When was the last time you used fresh garlic? I put some in a batch of pickled eggs today.

Of course. Jeez, cant you even chop the garlic? I need to make some of that with chopped up shrimps.

 

  She doesn’t want me in the way. Much of her cooking is done the way she grew up with back in her home country, and my bumbling lummox methods of search-and-destroy only complicate things, causing her to repair the damage I do and start over. That’s why I’m banished from the kitchen. Every now and then she used to give me a minor task or two, but she micro-managed them so much that we just ended up fussing with each other and she usually redid my projects anyway. Time and trials have brought us to where we are today. My job in the kitchen is to eat, that’s all I’m good at doing.
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I hope she makes good sammiches. My wife and I made a deal. We have a small kitchen, so when one of us is cooking, the other stays out and does not interfere unless asked for help. I remember years ago I was preparing a complicated meal that required perfect timing, and my sister-in-law came in and volunteered to help. I told her no thank you, but she insisted. Then my wife came in and did the same. I just said "OK, call me when it's ready." and came up here. They screwed it all up and it was inedible. Never again.