Queen of the kitchen

[redvelvet]

Re: Queen of the kitchen

@ruby17

I can’t really do in one ear out of the other because she’s a very pushy person.
Like when I said I’m not comfortable using a knife to peel she started giving me a lesson. “Yeh Dekho aise karte hain.” I looked and said “Acha theek hai I see” and carried on and she was like "aap dekho main kaise kar rahi hoon! " So I watched more and then she insisted I do it with a knife

Yikes

Wow…um…that’s a bit much. What difference does it make when a knife and peeler will both do the same work?

You have to do the “in one ear and out the other” cuz if you let her words in your heart, you’ll feel frustrated. I wish there was a way for your husband to be present at the time when you’re using the peeler and for him to politely intervene and say “koi baat nahi ammi…let her use the peeler. It does the same job as a knife but faster.” The only thing I fear is that seeing him defend you may sour her toward you and husband.

Could you nicely tell her that “Ammi I will follow everything else in this recipe the way you want, so at least let me use the peeler instead of the knife. It won’t affect the taste of the and it’ll get the job done faster.” Or…“Ammi you can peel some of the potatoes with a knife and I’ll do the others with a peeler. And we can get done faster. :p” Or use the knife but peel sloooowwwwwwwllllllyyyyyyy like a fool so that she gives up and lets you have the peeler. :halo:

^I was kidding with the last bit…don’t do that.