Saturday 2 January 2010

COOKING

Cooks should do the washing up.

3 comments:

www.wholelifegardening.com said...

In my household the person who cooked gets to linger at the table while the one who didn't prepare the meal does the cleaning up. Seems fair to me!

bare-faced gardener said...

Absolutely ! Especially if it’s husbands who use every pan in the cupboard ;-) And everything should be put back in its place !

Susan Harwood said...

Hello WholelifeGardening (C.L.?) and Bare-Faced Gardener - and a very Happy New Year to you both!

Bare-Faced Gardener's experiences in the kitchen appear to parallel mine! If the cook has tidied along the way, by all means, let him or her rest afterwards. But if they have left piles of washing up, used every saucepan in the kitchen, the sink and the floor are awash, there are vegetable peelings on all the surfaces and empty packets round the bin and . . . well . . . the prospect of washing up afterwards may (may!)interfere with one's enjoyment of the food, however delicious it is. Perhaps if the cook knew he or she would be tidying away after, it would influence how the meal is prepared . . . ?

When I wrote this, it struck me there are parallels in other parts of our lives - both as individuals and societies.

Susan