[Closed] What to cook to impress a woman?

a few dates eating out,

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Pot Noodle

After a few dates eating out, she cooked for me last week and it was rubbish.

That's a bad omen for a start.

Meth.

Avoid anything messy like pasta, avoid anything over complex and make sure you know what she doesn't like.
Oh and start with something you can actually cook, better question for your actual friends is what do I cook that is really nice.

Chicken breast wrapped in pancetta and filled with garlicky soft cheese
Serve with stuffed roasted peppers and some asparagus
Easy peasy

Oh and start with something you can actually cook,

This.

beans on toast. impress her by melting some cheese on top

EDIT - and not too many dishes for her to wash up

fish, they like fish, it's almost like they're otters or something. Check she likes fish first though, in case she doesn't, cos some of em don't. In fact she might be allergic and die of prophilactic shock so don't. Meat and two veg. No gravy, dribbling and slurping is right out. No moppy bread either, it's 'uncouth' apparently. Unless she's vegetarian in which case vegetable tagine - which is vegetables flavoured with unpleasant spices and cooked for hours in to sludge, they love that.

Meat and two veg. No gravy, dribbling and slurping is right out.

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It's not about the food. Cook her something with a story - something that means something to you. Get a conversation going about why it's important and she can see you are more than what you can cook.

Rachel

just serve her up a big sausage

Do you know what she likes? Probably that. If you know some things she doesn't like, not them.

Toad in the hole?

Something even worse then she won't feel bad but you have to suffer a bad dinner. 😛

More helpfully it depends what she likes - spicy food, pasta, meat & 2 veg, veggie, pub grub....

When I first cooked for mrs GD I suspect it was something I had done dozens of times so I did not stress about the cooking and then we could have a good evening.

Don't set the bar too high. Couple of steaks and a six pack.

Cook her something with a story

Two small children - Hansel and Grettel, innit

better question for your actual friends is what do I cook that is really nice.

Where's the fun in that?

Did a brussels/cauli bake for MrsT last week which she loved(fridge left overs) 😆
http://uktv.co.uk/food/homepage/sid/8073

Doesn't matter what it is simple, complicated or expensive it just needs to be cooked well and on time. Never watched any of those dating prongs on the telly? Practice, practice and practice again so that you know how long it will take to prep and cook.

Maybe ask her what she likes 💡

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Or perhaps,
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To be honest if I was trying to impress then I'd have to go straight for the top shelf
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http://www.amazon.com/Gordon-Ramsay-3-Star-Chef/dp/1849491909
Step by step instruction on how to cook like a michelin 3* chef (probably suited to those who have notched up 1 or 2 *'s already)

prophilactic shock

After a few dates eating out, she cooked for me last week and it was rubbish.

Badly stuffed kebab?

allthegear - Member
It's not about the food. Cook her something with a story - something that means something to you. Get a conversation going about why it's important and she can see you are more than what you can cook.

Rachel

Fray Bentos

Chips

Chicks dig chips

They are veggie and gluten free and everyone loves them

Tell her walter raleigh brought potatoes here and then discuss the triple cook method if you need a story.

On gas. Cook on gas.

Yeah chips. Can't lose.

But chips a la flambe if you really want to get her knickers off.

An 'all you can eat' sausage buffet?

Steak

Then for dessert tell her it's steak and BJ day

prophilactic shock

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sometimes i just absolutely love this forum... 😆 😆

spit roast?
you might have to get a friend to help, unless you're very talented.

+1 for chips.

^^^ With white fish fillet and grilled sliced aubergine and mushrooms. Nearly Impossible to mess up. Toss the aubergine/mushies in pesto and a little cream and hey presto. Serve the awesome chick cut chips in their own bowl so that you can share

whatever she just had 😉

real prophilactic shock ??

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In fact she might be allergic and die of prophilactic shock so don't.

As you'll all know from watching the Wiggles*, it's very important to ask if anyone has any allergies before feeding them things. And there was a confession on Mayo's show where someone was cooking to impress and gave his date anaphylaxis.

Actually, come to think of it, trying to impress members of the opposite gender may not be a great idea, as it (eventually) leads to having to watch the ***** Wiggles on repeat.

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[url= https://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/new-idea/family/a/12791149/wiggle-anthony-field-talks-about-school-allergies/ ]*the blue Wiggle is some sort of spokesman for an Australian allergy charity.[/url]

James Martin
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/programmes/b03vzwfv

Finger food buffet & cava.

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Chips is only ok after your both legless on the way back from the pub, they are NOT dinner.

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Skip dinner and worry about breakfast.

beans on toast.

I once brought a young lady back to mine for a first date feed, half expecting her to enjoy being indulged in some fine(ish) dining. Oh no. Beans on toast she opted for. Oh how my housemates ripped the pi55 in passing. I had the last laugh though as she was pure filth later that night 😉

emsz - Member
Chips is only ok after your both legless on the way back from the pub, they are NOT dinner.

Skip dinner and worry about breakfast.

No midnight snack?

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Chips is only ok after your both legless on the way back from the pub, they are NOT dinner.

Bloody Southerners.

not gravy.

northerners 🙄

My wife has just told me to stop laughing. I do most of the cooking now, but it's not how I wooed her. She's not a very good cook, so it's not how she wooed me either. Do a roast, but ask her if she minds making the gravy, if she gets the Bisto out she better have some other womanly skills. If on the other hand, she starts stirring flour in to the roasting dish, get down on one knee now. (I think I have failed in avoiding innuendo fodder)

Steak with a red wine sauce and sweet potato fries worked well for me. And enchiladas (proper ones not old el paso kits). Both are some of her favourite meals so it may be worth asking her.

If on the other hand, she starts stirring flour in to the roasting dish, get down on one knee now.

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Mussels in white wine.

emsz -
She's a laaady
AwoahAwoahAwoah
She's a laaady

OP get her pissed - then giver her chips.

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Steak with a red wine sauce and sweet potato fries worked well for me. And enchiladas

Wow she has quite an appetite!

Drac - Moderator

Chips is only ok after your both legless on the way back from the pub, they are NOT dinner.

Bloody Southerners.

Shit or bust

Fugu

MAYO with chips. were you lot bought up by animals? 🙄 😆

Check out the lemon curd thread - it bought someone to orgasm apparently. 😯

I once tried lemon curdling.
couldn't sit down for days.

Lasagne. With a side salad, olives and garlic bread.
Prep it all in advance, set table, pre-heat oven.
When she arrives, great her with a nice bottle of wine and attentive company.

Of course if she reads this post you might not have to cook anything . 😀

Erratum

Serve the awesome [s]chick[/s] thick cut chips in their own bowl so that you can share

Bangers 'n mash if she's a good eater (if she's a stick insect, you might want to scale that back a bit)

But like this:
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Rather than this:
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Bonus points for using the most knob shaped bangers you can find... 😉

If you pay my brother 500 quid, he'll come round and cook you a Michelin start standard dinner and you can pretend you cooked it.

We think this is a fair price for you rich Audi driving upper middle class bastards.

I'd also suggest lots of veg
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Of course the way to woman's heart is potato cooked in fat used to scoop up more fat.

Just order the best Fish & Chips in the town. Warm it up in the oven before serving etc.

Then get one or two bottle of good wine not more than £5 per bottle from Co-Op and you are set to go.

For dessert just get some ice cream.

There you go plenty of time to relax over the wine later on or if you get lucky you should be shagging ... make sure not to eat too much/full.

Alternatively, if you want to be complicated then you can try to cook the Chinese 3 cooked pork i.e. Hakka style pork belly and taro like this.

This is one of my favourite dish ... if you can cook this properly you will have no problem pulling any girl on this earth.
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Do Not let the look deceive you. If you are in Chinese restaurant try to order this and if they are a good Chinese restaurant they should have this dish.

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apart from the vegetarians, eh chewkw? 😉

honestly though, if she's actually coming to dinner, it doesn't really matter what's on the table, after all she cooked a bad meal for you, it's not like it's the end of seeing her, right?

Although if some-one gave me heated up fish and chips, I'd have to think very carefully.... 😆

Cook exactly what she cooked but much better*

Her reaction will decide if she's a keeper.

*don't do this.

emsz - Member

apart from the vegetarians, eh chewkw?

Vegetarians no problem I suggest cooking Indian Chana Daal with naan bread.

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honestly though, if she's actually coming to dinner, it doesn't really matter what's on the table, after all she cooked a bad meal for you, it's not like it's the end of seeing her, right?

Ya, I was once offered boiled haddock in salt and potatoes ... after the dinner we stayed together for several years.

Although if some-one gave me heated up fish and chips, I'd have to think very carefully....

C'mon, Fish and Chips is the national dish ... besides, what's wrong with heating up if you order it say 20 mins before that?

errr limp greasy batter, slightly warmed through fish, and oven soggy chips.

yummy

emsz - Member

errr limp greasy batter, slightly warmed through fish, and oven soggy chips.

yummy

Ok ok ... no fish and chips ... d'oh!

I am trying to recall my time having fish and chips with my ex ... oh yes, she did not say much ... d'oh! I was happy though ... 😆

timidwheeler - Member

Lasagne. With a side salad, olives and garlic bread.

I married my wife on the strength of her Lasagne it was sublime.

But I didn't get it for 2 years after marriage......

MrOvershoot - Member

I married my wife on the strength of her Lasagne it was sublime.

But I didn't get it for 2 years after marriage......

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So what has she been cooking and what's her best dish?

You have been conned / trapped ... 😯

As much as I love fish and chips I'm with emsz on this one.

Save that for after blustery coastal walk while you sit with your legs over the harbour wall.

Having said that I once managed to turn a spin class into a very successful cheap bottle of red and takeaway pizza* date.

So take her to a spin class then she'll be to tired and hungry to care what you serve.

*the wine was known to be good and the pizza was stonebaked authentic style.

errr limp greasy batter, slightly warmed through fish, and oven soggy chips.

yummy

OP whatever you can cook an you think is your best dish then cook this

or and this is pretty radical so think carefully but ask her what she likes! Careful with this approach though as little good can come of this.

I said as much chewkw, I think the phrase was "married under false pretenses"

To be fair she did cook some super stuff in between, these days I do all the cooking as her MS means she can't do anything. I've found a real love of cooking & she says I'm a much more inventive cook than her?

Though she got taken into hospital today so I'm sat here eating Red onion & sweet potato bhajia at the moment

Co-op Argentina Malbec red wine is good at £4.75 😀

MrOvershoot - Member

I said as much chewkw, I think the phrase was "married under false pretenses"

To be fair she did cook some super stuff in between, these days I do all the cooking as her MS means she can't do anything & I've found a real love of cooking & she says I'm a much more inventive cook than her?

I see. Good on you!

... now try cooking the Chinese 3 cooked pork for her.

This is a very authentic Chinese food not many Westerner knows but[u] [b]make sure she is not allergic to taro or yam [/b][/u]as that is one important ingredients ... as well as fermented tofu.

Sorry chewkw see my edit 🙁

But I will have a go at that pork seeing as I work in Liverpool and we have a very good range of Chinese supermarkets I think any ingredients should be easy enough to get.