Cooking for omnis?!
Answers: My husband is an omni and I have cooked his meat for a while and just added it to his portion of food later. Lately I've been asking him to cook his own meat because the smell of raw meat (especially beef) kind of ruins my appetite. For those of you who live with omnis and are the primary cooks in the family--- do you cook their meat or ask that they do it themselves? What are your reasons?
I have been veg*n for 21+ years, almost longer than I've known how to cook. Even if I were willing to cook meat, which I'm not, nobody would want me to because I wouldn't have the first idea what to do with it. My ex-husband was omni and he most often ate what I cooked, although he sometimes added meat to it. My current boyfriend is also omni, although he now eats 100% vegetarian (and about 80% vegan) at home because he loves what I cook and doesn't really care to cook extra for himself. He buys lunch meat and takes it to work for sandwiches and eats meat (usually fish) when we eat out but would never expect me to cook it for him when he knows I find it morally objectionable.
I always cook something meatless for my husband to have for dinner: soups, stews, a pot of beans or chili, and usually a salad. If he wants meaty food, he picks it up or has it delivered.
I don't like to cook food if I can't taste it. Seasoning is a tricky thing!
My finace is omni but our home is veg, he’s quite happy to eat all the delicious vegan food I make and knows how to make a few himself. If he insisted on bringing the dead flesh of murdered animals into our kitchen we would not be getting married (or living together for that matter!). I find that our differences in dietary habits are ok because he respects my need to have a safe “meat free zone" in the home. It’s bad enough I have to deal with omni crap all day long in the rest of the world.
I like to cook a lot of ethnic foods for him- he doesn't even miss the meat. I would cook veggie tamales, vegan sushi, enchiliadas, tofu scramble, ect. You shouldn't have to cook him meat- let him try one of your meals. I still make my hubby fish, but I refuse to cook anything else. If he really wants it- he will cook it himself. Reasons for me not wanting to- he will less likely do it himself. So we don't have to buy it :)
Edit: You know- I acutally don't even want to cook him fish either.