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A Couple of weeks ago in one of the IHN, SDK talked about teaching our kids how to cook and said something that got me laughing.



She said while doing so, put small chop in their mouth as they assist and watch you do the cooking. That statement took me memory lane on how I had usually made my Mom bribe me with smoked fish when cooking.
I'll bargain with her to pound the pepper and ogbono, she will give me some to chop.

 This she does provided I pound it very well.. Sometimes she'll say it's not much but will still find a way to give a little of it(dried fish) to me. 

 I learnt cooking from my Mom and sisters. My late Dad was also a great cook. I remember the many times my Mom had gone to the market in the morning in a distant town to buy her goods. 

Sometimes she comes back at night due to traffic or vehicular issues on the way. Sometimes before her return, Dad would have prepared a delicious meal on days he had returned early from business. He also prepared warm water for her bathing. That's the kind of man I had for a father.

Last year there was this discussion we heard in my village how a young man cancelled his planned marriage with date already fixed during the festive period. What could have happened? The lady visited the family home and couldn't prepare meal for the prospective in-laws. 

Is this enough reason or ground to put an end to a marriage plan?

From the story according to what she narrated to the guy, she was sent to a boarding school all through and as such she didn't have the opportunity to learn cooking from home. Food was cooked and served to them at the boarding school.
I asked, if truly he loves her, shouldn't he had enrolled her into a catering school after marriage? Or was there more to it.

When it comes to a woman cooking for her husband, there's this pride, excitement and feeling a man has eating meals cooked by his own wife at home. He sometimes boast about it to his friends and family on how good a cook his wife is.

 Even though it's occasionally, at least let a woman know how to cook for her husband. Though everyone have their decisions to make when it comes to marriage so I wouldn't fault the young man that called off his wedding, it's his choice and life. 

In a 21st century Nigeria, a woman shouldn't say she can't cook. If you didn't learn at home what about learning through online and offline classes? A woman may not cook all the time at home which I quite understand and will agree to but you see not knowing how to cook at all at all is a great disappointment and a huge parental failure on their responsibilities towards their children.

Not as if I'll encourage a man not to know how to cook but you see, in our society today a man can be excused if he can't cook but what reason or excuse will you give for a woman who can't cook for her husband?

Why should a man who cannot cook be excused?