Pickles by Brian Crane for May 10, 2021

That’s just the way it is Opal. A lot of us guys are just like Earl. Nuking something in the microwave is as good as it gets.

What leftovers did you eat, Earl? The meal from the other day that you couldn’t stand?

Spouse and I have a deal: I cook, and she washes… and when she cooks (usually) I wash. When we got a little ahead of the money curve and started eating out sometimes, we decided that the one who pays up “cooked”… So when Covid meant that we were ordering ‘out’ but eating ‘in’, it still worked out “even”. Ish.

22 years ago the only microwave I ever used was in the company breakroom. When we all moved in here I started using my mother’s machine. I wonder how I fed myself before.

Baby steps, Opal. Baby steps.

Now, if he took a frozen dinner out of the freezer, read the microwave instructions and proceeded, step by step, with this complex procedure; well then, there’s your cookin’ dinner!

Baby steps Opal !

Oh yeah? Then why do they call it a microwave OVEN?

Microwave used to be called “Amana Radar Range”!

Hey Opal…be glad that he didn’t burn down the house while he was “cooking”!

Huh, Be glad that Earl eats leftovers. One of my friends’ husbands refuses to eat leftovers.

He made the effort….it’s a start…..better than making PB& J

For a true epicurean delight, a fried egg sandwich.

One pan, one plate. Go crazy and toast the bread.

I’m with Redd on this one but, it must be eaten over the sink.

I usually make hamburger helper and a salad Earl

When I was recovering from surgery, he decided that he would help out. He now does the laundry and grocery shopping, and won’t let me do either even though recovered. Cooked with me giving him directions. Learned where everything was in the kitchen, and how the operate the stove and microwave. The cooking has backed off some, I cook and he helps by using the microwave part of the meal, and washes and puts up the dishes. If asked, will vacuum.

Give a man a microwave, and you’ve fed him for life.

Oh yea, look at all the dishes I dirtied, now washed in the dishwasher!

When I was single I cooked my own dinners. My sister gave me recipes and I used to make spaghetti, lasagna, stews, chops, etc. complete with salad and vegetables. I even made pies, including the crust, from scratch. After I got married my wife and I switched off planning meals and cooking until we started a family. She wanted to be full-time mother and homemaker so we agreed she’d take over all cooking while I worked. She was/is a better cook. I still made the occasional pie until she learned how to make the crust the way I did. Now that I’m retired I do the dishes and various other chores but she still does all the real cooking.

Opal at least give Earl 50% credit, he warmed the food.

I live from my microwave, toaster oven and barbecue grill.

When I was single and working, I used the micro-wave and slow-cooker a lot, especially, the slow cooker. Being retired and married, with both of us sharing in the cooking, the slow cooker is rarely used, and the micro-wave is where we keep the fresh bakery bread.

Who says?

My wife and I are both very good cooks, so who ever gets home first or has the most time usually cooks. If neither of us wants to cook; we eat left overs and if there are no left overs we eat out.

How about nuking a fresh TV dinner, does that qualify as cooking dinner?