I was excited when my oldest nephew married a nice Vietnamese girl , I like Asian food , like to cook but no one in my family on either mom's or dad's side cook Asian ... I tried a few recipes that were total flops ... I need a real cook to show me the ropes .
So I sit down with her , notebook in hand to jot down recipes and cooking tips ... all excited ...
While I'm rattling on how I was interested in and looking forward to her showing me some real Asian home cooking ... She stops me and politely says "I'm sorry but I don't Cook " ... how can you not cook , everybody cooks ...Anyway I'm asking her about cooking trying to figure out what the problem is ... she say's my mom would shoo me out the kitchen ... so I never learned to cook .
Later her mom takes me aside and tells me ..."the girl can't boil water without messing it up ...it's better for her to just stay out of the kitchen !" I had to laugh ...that was funny ... Okay I see , I guess some people just don't have the Knack for cooking ... I don't have the knack for math or music !
Still don't cook any Asian dishes ... the wife does a passable Fried Rice !
Gary