Easter Dinner Entertaining: What’s the Feminist’s Role?

[r8rpwr]

Originally Posted by medako

we'd be having bowls of cereal if the men were left in charge to cook.

This is kinda what I was about to say, although in my house if the men were left to cook we'd have burgers on the grill. Which actually doesn't sound too bad, now that I think of it. Hmmmm.......

[chefdiva]

Well, same goes for me. I'm not really a feminist or something, but all through out my life I have seen my grannies and my mom to be the ones fully in charge of setting up and cooking meals. This, however, turned when it was my turn. Because, although I am interested in cooking I don't thiknk I'm endowed with the proper skills to do it fully. But my boyfriend is! And in our house, he's the one in charge of the cooking I just help out on the table setting or dish cleaning or something.

[LizHobart]

Thats a fabulous article!

My family distributes holiday work evenly among the girls and boys. We feel its important for our kids to know that kitchen and home duties are everyone's responsibility!

[oldbay]

I guess I'm different from other guys, I make more meals then my wife does. I spend a good 20 minutes a day thinking about what we can make that would be different and yet we have the food on hand. I love to cook, and eating is one of the most enjoyable things in life. I love flavors, herbs, spices, etc, and love to mend and blend them for savory enjoyment.

But there are lots of professional cooks that are men. So it's really that at home the lady is expected to cook. Right?

[Jafo232]

I am with you Old bay, I do all of the cooking. When we have Easter dinner, I cook it. My wife usually cleans up what is left after dinner which isn't that much really as I clean stuff as I cook.

There really isnt any "man do this, woman do that" in my home, the only reason why I cook is because most of my wifes recipes start with: "Set your microwave on high"...

[KYHeirloomer]

Anytime a conversation starts with words like "as a feminist...." I look for some place to hide. That's usually a code for, "I'm looking for a fight."

When I grew up everybody did whatever had to be done. Gender never entered into the equation. At big events, family and friends automatically helped with clean up---we were all raised at a time when that was the courteous thing to do.

In my household, whether for a special event or not, I do all the cooking. Friend Wife was raised differently, in a mileiu that says the only thing a lady makes for dinner is reservations. So, when we were first wed, she could easily burn water.

I taught her to cook. And, when she cares to do it, she's pretty good at it. But anything that takes more than a half hour bores her. So there's no way I'd consider letting her make a complete holiday meal (but she [I]will[I] make the turkey, cuz she does that better then me).

[Mama Mangia]

Wonderful Kimberly!!! That is the way it should be in my book! May you have many happy years together with many blessings!

Mama

[goodshyqtgurl]

Our role is doing all the eating... hahaha