This is good, Honey

I will never win the prize for best homemaker. Especially in the cooking department. I HATE cooking. Hate it. But recently I made a dish that brought forth the response, "I really like this, Honey", three times from the Hub. THREE TIMES!

I have set before him food that I thought was way better than this recent bowl of glop. And that's what it was. Glop. No other way to describe it. In the past I have bent over backwards to present outstanding meals only to have them inhaled like we're in a prison movie from the olden days. No comment whatsoever on how good, or not, the meal was.

But I make a pot of goo and THAT gets three compliments? What gives? Is this related to the fact that he has gone snowmobiling every weekend for the past 4 months, and has now found himself moved to the basement guest bedroom? I don't know. It's a mystery.

I shall recreate for you here, in its stunning boringness, the glop. So you can make your own casserole dish of glop.

-BOil potatoes and smash them.
-Fry burger and toss in 2 pkgs of taco seasoning and whatever other seasoning makes you happy.
-grate cheese
-open a can of cream corn

Dump seasoned, fried beef into bottom of casserole, spread around. Spread on creamed corn. Sprinkle on layer of grated cheese. Now blob on the smashed taters. Smooth. Insert into oven and bake, covered with tinfoil to keep the taters from drying out too bad. Give it at least half an hour or more depending on how deep your casserole is. Just before serving, remove tinfoil and sprinkle on another layer of grated cheese. Pop back in oven for cheese to melt. Serve glop.

I think the only reason Hub was talking sweet was to not be sleeping in the basement. Time to get off your sled already!

Do any of you have that one dish that seems to make everyone happy? Share!

Oh no, I think those are my DH's four favourite foods too. Mix them together in an easy to eat (mashed) combination in a single bowl that can be eaten with a spoon and you are an ANGEL.

Lobster? Hah! Too much work to eat. Filet Mignon? Nah, it has to be chewed. Caviar? Fish eggs, are you kidding?

So there you have it. You have discovered one of the secrets of the universe. Congratulations!

My husband LOVES this thing he calls "hash" - it's just cooked ground beef, boiled macaroni, and kernels of corn. That's it. Last time I made it, I added some onions that I had sauteed in butter and that was less boring. Either way, the man will eat it by the pail full.

Could be that after 4mnths he's finally getting the point that you're not happy LOL Mines slow on noticing when he's in trouble as well....

But I think Heda is exactly correct. That dinner would make hubby SUPER happy except lose the creamed corn (he hates it) but smother it instead in tons of ketchup GAG! I love to cook but make tacos, burgers or meatloaf and hubby and kids are so happy you'd think I was a gourmet chef by how excited they are Blech! Try to change them in anyway to make them less Blechy and they eat it but moan

Don't forget the melted cheese!!

I could serve a baked horse turd and as long as it had cheese on it, it would be eaten.

Hmmm, too much snowmobiling + need to draw attention to this problem + a Hub who only notices when things are dire = baked horse turds, with cheese, for dinner tomorrow! Bon apetit!

BWAHAHAHA!

Oh Heda I wouldn't dare forget the cheese but it must have ketchup then be smothered in melted cheese to be gourmet

Uno remind me not to stay for dinner if I ever head down your way LOL But seriously smothered in ketchup and melted cheese they'd probably not even notice Blech!

Each year on every birthday the birthday person chooses their favourite meals and I make it just the way they like. Sometimes this makes for a "interesting" menu. This year I woke up on my B-day to hubby making breakfast..... Panfried oatmeal with nuts, raisins and all kinds of very dry glue and spices, cold sausages (not a fav of mine blech) and he'd picked up restaurant hashbrowns (read already covered in oil so house smelled like a dirty deep fryer Gag!) Kids smothered their plate in ketchup and told him how fantastic it was.... I filled my coffee cup and slunk away to do chores. Lunch was kraft dinner so overcooked slimey yet sticky gooey and again smothered in ketchup Thankfully he noticed when I couldn't choke down any of his previous meal attempts and took me out for a nice dinner. And for the first time in at least 5yrs he didn't get me a freaking ice cream cake when it's -35 in Feb! He actually followed a cake recipe that I use all the time and they did a great job on it We met 16yrs ago today and he is getting better about noticing things sometimes but not always LOL

uno wrote:I could serve a baked horse turd and as long as it had cheese on it, it would be eaten.

Hmmm, too much snowmobiling + need to draw attention to this problem + a Hub who only notices when things are dire = baked horse turds, with cheese, for dinner tomorrow! Bon apetit!

BWAHAHAHA!

Lol. This reminds me of an old story in my family. Years back, 1960s would have been it was my mothers job as the youngest to make her older brother his lunch for school. One night he had done something to irk my mother no end; she got her revenge when she included in his sandwich a big slice of canned dog food. Apparently he didn't even notice; thought it was Spork!!!
Heheh aha!

That sounds like Pâté Chinois (French Shepherd’s Pie) all mixed together. No wonder he liked it, I love these when we have them.

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I mean the glop, not the Horse D'oeuvres that you're planning. That would be an Uno original.

Maybe you could write a cookbook, "Cooking for the Dog House".

Funny post, yep, in my mind, the man is pretty easy to feed, especially now that meat is back in his diet, yay!! My sheppard's pie is a hit with everyone that eats it. Fry hamburger, with lots of onion, garlic, seasoning salt, lea and perrins, salt and pepper. Make a gravy out of all that stuff. Add vegetables, usually, just corn and carrots. Cover with mashed potatoes, cook for about an hour, just to get things hot (veggies and meat are already cooked), add some cheddar, back in the oven for a few minutes to melt and that is it. Sounds nearly like yours. I too could eat this for breakfast, lunch and dinner, for days, so it is a good thing for me too. Not that it would ever last that long. Yep. My dinner sounds just like your floppy gloppy that is so loved. Yummeeee....have an awesome day, CynthiaM.

Maybe he has lost the use of his taste buds????? LOl.