Who do you not want in your kitchen while you are cooking?

Thankfully, I don’t know anyone like that who gets in my face in the kitchen. My friends & family are good there. But if someone DID bother me, I’d just tell them to go sit down.

My uncle, who slightly resembles cousin Eddie from National Lampoon. He lurks, drinks beer and says inane things while I am trying to concentrate on my cooking.

i.e. “Did you hear about that man that got his head cut off and crawled 10 miles to save himself?” or “Did you know there is a type of gun you can point at a house and tell how much money is inside it?”

..I need the pots to boil, not my blood because he is annoying me!

i remember doing stir-fry for a very dear friend of mine and the brother-in-law came over. he wanted to ADD to my peanut sauce and i cringed softly. he killed me softly as well as the sauce. thank you very much, next time let me make the pico de gallo too.

@jsc3791 BIG LOL! i know exactly what you mean!!!

i don’t like anyone in the kitchen when i’m cooking. i’m master of my domain.

@eponymoushipster hey, arent you the one with the cool, hip colors in your kitchen? the black and the orange? i may be getting the flutherer confused, but anybody with cool kitchen colors is the king of the kitchen.

@charliecompany34 alas, it is not me. i wish i had cool colors in my kitchen, but it’s just black, white and blue.

@eponymoushipster still cool colors. i think color has a lot to say about the chef who lives breathes and eats cooking. but, oh well, back to thread…

my kitchen is popcorn, khaki and moss. it makes me cook funky euro-style with an emphasis on tropical or retro cafeteria. anybody feel me on that?

I don’t want kids in my kitchen when I’m seriously cooking, ‘cause then I have enough to deal with without worrying if I’m stepping on someone. But for everyday meals, it’s fine.

But when it comes to adults, I don’t want the besserwisser (sp?) who puts her fingers and noses in everything.
The best way to deal with that kind of people, is to open a bottle of wine, and ask them what they think, to distract them.

And since we’re on colours:
I have an all-white kitchen with black apliances. Look awsome! And of course those little personal touches, little plants and two silver candlesticks.

I am so easily distracted and flustered while cooking that I don’t want anyone in there with me.

@charliecompany34 If I remember correctly, you got your kitchen color combo from my kitchen. Is that right?

@augustlan YES YES YES, you are the one! now i remember! thanks so much for the advice. my kitchen really pops from that trio of color. subtle, but it makes a statement!

THANKS!

Not. A. Soul.

I don’t even want the dog sticking her head in to sniff. Yes, I hear you whining, Hazel, cry me a ruddy river. You aren’t fed people food anyway.

Anyone! I’m dangerous in the kitchen!!!

I don’t care. Anyone can come in. They can say anything. I’ll go blithely on. If they insist on doing anything, then they have to do it exactly according to my specifications, or they will be summarily executed on the spot! No one messes with my food!

I am told that there are people who are actually afraid of me, and don’t dare come in my kitchen, and worse, are terrified when they have to feed me. Apparently, I have this “look” that is dreaded by all.

Naked people.

No genitalia near the food, please.

@daloon all ya gotta do is show me your avatar in the kitchen and i will back off.

@charliecompany34: if only it were so simple…..

The dog.

No animals in my kitchen while cooking, ever.

Other than that, my mother-in-law. She could ruin boiling water. I have never seen someone cook like she does. It’s scary.

She wants me to measure everything I do and write it down – I can’t. That ruins the way I cook. I over think it and it’s ruined. She just drives me batty.

I love when my husband and son cook with me – my daughter, not so much. She has been clear about the fact that she doesn’t enjoy cooking the same way I do; however, ask her to set a table or create something interesting for the table, she’s on it. She has a great eye for design.

Just keep my mother-in-law away from my kitchen!

@cak well as far as animals, my shih-tzu max don’t get in the way much. he tries to get into the garbage receptacle though even if it is too high to reach.

my mother-in-law pretty much stays out the way because she knows i’m cooking it right and how she likes it. it’s the military uncles and the novice cooks who come in and invade and i just have to show them where the beer is and they go away.

i need to be in the kitchen by myself. i enjoy sous chefs who do all the grunt work and a good dishwasher who knows how to work the bleach, but that’s about it.

@charliecompany34 – One of my dogs is pretty big – she insists on moving with me, everywhere. I have to put of a gate to keep her out. Good thing she is too lazy to jump! I’d let my little dog in, but the big dog would whine.

I love shih-tzus – my mom has three. Great dogs! :)

@ cak: and believe it or not i am actually in the market for a cane corso. just the opposite size. a beast in anybody’s house. a horse actually. yes, the tzu is a great dog!

@charliecompany34 – holy dogs! That is a massive animal – beautiful, though! Also a great dog. My neighbor’s had one, I miss it more than the neighbors – they moved to Colorado. I miss Oliver. :(

@ cak: did you see brief glimpse of corso on the steps of the italian drug lord in the movie “american gangster” with denzel washington? great dog. great presence. great stature.

wait, are we talking about food, kitchens, cooking or dogs?

oh what the hell, they all go together.

back to thread…

Me. My girlfriend will tell me to go watch TV so she can focus.

Anyone. Don’t talk to me, don’t walk near me, don’t try to get in the fridge, don’t ask if you can help. When I tell you set the table, you may do so, but not until then. I am a knife wielding flame throwing maniac and I get very involved in my work.

@ubersiren – ha! Do you come with a warning sign, or is it just the look? Can I borrow you when my MIL is around?

Another vote for “me”.

There has not yet come one brave enough to enter my kitchen in such a manner.

nor when i am grilling…they would get a face full of burning embers and a permanent tongs scar for their efforts

My mother would always come into my kitchen and take food she had not yet been offered. Drove me crazy!

I’m not allowed to cook; my wife does not allow me in the kitchen.

My neighbor feels bad that I’m in the kitchen cooking so he “keeps me company” by standing in the middle of the kitchen, telling me a long, complicated story in a low voice, that I can only hear if I stop what I’m doing. Love him dearly, but when I’m handling hot pans in a small kitchen with limited counterspace, the best help you can give me is to go into the living room, and make sure everyone has a drink.

ninjas.

You can be in my kitchen by all means, but piss me off and you’ll find yourself on the menu.

xx