no not all mothers are good cooks.I suppose each individual has different preferences.Your mother seems to have had alot of other talents.Maybe since she had others in the family to do it she may not have had the inclination to do it.To be a good cook one has to have an interest in it.I know so many households where the husbands are excellent cooks and the wives are not.I have so many of my friends who just cannot cook for nuts.They either have cooks at home or they manage by buying food from out.Atleast we should appreciate the fact that she took care of the house and did everything else except cook.There are many who will not cook and will not do any work around the house.That tells upon the person.My mother used to be an excellent cook once upon a time.I think she got fed up and just gave up on it and always had someone cook for her.

i should say that i am so like ur mom. i am very good in the cleaning, sewing, embroidery, gardening "departments" of the house ... but honestly, i cannot cook as expertly as other moms do. i only cook for ourselves, just to cure hunger but cooking as an expert cook does... that i cannot do! hahahaha. incidentally, my late husband cooks well.

Well,i think all mothers are good cook and administrator.When we are far away from them or when they are not alive then we feel what they were.Some mother may not be a good cook but they are good in other things.Mothers are special and their touch,their work,their feeling and their everythings are different from others as far as i think.I am also a mother and my children likes my cooking and mine everythings but i miss my mother's cooking and pickels.

To say that all mothers are great cooks is to put women into a gender role. Some people know how to cook, some don't. Some enjoy cooking, some don't. My husband does all the cooking in our household, because not only is he extremely good at it, he also really loves to cook.

Hi Bal, I think everyone thinks their own mum is the best cook in the world! As I do too, why do you think I have returned back home, well one of the reasons! Mum's cooking is out of the world especially when she starts baking, her coconut cakes are to die for, literally! But she never passed her cooking skills onto me, because I hate cooking, can't cook, won't cook LOL! She was always there for me as a child and was my best friend, she was the one who took me on holidays, looked after me and protected me from the world, supported me, guided me and accepted me for who I was. You only get one mum in this lifetime and they should be cherished and loved unconditionally. And on a Sunday, well one of the finest roast dinners you could ever dream of!

Bala, I would not say my Mom was a great cook in the sense of new and exotic dishes. Whatever she made had the right proportions and the food was healthy and tasty. From that aspect yes she was a very good cook. The thing though is i regret not having praised her enough for this, for today what i can't seem to get is the simple home made food that i found it so easy to eat without making any qualms about anything.

My Mother was a wonderful cook. Even other Mothers envied my Mom. The only things my Mom couldn't cook and envied other Moms for were: Cream pies and donuts. Everything else, she was fantastic at.

I dated a guy whose Mother couldn't cook. I had him over for Thanksgiving and he had a tear in his eye. I asked what was wrong, "He said everything was perfict. "
"So why the tear?"
"It's not thanksgiving like my Mom cooked it, no lumpy gravy, rubber turkey, my Mom isn't a great cook, but she's my Mom and I miss my brothers and sisters, too." So we had to have Thanksgiving at his Mom's too. He was right, she wasn't a great cook, but she was one heck of a person!