So is this typical?

[LovebirdsFlying]

Note, I’m meaning it light-heartedly.

I seem to have noticed that the older a man gets, the more likely he is to cook everything, regardless, on the highest setting possible. Some things are meant to be cooked slowly, but no, they gotta crank it up to red hot high. My grandfather did it. Now my husband is starting to do it. Both men were great cooks in their younger years. I even learned a lot of what I know from my grandfather. But one day he even started melting butter on high.

As for hubby, I have always said that the best meals are the ones we cook together. Currently he’s frying bacon on high, while I whipped up eggs-in-the-basket on medium. Ironically, guess which one got done sooner.

 

[Der Alte]

I was a cook in the Army for 4 years. I absolutely hated it. And I do NOT crank the heat up to max. The only thing I don't use a microwave for is biscuits. And I follow the instructions on the package.

 

[LovebirdsFlying]

My grandfather was a Navy cook. He made the world’s best scrambled eggs, taught me how to make gravy, and also taught me that fried lettuce is a thing. More irony—HE was the one who taught me that bacon should be cooked slowly or it won’t get crispy. (Sorry, sweet hubby. Yours wasn’t.)

 

[seeking.IAM]

I'm only concerned about the temperature of dishwater to which I am conscripted as a condition of my pre-nuptial.

 

[Halbhh]

Note, I’m meaning it light-heartedly.

I seem to have noticed that the older a man gets, the more likely he is to cook everything, regardless, on the highest setting possible. Some things are meant to be cooked slowly, but no, they gotta crank it up to red hot high. My grandfather did it. Now my husband is starting to do it. Both men were great cooks in their younger years. I even learned a lot of what I know from my grandfather. But one day he even started melting butter on high.

As for hubby, I have always said that the best meals are the ones we cook together. Currently he’s frying bacon on high, while I whipped up eggs-in-the-basket on medium. Ironically, guess which one got done sooner.

heh, funny!

I'm getting well on in middle age, and now I've started buying bacon pre-cooked, so that to eat it at most I only warm it up in the microwave at about 5-10 seconds per slice. That's pretty quick!

 

[Petros2015]

I seem to have noticed that the older a man gets, the more likely he is to cook everything, regardless, on the highest setting possible.

We know our time is short and everything we do, we must do fast.

 

[Michie]

Note, I’m meaning it light-heartedly.

I seem to have noticed that the older a man gets, the more likely he is to cook everything, regardless, on the highest setting possible. Some things are meant to be cooked slowly, but no, they gotta crank it up to red hot high. My grandfather did it. Now my husband is starting to do it. Both men were great cooks in their younger years. I even learned a lot of what I know from my grandfather. But one day he even started melting butter on high.

As for hubby, I have always said that the best meals are the ones we cook together. Currently he’s frying bacon on high, while I whipped up eggs-in-the-basket on medium. Ironically, guess which one got done sooner.

Eggs were done first!

 

[LovebirdsFlying]

heh, funny!

I'm getting well on in middle age, and now I've started buying bacon pre-cooked, so that to eat it at most I only warm it up in the microwave at about 5-10 seconds per slice. That's pretty quick!

Not a bad idea.

 

[Brad D.]

Sounds to me like your grandfather was getting even better at his craft with age and experience
I very rarely eat bacon, but I have found an air fryer does it just as well with far less clean up.

 

[Bumble Bee]

Haha I have not noticed that trend

 

[WolfGate]

I've gone to the pre-cooked bacon thing also. Saves a lot of mess too.

But, FWIW, at 60 I'm still not turning up the heat... when I cook.

 

[GracefulWarrior]

It all boils down to patience....The LACK of!