Gave Mr. Rilch the list of raw ingredients I need for Xmas dinner this afternoon, and he didn’t forget a single thing! Only two slight mistakes. He got dark brown sugar when I asked for light, but I don’t think it’ll make any appreciable difference. Also, he got a pint of cream and a quart of milk, when I asked for the reverse, but that only means I’ll have to use milk instead of cream in the mashed potatoes. And I boil them to death anyway, so it’s not like they’ll be ruined because of this.
But he got everything else! Even leeks, and the right amount of parsley! And cranberry juice concentrate, where some guys would have brought home a jug of juice instead! I am so pleased!
(Aunt J. still talks about the time she gave Uncle F. the shopping list and he brought home 1 dozen eggs, 2 loaves wheat bread, 3 oranges…)
Are men supposed to be incapable of buying grocery items?
Considering how crazy the stores are right now, he’s a saint for even walking into one. I probably would’ve made more mistakes than him just because I was trying to get the hell out of the crowded, noisy, migraine inducing place and go home.
Thats funny! I hope my wife buys the right things from the store that I asked her to bring back from the store so I can make our Thanksgiving dinner. :rolleyes: Geez, I mean everyone knows the only thing guys know how to do in a kitchen is open jars, and fire up the occasional barbeque grill, right? Now where is my apron, I have a meal to prepare.
Wow, a few posters in need of coffee this morning…sheesh. :dubious:
This is the whole problem [IMO] with the political correctness thing. Sure, Rilch plays into some stereotypes, and I’ll admit, if the shoe were on the other foot, the man who made the stereotypical comment would have been drawn and quartered by the gals here at the SDMB (i kid, really) but right or wrong, stereotypes exist for a reason. It isn’t like ALL men screw up shopping lists, and it isn’t like ALL women are lousy around the house, just so happens that enough do and are, that people notice. It’s really not worth getting ones jock in a knot about.
My jock isn’t in a know, and I’m not offended by the OP, I had just literally given my wife a list of a few things to pick up from the store while she was going out. That’s why I had said its funny, because only moments before logging on I had sent my wife out to buy ingredients for tonight dinner. I actually enjoy breaking stereotypes. No biggie.
;j this smilie is for my daughter Maria, she likes this one.
And apologies to all. I’d forgotten that not everyone, if many people at all, are aware of the fact that Mr. Rilch cooks too. I wasn’t playing to stereotypes; what I thought was terrific was, he got the items I asked for, not the ones he thought I should have. For instance, I’d been afraid he’d ignore the request for leeks and get Big Red Onions instead because that’s what he likes. He didn’t impose his will; he got what I asked for and what the recipes call for, is what I meant.
…shouldn’t have included the anecdote about aunt and uncle…
In my family, my mom was the one that could not be trusted with a shopping list. My dad stuck close to the list, was very careful, etc. My mom would blow away half the contents on the list (“you don’t really need that”) and would get bizarre substitutes for the rest. I remember this one time when she did the weekly shopping—she got such bizarre stuff and the shopping for that week cost a whole lot more than it usually did. My dad was ashen, and almost never allowed her to shop again. (At least not for anything more than a few items.)
So I don’t think this has to be a gender stereotype issue. If one person just can’t (or won’t) follow a list, then you dread it when they shop. And if they manage to follow the list, you’re pleased and amazed.
