Part of maintaining a long term relationship is compliments: letting your partner know how and what you appreciate about him or her. This is particularly true with cooking. When someone has taken time out of her/his busy day to make you food, you should be thankful and complimentary.
That being said, not all compliments are created equally. This is my bottom three list of compliments to give your spouse/partner on his/her cooking.
3. Buttery Rolls
Well, insert any adjective in front of rolls and it's still bad. Yes, a roll is another way of saying bun, but NO ONE wants to hear anything about their rolls regardless of how delicious/amazing/etc. they are.
2. This tastes great with ketchup!
I love ketchup, so this was a hard one for me to learn. Most people make food to be eaten on its own. If they want a sauce on it, it's usually cooked in or served with said sauce. Destroying an original, from-the-heart creation by drowning it in sweet, vinegary, pulverized tomatoes and then complimenting it, is a faux pas of the worst sort.
1. "This is the best X you've ever made!"
This might be a very good compliment, but you need to do some detective work beforehand. If the meal is take out, heat and serve from the grocery store, or--worst--thawed leftovers of something you, yourself, made, you are in big trouble!
Know any other bad compliments? Leave a comment and let me know.
No comments:
Post a Comment