by Risa G.
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August 8, 2006

What Was the First Thing You Ever Cooked for Your Sweetie?

July 01, 2008 01:27 PM EDT
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I was thinking about this today - the first meal I made for my husband, when we were dating. It was a disaster. I had told him that I made this great version of Arroz con Pollo and when it came to making it for him, it failed miserably, even though I had made it a billion times before. It came from a cookbook by mom had bought me for use during college - From Nonna's Kitchen.

Well, when I went to make it for him, I had the wrong kind of rice in the house. It didn't come out like it should. It was too watery. The chicken was undercooked. Oh it was terrible.

I thought I had lost him right there.

Well, 18 years later, he is still here.

A few years back, I decided to re-do it with the right rice. It came out very good. He was thrilled.

So, this is my question - what was the first thing you cooked for your sweetie? How did it come out? Disaster, like me, or great? Is he/she still around?

RisaG

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Comments: 39

Donna S. Jul 1, 2008, 1:38pm EDT
me
Donna S. Jul 1, 2008, 1:44pm EDT
don't have a sweetie right now,vut I can cook!
Robyn F. Jul 1, 2008, 1:45pm EDT
i let him cook for ME:)
Lee W. Jul 1, 2008, 1:46pm EDT
That was 10 years ago! I don't have a clue!
j - Frugal Mom - r. Jul 1, 2008, 1:48pm EDT
What a funny question. I really did not think I would remember as it was lets see...7 years ago:) I cooked him lasagna though! That's just crazy that I remember.
Anne W. Jul 1, 2008, 1:49pm EDT
I cooked some steak for my "sweetie doggie" :)
J W. Jul 1, 2008, 2:03pm EDT
i dont have a sweetie, the only sweetie in my life is my precious 15 yr old daughter and the first thing I cooked for her would be her cereal when she was a baby...smile
Rob Appell Jul 1, 2008, 2:19pm EDT
The first time I ever cooked for a 'sweetie', I made shrimp scampi along with a tossed salad and homemade dinner rolls with my own recipe cheesecake and strawberries for dessert. It came out great and she loved it, though that was our only date. (I think she liked the free meal way more than she liked me.)
Betsy C. Jul 1, 2008, 2:58pm EDT
ahh Rob... if I was single.. I would probably enjoy your company and your cooking... :)

but for my sweetie... and a sweetie he is... I backed STuffed Chicken breast with WAtkins Gravy.. omg its the best!.. with probably broccoli... and who knows what else.. IT WAS a Success!!! and yep.. I married him..
even know when I make that dish... which I love to make.. he tells everyone.. She made this for me when we first dated!!! (maybe he will stop by and comment more on it since he really rememembers it more then I do.. I was a nervous wreck!!!)
Risa G. Jul 1, 2008, 3:33pm EDT
Rob, that sounds like quite a meal. Wow. I would've been impressed. My husband can't cook a lick! When he was a bachelor, he made himself roast chicken and rice a roni. I'm sure at this point, he wouldn't even try to cook for me. The most he does is pouring cereal into a bowl, cutting some banana and pouring milk. He can't even make anything for my son!
Bag 'O Cash Jul 1, 2008, 3:35pm EDT
I told her..
"Cook you own damn food"
Amanda C. Jul 1, 2008, 3:39pm EDT
I've never gotten to cook for a significant other...mostly because I haven't had one since I've lived somewhere with a kitchen (college dorm rooms weren't too long ago!) But I think the first time I do, it'll be something easy and delicious, so it'll hopefully be fool proof for me : )
Adelaide M. Jul 1, 2008, 3:44pm EDT
My boyfriend and I have been together a little over 2 years, and neither of us can remember what I cooked. It's definitely one of about 50 things...
Chelsea R. Jul 1, 2008, 3:57pm EDT
hmm... actually i probably made him a sandwich
Jonathan S. Jul 1, 2008, 4:02pm EDT
First thing I ever cooked for any woman I was dating was homemade spaghetti bolognese.

First thing I cooked for the woman who is now my wife was an Indian-seasoned pork tenderloin, green beans with tomatoes and garam masala, and paratha bread. (No, she's not Indian, I just like to cook it...)
Chelsea R. Jul 1, 2008, 4:05pm EDT
thanks for all the comments on my article!
Chelsea R. Jul 1, 2008, 4:05pm EDT
have a great day
Chelsea R. Jul 1, 2008, 4:06pm EDT
and a wonderful July 4th weekend!
Quinn (aka Entwife) Blackburn Jul 1, 2008, 4:27pm EDT
turned out well, but it was just spaghetti with my special sauce, garlic bread and salad.
Claudia B. Jul 1, 2008, 4:28pm EDT
We both love ethnic foods so I made chicken cacciatore, spaghetti, salad, and crusty bread, and store-bought tiramiasu.

He made me sauerkraut and pork chops and we each had gastric explosions later on that day but we were respectfully in our homes so we weren't subjected to the reality of that side of dating for a short while! LOL
Spencer T. Jul 1, 2008, 5:06pm EDT
The first thing I fixed for Judy was my own version of cheese potatos with polska kielbasa as the meat. She had been talking about enjoying caserole type dishes and she loved it.
I made my famous 6 hour lasagna....the whole darn thing is like 37 steps and has a gazzillion ingrediants...it takes hours to cook too. I RARELY make it. So I made it the first time my boyfriend was meeting my daughter and mother...it came out perfect.

15 years of marriage later I have probably only made it twice since then.
F. Jeanette c. Jul 2, 2008, 1:18am EDT
I made steak, baked potato and salad. It was very good.

10 4 u
Ishbel R. Jul 2, 2008, 6:07am EDT
Venison collops, redcurrant jus, game chips and green vegetables.
David C. Jul 2, 2008, 6:32am EDT
I made a very simple fettucine primavera...I was very much the novice cook at the time, but the simple fact that I was cooking I think made a good impression (she saw the growth potential in my cooking skills I think!)
Dorine H. Jul 2, 2008, 10:44am EDT
Probably the first of my cooking he ever ate was a tortilla espanola I made for a potluck our group was having. Then we were just friendly members of the same young adult group at church. The first meal I ever prepared just for him was paella de mariscos. In the proper Spanish way, I had the prawns on top, heads and tails intact, all lying with their legs in the same direction and their feelers carefully extended to meet in the center. I put it on the table and returned to the kitchen for the bread and wine. When I returned, he was turning it it around and around, and he said,"No matter how I turn it, they're still looking at me!" I cracked up laughing.

We married the next summer and had 28 1/2 years until his heart gave out and he died.
Mary C. Jul 2, 2008, 1:42pm EDT
lasagna...green salad...garlic bread...with a chocolate chip cheesecake...
Well first meal I cooked with him I was actually with my ex and he was with his and they came over for cook out we had hamburgers, hotdogs, salad, macaroni salad I think that was all

Neither one of us can remember first one after we got together
Mary G. Jul 2, 2008, 7:03pm EDT
I made soup.
Ginny H. Jul 3, 2008, 12:34am EDT
I made spaghetti for my ex. I haven't tried anything yet for my current.
Rose H. Jul 5, 2008, 8:10pm EDT
I made an ice cream dessert with real whipping cream and chocolate sauce and cherries and a shot of vanilla liqueur.
Stacey (Jesus is coming soon! ) U. Jul 6, 2008, 12:00pm EDT
LOL--mini pizzas and jello pudding....well, pudding's not really "cooking", but it was part of the "meal"....
Lilith Dorsey Jul 6, 2008, 5:25pm EDT
Chicken scapariello and pumpkin manicotti ... hope he rememberz....
Stacey (Jesus is coming soon! ) U. Jul 6, 2008, 11:04pm EDT
Thank you for your comments, Risa !
Robin G. Jul 6, 2008, 11:44pm EDT
thai noodles
Marge H. Jul 7, 2008, 4:34pm EDT
Chili and it was awful! Fortunately he married me anyway and my chili improved a lot.
Amanda "middle of nowhere" C. Jul 7, 2008, 6:29pm EDT
I made him a peanut butter pie.
Susan E. Jul 8, 2008, 8:58am EDT
lasagna
Joy McCormick Feb 18, 2009, 10:24am EST
DISASTER in the first degree...
I didn't know HOW to cook in the first place so I tried to make a frozen pizza and BURNED IT.....
so then I turned around and made him a TV dinner in the mic. rofl.
I am a great cook now.... it just took 18 years of trial and error. ROFL.

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