Should men learn to cook?

We need to earn our bread and butter, don’t we? But more than that we need to know how to cook. When young we are fed by our parents. As we grow older our mother still feeds us. She makes food with her own hands. She knows the taste, the flavor we like. She buys vegetables and cuts it, puts some masalas and there it is food is ready. It is not as simple as I just told you.

As a social practice boys are isolated from cooking. But if you ask me should they learn to cook? The answer would be yes. But is it compulsory, I would say still say yes. Cooking helps when we go to a remote place and away from our near and dear ones. Learning to cook protects our pocket to some extent. Some places don’t have the facilities of hotel. Some of them really charge a lot, don’t they? True, isn’t it?

For men and young boys it is always better to know simple things about cooking food. They must know what to buy, and how to cook a meal on their own. Simple things like making chapattis, making dals, making toast, and some vegetables will always come handy. In addition to cooking, they also know how to buy vegetables and other things meant for cooking. There are many canned food available now a days. It may not suit the pockets of everybody. It is still in a nascent stage.

Then why do boys refrain from cooking? It is one thing they have been kept away. God forbade, if someone is unhealthy or sick in our house we know it is better to cook food for them. Today with the growing number of hotels most men find an excuse that they need not know how to cook.

So, should boys learn to cook, the answer is an absolute yes. Learning to cook is far more useful than you think. Try to stay for a day or two without your mother. You will always remember her handmade food.