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it irks me

written by Jana January 25, 2008

You know what bugs me? When my kids and/or spouse start hovering around the kitchen at about 4pm saying things like:

What’s that I smell cooking?
Have you thought about dinner yet?
I’m hungry.
Will dinner be soon?

I don’t know why these questions drive me batty, but I suppose it has something to do with the look in some people’s eyes when I tell them we’re having Turnip Toss for dinner and, of course, turnips are their very least favorite food. Or maybe it’s because at 4pm on many days I’m still not sure what’s for dinner and it’s like squirting lemon juice into my “I suck at motherhood” wounds every time I hear that question and I have no answer.

I feel perpetually overwhelmed by the demands of prepping food for two strapping young teens and a verra hungry man-spouse. Adding to that, the late afternoon is probably my grumpiest time of day and so I’m already not on the mood to be reminded of my shortcomings. Yah.

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JohnR January 26, 2008 - 1:47 am

In defense of your spouse, a) he’s usually at work at 4pm, and b) when he’s not at work at 4pm, he often is the one in the kitchen doing the cooking.

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jana January 26, 2008 - 4:29 am

My writing wasn’t meant as criticism of my family, but was meant to show how dismal I feel about the dinner situation. I think I take the questioning too personally. As if any failure to produce a meal that pleases everyone evidences my own domestic hopelessness.

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JohnR January 26, 2008 - 6:10 am

Heh. And I love when you cook your scrumptious meals! I’ll try to relieve some of the mid-week burden.

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Bored in Vernal January 26, 2008 - 8:58 am

i resemble these remarks…

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journeygal January 26, 2008 - 6:33 pm

What’s for dinner:

http://www.traderjoes.com/Attachments/QuickMeal.pdf

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DD January 27, 2008 - 12:03 am

This topic also gives me alot of anxiety.

I have done almost everything possible to master the dinner dilemma for, hmm, about 8 years now. Nothing has helped me feel better about dinnertime.

My failure lies in the planning and shopping. If the proper ingredients and recipes somehow magically appeared in my home, all would be well.

I could go on and on, but I’ll just say, I definitely share your pain. Honestly, I don’t know anyone who doesn’t have this same problem. If anyone is interested, check out http://www.savingdinner.com/

I did this Menu Mailer approach for a few months, but we like more asian-inspired foods which we just were not finding on their menus.

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jana January 27, 2008 - 12:33 am

DD:
I’ve done the Menu Mailer before but it doesn’t work for me because I prefer to eat locally-sourced foods. Last I checked, it didn’t have a 100-mile diet version. :) But I do agree that it can help with the dinner dilemma sometimes.

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Brooke January 31, 2008 - 7:14 pm

Could’ve written this verbatum (sp?), except that my 2 kids are little and picky. Also LOVE it when my John cooks.

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Hi there friend, and welcome to my blog. I started writing on the internet two decades ago. Since then I've started and finished a PhD program, left the Mormon church and became a Quaker, got divorced, remarried, found full-time work in academia, took up rock climbing and outrigger canoeing, and traveled across the globe (China! Belgium! Italy! Chicago! Montana! Portland! Gettysburg! and oh-so-many points in-between). This blog is eclectic and random--it has poetry and cooking and books. And cats. And flowers. And the ocean (my ocean). But in that sense it's a good reflection of me and my wide-ranging, far-reaching, magpie curiosity.

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