Were you a good cook before you got married?

i was a good cook before i got married. i took home ec every year of highschool except one and that was because i couldn't fit it into my schedule! I don't know what it was but I just liked cooking so much I was hooked. Ofcourse it didn't hurt that the teacher was super nice and I was the teachers pet. My husband is glad I can cook because he hates to cook. His poor brother got stuck with a wife who doesn't cook. I've offered to teach her but she hasnt taken me up on it yet.

No!NO!No!I didnt even know how to boil water before I got married,lol.My husband actually taught me how to cook because when we first got married he did all the cooking.Now I am a pro and can cook better than him,lol.

Yeah, i used to cook even before my marriage. And i would cook pretty well. But after marriage i had to learn cooking in terms of what my mother in law prepared. I learnt, but did not find any difficulty as i had an idea about cooking. But now am the one who cooks everyday for eight memebers in our joint family. Take care have a great weekend!

I was really not a good cook before i got married.During my teen years,my mom would call me and my sister to watch over her while cooking.It was my sister who loved cooking at that time.I just get to learn cooking during my college days.That is because i was the last one left single then and still living with my parents.Now i've got to love and appreciate cooking for my family.

I was a better cook ten years ago than i am now because i dont really enjoy cooking anymore. I used to love trying new recipes and doing lots of home baking and it was appreciated then - I think that makes a difference.

Let me put it this way: when I needed a pot of hot water, I put some on to boil and the next thing I know, it looks like there is a fire in the kitchen and I go take a look and the pot is totally black, not a drop of water in it. When I tried to cook rice, even the top portion was burned black. My husband swears I was the only person in the world who was able to burn the rice cooked in a rice cooker. lol Now he no longer lets me cook for fear that something really bad might happen lol

No! I didn't know how to cook at all (forget good cook) before I was married....and didn't learn till my son was a year old. Till then, we survived on rice, yogurt and pickles and ate out a lot. When I was pregnant, my mom was with us for many months and she did all the cooking. When my son was around a year old and we had to start feeding him solids, I realized that outside food wasn't such a good option and learnt how to cook when my mom was visiting. I also have a lot of cookbooks...and watched cooking shows on TV and improvised and experimented a lot. Now...not only can I cook pretty well....I can also make a typical Indian feast single handedly ...from scratch!

I was brought up that we had to each cook one meal a month. I loved it and have loved cooking ever since. I still read a lot of cook books and get a lot of recipes off the internet. This is just to add variety in what I make. In my opinon you can never have to many cookbooks.

My dad was a soldier and when he retired he opt to stay home, run the farm and took care of us while mom is teaching in school. He is a good cook and he taught me to do housechores and how to run the kitchen when I was 10 years old. As we get older and mom and dad is off for vacation, I cooked for my sibling and when I left home to work, I already know some of the common recipes and delicacies. Maybe this is one of my traits that my hub cherished lol! Now I'm already a mom to my 3 daughters and 1 son. I see to it that they know how to run the kitchen as well. My eldest daughter is in her junior high and she already knows how to bake, spaghetti, salads and she's a big help when we are celebrating birthdays and other ocassions at home. I guess parents must be the first people to influnce the kids to learn how cook:) happy posting!!

Hello beautyqueen26, I didn't know how to cook before getting married. My sisters always cooked for me. The very first time I cooked for my husband, I called up one of my sisters and asked her for the recipe and how to do it. For the first few weeks after getting married, I bought from the stall and whenever I didn't have time to buy, I bought instant food for him *smiles* Since I know how to cook, I prefer to prepare the meals for my family.

I knew some cooking and baking from school and 4H but my mom never really let me into the kitchen much other than to do dishes and maybe peel some potatoes. I got married right out of highschool and realized quickly how very little i actually knew. My grandmother gave me many pointers and I gradually learned thru trial and error. Now I'm pretty good. Still have my moments but for the most part I get compliments on my meals.

I come from a family of 8 kids so I had to learn to cook pretty fast. My mother and older sisters taught me how. My mother worked evenings so we had to do the cooking, right from the age of about 9, I have been cooking. I think I am a good cook although now that my kids are older and on their own I find that I don't cook as often. I sometimes miss it and will do a lot of cooking on the weekend. I will make things like cabbage rolls and freeeze a bunch of them. Or perogies. So I learned to cook at an early age and I am glad for it as I can cook just about anything now.

Hi there. I learned how to cook at the age of 8. Since I was the youngest in the family. I was always with my mom. And whenever she cook, I am always by her side. And I was really eager to learn. My eagerness, paved way as I grew up, and had a boyfriend. Whew, he fell more in love with me on the way I cook. I guess it's true, [/b]"the best way to a man's heart is through his stomach"[b]. I married that man. [/b]Happy Postings! HUGZ![b]

Before marriage my mom never allowed us to cook, we had this very noisy pressure cooker with its weight bursting then and now distanced me from the kitchen, gradually after marriage you have to survive on your own, husband has to work, I was there at home, the very first day he bought me a new pressure cooker, showed me the techniques and taught me the basic of cooking. so I started from basic cooking to mastering the desserts now. I am confident now to cook for a party of 20 guests. I gather info from cooking websites, basically all my mothers tested receipes . Lastly my husband still cooks for me when I really get bored of cooking.:) bye

I was cooking full thanksgiving dinners and Christmas dinners at the age of 10 years old. I use to make bread and can our out fruits and vegetables before I was in high school. I am a good cook but I tend to cook simple meals.

I was a darn good cook before I got married. I learned all my cooking and baking from my grandmother. She had recipes that went back to her grandmother and she was from Ireland. My great-grandmother ran a boarding house and she did all the cooking and baking for her residents. They were renting rooms from her because this was after the Great Baltimore Fire. She had electricians, carpenters, painters, brick layers. You name it and she had someone living in her house that was working on bringing Baltimore back. So, she had a lot of cooking to do for a lot of hungry men which my grandmother had the recipes for that she taught me how to make. The thing was, I found out after I got married, was that I had to almost relearn to cook. My husband had different tastes and his mother was passing along her recipes to me. I got creative and combined a lot of them and came up with combos that satisfied both sides of the families. DCMerkle

Yes, Now I'm a good cooker now, however, I think I could not marry ,because I'm so dispointed with the society!

The only cooking I did before marriage was in home ec classes. My mom tried to get me interested in cooking, but no luck. Then when I got married and we moved out of my hometown I thought wow, we have to eat! So I started experimenting. I also started paying more attention when we went back home for weekend visits. I think my mother in law was probably the one I learned the most from because she was a fantastic cook! She was the typical "farm girl" and knew how to cook. Now I consider myself an excellent cook and baker also. I've never mastered grilling, but luckily my guy can grill delicious meats. His steaks are better than any steak house ever was. He is also Italian, so he does pretty good with some of his pasta recipes. I have some favorite cookbooks I use, and I've even entered some of my recipes into various cookbooks made around my area. To me the best cookbooks are those created by groups of real people. Like women's clubs, churches, etc. Most of my favorite recipes have come from those. Plus, when my mother in law passed away I inherited her HUGE (5 card file boxes) amount of recipes.

ya i was a good cook before i got married. the reason why i was a good cook being a man was that i was in US for 3 years and there i used to cook by my own, initially it was a big problem for me but later i got how to cook. now im a good husband LOLS, i still cook whenever my wife is tired or feels like eating food cook by my hand.

people say only those who can taste delicacy can cook delicious food. and for years i take it for granted because i am a gourmet. but facts prove me wrong. so right now i spare some time on cooking, trying to recall the taste of food i eat at restaurant. I eat a lot, alomost every week go to some medium or big restaurant whenever i want to eat hot-pot, kind of Sichuan spicy food, or spicy boiled fish. right now i am learning from a cook and practice at home. The sea food i steamed last week tastes , not very good :(