Not a romantic partner (obviously) but currently my sister and I are roommates, and when she’s out of town or staying at her boyfriend’s place I make the meals she isn’t really interested in, like Moqueca.
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glorkon@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Same here, except I also use the opportunity to cook stuff for myself that my wife doesn’t like. Fuck pizza.
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glorkon@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
I never heard of Moqueca and googled it, and it does look very delicious!
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 12 hours ago
Yeah, like anything containing onions, garlic, bell peppers or other ingredients with too much flavour.
I decided she can be not home permanently. I hope your situation is better lol
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 11 hours ago
If I couldn’t use onions or garlic, that would be a dealbreaker
glorkon@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
I like a good steak. My wife does not like it medium rare, she belongs to those heretics who would shamelessly order it well done (that’s why I never go to steakhouses with her). She also hates spicy food. Or some kinds of traditional German food which I grew up with.
So yeah. Whenever she’s away, it’s usually steak, some spicy Asian dish or Berlin style grilled liver.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 12 hours ago
Ah, doesn’t sound TOO bad. I was legitimately prohibited from using any vegetables in my sauces. Sauce had to be just the meat, cream, melted cheese to thicken it up and it had to be a store-bought mix for flavor. Like those Maggi ones, 4 cheese mix, carbonara mix, etc. No experimenting. Even tomatoes were a no-go.
Needless to say, I let her do the cooking because I found it depressing. When she was away, I’d make a nice curry or chilli… Or, like you, a steak, which I prefer medium rare (though sometimes rare is nice too).
glorkon@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Wow, okay. At least I got my wife to appreciate a decent sauce, and I got her off the store-bought sauce mixes.
It’s been many years but I still remember which recipe did the trick: Salisbury steak.
Make steak patties using ground beef, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, pepper, breadcrumbs. Fry until brown. Set aside. In the same pan, sauté 250g mushrooms and a chopped onion until brown, add tomato paste, add some flour, add 500ml beef stock and a pinch of sugar (ketchup works well too). Salt and pepper to taste. Add steaks to sauce. Cook until steaks done.
She loves this and it kinda cured her from buying Maggi crap, lol.
Amir@lemmy.ml 10 hours ago
Well done steak can be amazing when marinated and slowly baked with fat being addrd in the process.