Gastrosexual???

[VeryBerryCherry]

Just heard this new term on BBC News:

They say that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach but it seems the dining tables have turned as increasing numbers of men are taking up cooking in a bid to seduce women.

Dubbed 'Gastrosexuals' this new generation of men consider cooking more a hobby than a household chore and use their kitchen prowess to impress friends and prospective partners.

Gastosexual

So we've had the metrosexual, the ubersexual and now the gastrosexual.

Which begs the question...

Why does every new trick a guy learns make him "sexual"?

(it very rarely is)

When a woman does the above, it's called plain old housework, getting ready, looking after the kids, multi-tasking etc...

[indiepanda]

More importantly, do they do the washing up afterwards?

Having previously lived with a boyfriend who enjoyed cooking, but used to manage to leave the kitchen like a bombsite afterwards and me with a much bigger clean up job than his cooking job was ("I cooked so you should clean up"), I'd think twice before getting together with a gastrosexual!

[VeryBerryCherry]

Ha ha ha - yeah the wreckage after the storm!

In the defence of Mr VBC, he is a better after-cooking cleaner than myself, which is why I do all the cooking. He was out with the Cillit Bang last night before I could even put my fork down.

[Brendan]

I can?t see it catching on around here. Most London kitchens are too cramped for you to have a proper go at the old marital duties.

[Ant]

Careful with those sharp food-processor blades. They'll lop anything off.

[Tony.London Suburbs]

Will posters kindly contribute to the original thread started at 7.57 AM as opposed to this blatant plageristic thread started much later at,um..7.58AM:)-D

[VeryBerryCherry]

Hey! the delay was due to me sourcing highly "credible" links! >:D

[Tony.London Suburbs]

:))Leave It Out! Someone,somewhere has been staring into my crystal balls..:)).

[Tony.London Suburbs]

Mine could not be more credible! They came from Charlie Gerbil(or whatever his name is on "Breakfast")(tu)

[VeryBerryCherry]

Yeah the guy who kept saying, "metrosexual" instead?

What a doof.

(him not you Tony)

[Tony.London Suburbs]

Yeah! The Guy who always says "swiftly moving on" if anyone has the temerity to say anything evenly mildly controversial!

p.s See seperate "Charlie S***" thread on here.>:D<

[VeryBerryCherry]

I'll have to go and have a read. I always get overwhelmed by reading threads that are pages long... best get stuck in.

And then tidy up the kitchen from last night's cook-off! ;-)

[VeryBerryCherry]

This is great:

The survey also shows the number of families where men help in the kitchen has risen from 27.5 per cent in the post war period to 66.5 per cent in 2008.

This is not so great:

Interestingly the findings indicate men's new found enthusiasm for the kitchen does not mean they are interested in other household chores.

The cleaning of the home, washing of clothes and shopping for groceries are still forms of work dominated by women.

Men spend just 4 minutes a day washing clothes, less than a quarter of the time spent by women.

[Brendan]

Truthfully shocking although in our defence men own a quarter of the amount of clothes that women do.

[VeryBerryCherry]

Brendan Wrote:

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> Truthfully shocking although in our defence men

> own a quarter of the amount of clothes that women

> do.

Not if they're one of those Metrosexuals >:D<

[Tony.London Suburbs]

This is defammatory in the extreme(6)..I used to positively INSIST on putting the plates and dishes in the bowl so that my g/f could wash-up!..and,furthermore I might jolly well add,I have been known on more than one occassion to top the sugarbowl up amongst other arduous household chores.Disgruntled.Com.

[Tony.London Suburbs]

All I'm saying is "lets be fair":)-D

[LuvPeckham]

I am confused

I spend a lot of the time in the Kitchen, everything is cooked fresh, no ready meals here (unless you count the odd Frezza Pizza) and have been that way since a young boy... (damn that sex change worked wonders)

However, the concept of 4 minutes vs 15 minutes a day washing clothes scares me... I (lik,e most blokes living alone) do 2 washes a week, dark and lights ... so do women do 7 washes a week (in a really fast machine obviously) ???

as for how long I spend in the kitchen,. depends on what i am cooking, Squid and Potatoes Genonoa style occupies me for 3 hours, pasta sauce for 2 hours, home made pasta about an hour, bread about 45 minutes and beans on tost about 5 minutes...

I guess, like most things it lasts as long as it does, and somethimes it takes hours, other times it is over in a flash.... depending on how excited I get (about cooking I hasten to add for all you smutty people out there !!!)

[HonaloochieB]

LuvPeckham Wrote:

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beans on tost about 5 minutes...

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If I may suggest, beans on toast that may take longer.

An uncut wholemeal loaf. The densest one possible. If it's from 'Cranks' then so much the better.

Take a can of Heinz baked beans. And of course it has to be Heinz beans. You have to ask?

Slice two inch thick slices of bread. Place them in the toaster. If you're the sort of w@nker who has the sort of toaster that throws up burnt slices of what used to be bread, then put the grill on.

Shake the can of beans into the saucepan, set on a low heat. Add, tomato ketchup and dijon mustard.

Worcestheshire sauce, a dribble.

Allow the beans to heat slowly. For at least 15 minutes, until they become 'claggy'

Butter, and by that I mean use real butter on the toasted bread, and then adorn with the claggy beans.

A meal fit for a politician's bastard and no mistake.

[Ted Max]

You're suggesting grilling the bread for 15 minutes? You, sir, are a gastroarsonist.

[LuvPeckham]

I agree, 15 minutes of toasting bread normally (from past experience) results in the fire brigade visiting, scortched work tops and a new paint scheme for the Kitchen

I don't agree with adding tomato Ketchup or Dijon Mustard to the beans... after all they come in a tomato sauce already, and a dribble of worcestheshir sauce... what a heathen you are, half a bottle or nothing (although tabasco makes an interesting alternative, but never a half a bottles worth or a little 'Shito' chilli paste is also 'mind blowingly good')

then cheese on the toast, either raw or lightly grilled with warmed beans (5 minutes cooking required if no Tomato sauce has been added ;-) ) poured on top....

Simple, blissful, satisfing and can be made whilst doing other things for those five minutes.... :)

[Brendan]

Beans! I?ll tell you about beans.

Fry some fresh chilli and garlic in olive oil add a can of beans and a splash of vinegar (white balsamic preferably) serve on toast and cover with grated cheese.

Well that is if I am not fiercely hung-over which is when I normally make beans on toast. Hangover beans go like this:

Fry the bread in butter, heat up the beans and pour them over the bread, cover in Tabasco sauce (about half a bottle should do) cover in grated cheese. Enjoy with a cup of coffee on the sofa while you watch T4 and try to piece together the events of the previous evening.

Although I do think that any recipes involving the noble, baked-bean do not in anyway qualify you for gastrosexuality because in all honesty they?re never going to get you laid.

[VeryBerryCherry]

What about "Chessy Beans"?... Mmmmm...

[Jeremy]

Baked bean curry... fry some onions with whatever spices you want, add beans, cook until "claggy". Eat with toast or naan bread!

[VeryBerryCherry]

What about a Breakfast Cottage Pie:

Grilled bacon and sausages, chopped and sliced.

A tin of beans and a tin of beans and sausages.

Mashed potato with milk, butter and cheese.

Mix all the meats and beans together, top with mash, add more cheese on top and then bake.

Kids love it!

Who am I kidding, i'm 28 and i love it!