Delegate the Cooking, the Fascinating Way

by the Fascinating Woman

"Inspirity left a comment on "the key to being a domestic goddess" post she asked, "How do you delegate the cooking?" Well Inspirity, and anyone else curious, here is some information first on whom to delegate to and secondly on how to deal with the some common pitfalls.

"Why should I cook when you do it already?", "This is your thing why should I bother?" The response to a child is fairly simple, "You'll thank me for this one day." or "I just want to equip you with plenty of skills so when you turn eighteen you can feel confident about living on your own if you want."
[Psst: the same argument works for teaching children how to do the laundry, how to clean a toilet, how to iron their clothes, etcetera.]

But what about when the party involved is your husband? I have seen two tactics that work. Tactic No. 1 is to play up what he does well. Does he have an ethnic speciality? [My husband makes amazing Chinese food.] Ask him to make some of those dishes. Several other male friends are masters of the grill and their wives encourage them tobarbecue as often as possible. Other men really enjoy making bread, so find reasons for them to do so."

Read The Fascinating Woman's Guide to Delegating Cooking