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				holy crap..my wife is learning how to cook!
			 
			she got laid off, and went back to school for a total career renovation.  i love to cook, and do it fairly decently.  but lately she has all the time in the world for the past week the little lady has put away the mad scientist lab-coat (dont make me tell you about her cumin flavored noodle stir fry) , and has cranked out some decent meals. i am blown away. one of the old lady neighbors has bronchitis and a fever, so all of our meals have been soups. we take the neighbor a huge container everyday.. tonight she is gonna try to make my tomato soup..with gruyere-sourdough grill cheese sandwiches.. this is cool. 
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			Very cool.  You are a lucky guy.     
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			thanks...i was getting scared.  love her, but she once fed me a purple beef stew. (red onions, red wine..it was purple) things are looking up. hope she still lets me at the stove. 
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			Don't worry, once my wife put cinnamon in spaghetti sauce.     
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			Whoa! Congrats!    
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			Congrats.  I'm not sure if this thread reminds me more of "Better Off Dead" or "Bridget Jones' Diary".
		 
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			has she given back the 911 for your use yet?   
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			my bride still thinks she's a good cook because it's loaded w/diff stuff good luck and stay well 
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			Remember your metabolism goes downhill as you age. Do not eat everything she puts in front of you!
		 
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			About two years into dating I came home to the wonderful aroma of homemade italian cooking.  I walked into the kitchen to find my italian wife preparing spaghetti, lasagna, manicotti, italian sausage, etc.  Everything was authentic and delicious.  As an added benefit, she was doing this while wearing a red "teddy." Prior to this time I had never seen her prepare anything remotely resembling this feast. I asked her "What are you doing...I didn't think you could cook?" Her reply: "I didn't say I couldn't cook...I said I DON'T cook."  I have since convinced her to prepare her from scratch italian on a regular basis. We refer to it as "Little red teddy spaghetti" now.  Yes I have pics. No, I won't be posting them   
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 no fear...last night was veggie&lentels soup. tonight, i'm now up to bat. mexican breakfast for dinner. i am doing a juevos rancheros plate! home-made ranchero sauce from hatch, NM green chilis..damn. hatch is a good place to be in august/sept... 
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 You for some reason forgot to tell us this when you were having "marital difficulities" my friend... What else are you holding back on????  Joe A 
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 no chit...i LOVE spagetti! funny, we call ours..."blue flannel w/clouds pasta"...hahhaha jk. i dont wear flannel. 
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My wife just started making this dish during the past year.  I wonder how I got by all these years without it!
		 
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 I carry on in the hopes we can find the passion we once had for each other, life, adventures, etc. Certainly attainable since some of the areas of friction are gone from the house  That being said, I still remember the heat of the oven and the small beads of sweat slowly rolling down her chest into the recesses of the red teddy as she bent to pull the lasagna out of the oven.   
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			jim, if you ever find yourself in el paso, texas...drop by this restaurant called frankie's...DAMN! the ranchero sauce is a well guarded secret. i have eaten that stuff plenty of times, and i believe i got it fairly close. i get this and the picadillo burrito recipe from LA COLONIA tortilla factory, and i am opening a food cart. 
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			Jim,  Sorry but we NEED pictures!  Hope it all rolls right back into place for you two. Joe A 
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|  01-26-2010, 11:27 AM | 
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			in our early days she could.. make biscuits that could be used on a trap range ALL day long.. make a pot of rice for 2...then be able to feed 20.. her brownies kept my Rotts busy for hrs.. she's so much better now.. and after all this time... she still burns the sheets .. & that gentlemen.. is were your wife /GF needs to know how to cook.. Rika | ||
|  01-26-2010, 11:42 AM | 
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			I did all the cooking for the first 4 years I knew my wife, got tired of it so we went with out any food for a couple of days, she got the message, cooks real well and always could just was lazy cause I was doing it.
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