(Seriously, grow up guys. There are women on this forum and you're projecting yourselves in a very immature light. Especially to those of us who contribute so much or want to be a part of the community. I know a few girls who are registered here, but don't comment because of posts like yours that seem so pathetic/stereotypical/etc.)

I've always assumed that the "get back in the kitchen jokes" are poking fun at the stereotype, not poking fun at women.

plated.rawr

Norway1675 Posts

October 23 2009 11:04 GMT

#63

On October 23 2009 19:53 FrozenArbiter wrote:

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I've always assumed that the "get back in the kitchen jokes" are poking fun at the stereotype, not poking fun at women.

Like all jokes making fun of stereotypes. There will always be people not taking the jokes though, but this only makes them that much more fun.

Girls have no sense of humor.

Chef

10810 Posts

October 23 2009 11:46 GMT

#64

On October 23 2009 18:37 Liquid`Drone wrote:
rofl I've never seen anyone be as wrong as this : "I think baking deserts can hardly be compared to cooking meals. Baking a desert requires almost no attention. "

baking a great dessert requires way more attention than creating a great meal. it's a fucking science and you need to be absolutely exact. if you're making a meal it generally doesnt matter if you take 120 grams of something instead of 100, if you're baking a dessert it might matter if you take 105 instead of 100. it might matter if you heat something for 60 instead of 50 seconds. this depends on the dessert, obviously there are easy ones, but some desserts require amazing precision not to get fucked up.

Ask your grandma what's harder to cook at thanksgiving dinner. Well I guess you don't have that holiday, but whatever feast you might have during a year, and whoever cooks it and doesn't muck it up. People have no idea the amount of work it takes to cook a real meal. Sure, you can boil corn and potatos and fry some kind of meat and call it dinner, but it's not really a meal. Maybe this is my French heritage side speaking though

Waxangel

United States32927 Posts

October 23 2009 11:56 GMT

#65

yeh, baking is a labor of precision

Waxangel

United States32927 Posts

October 23 2009 12:02 GMT

#66

On October 23 2009 20:46 Chef wrote:

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typically you're only cooking few desserts compared to other courses, so obviously cooking non-desserts for a holiday is going to be much more labor intensive.

Imagine you had to bake several pies (making good crust takes a great deal of care), make a variety of custards (there's a lot of care to make it not curdle), melt, temper and shape a variety of chocolates (the speed and temperature can totally alter the texture), etc. On top of that, the presentation has to look good too (icing a cake well is so time consuming).

Subversive

Australia2229 Posts

October 23 2009 12:33 GMT

#67

I didn't read the comments about making sandwiches and staying in the kitchen as ironic or poking fun at stereotypes. I read them as pretty sexist. I think they're not meant seriously - as reflecting a deep chauvinistic bias - but I do think they're the type of comments guys make to each other when they're alone for fun. However, it's still not a cool thing to say, especially on a forum with women on it. It'd be like making a rascist joke and then trying to say you're actually making fun of rascist people. Spurious at best -.-

lilsusie's right.