DAYS OF THE YEAR
A beautiful image isn’t it? Coming home at the end of the day and the
wife has dinner all laid out and ready for her hard working husband.
Part of the bucolic yesteryear images of the 50’s, when the man worked
and the woman stayed home (working harder than him most days!) to keep
the house in order and running, it’s not surprising that while the
tradition of the wife making dinner has persisted, most of the time it’s
as part of a two earner household.
It’s time to start turning
that around, and Men Make Dinner Day is just one small step on equally
sharing the responsibilities of making a home and life together.
Besides, some of the world’s greatest chefs are men, so there certainly
isn’t any standing evidence that men are just worse cooks. Men Make
Dinner Day is your chance to try out your culinary skills… just remember
that ordering take-out isn’t actually ‘making dinner’ boys.
History of Men Make Dinner Day
Men Make Dinner day was established to help those men that have perhaps
never cooked outside of a barbecue, and are a little intimidated by the
kitchen. Sandy Sharkey was responsible for the creation of this day,
determined that men could be amazing in the kitchen, and help to produce
some truly tremendous meals.
They’d met far too many men who were
not just inexperienced in the kitchen, but were in fact entirely afraid
of the prospect of approaching a kitchen with the intent of preparing a
meal. Men Make Dinner day is your opportunity to get out from in front
of the barbecue, and truly amaze your family with a great meal…
eventually.
How to Celebrate Men Make Dinner Day
There are a few rules to celebrating Men Make Dinner day, and they
start with no barbecuing. They then follow by not permitting reheating
left-overs or ordering pizza. Men Make Dinner day is a day for men to
get into the kitchen and learn the (not so) arcane art of preparing
amazing meals. The first thing to bring with you in preparation for
making your first meal is a sense of humor. Mistakes happen when you’re
learning your way around the kitchen, and cooking is a skill that is
part art, part science. There’s plenty to go wrong!
But don’t let
that intimidate you, some of the greatest meals were invented by a
mistake turned amazing. Just remember, your partner isn’t allowed to
help you with the preparations, they can help you pick out a meal, even
one they’ve made before, but after that you’re largely on your own! Look
on the bright side! At least there won’t be any kale in this meal, and
no shortage of meat!