Who Says Manly Men Can Not Be Romantic?
The notion of a romantic evening for a lot of us guys includes preparation in the form of reservations, flower purchasing and some form of evening entertainment, perhaps a movie, concert or dancing. This has been a tried and true method of courtship for ages, and it still works very well. But every once in a long while, it just might be a good idea to really surprise her with an evening at home she is likely to never forget. You have it in you to handle this and still not be seen as a wimp.
Women really like the idea that you went out of your way to do something special for them with your own hands, not just that you found something they might like and bought it for them. There are certainly enough commercial options out there to keep you lady happy, capitalism has not lost the notion that buying something is easier than making something, and they are more than happy to help us with this problem. Nevertheless, you can do something that she will remember for a very long time without taking cooking classes or reading some king of homemaking magazine.
But since spending the day in the kitchen does not appeal to us, we begin with the trusty poulan chainsaw in the shed. Grab that man tool and head out to a place where you can fell a tree and cut into logs for firewood. It does not diminish the effort if you have to pay someone for the honor of cutting the firewood yourself, tonight is about doing things with your own hands for her. Once you have the logs in the right lengths for your fireplace, split them into pieces and load up the truck.
Now you can stack all that firewood in the truck and it will be good not just for tonight but for the future as well. Returning home you an stack the firewood and prepare the fireplace, comfortable in that you are preparing for the special dinner, but still doing the manly thing. Just make sure that you have everything you need to make that fire, it would not do to discover at the last minute that you have no kindling or matches; this should be an error free event.
This is the part of the evening preparation you have not been looking forward to, the actual making of a home cooked meal you will both enjoy. To do it right, you need the right ingredients for your specialty, and while you will be in the grocery store, do not cave in and buy a prepared dinner, you can do this on your own. The only electrical device you may not already own is an electric rice cooker. If you do not own one, it well worth the inexpensive investment, for tonight and the future. It makes preparing home made rice as easy as using the microwave.
Naturally, you are going to need a small bag of Japanese rice (not long grain or wild rice). While you are at the grocery store, pick up a couple of cans of cream of mushroom soup, and your choice of broiled chicken, uncooked scallops or shrimp, whatever you and she like. If you have different tastes; she does not like scallops, but you love them; get both, the meal will still work out great. Go to the frozen food section and pick out some vegetables that you can microwave. Pick up a bag of shredded cheese (your choice or the mixture bags.) A pre-made tossed salad large enough for two is not cheating, a loaf of French bread and a bottle of wine and you are ready.
The first step is to read the instructions for setting the rice, so you can start it first. It is so easy to do and you ca not fail to make perfect rice. Turn it on and head upstairs for a well deserved shower. Although it is still late afternoon, prepare as though you were getting ready for an important day at work, or going out to an expensive restaurant. She will appreciate that you took the time to look nice even for an evening at home.
Now that you are ready, the rice should be as well. Time for the magic part of cooking, if you think of it as a chemistry lab, you will be fine. Get out a pan that is safe to use in the oven, which you now preheat to 325 degrees. In the pan, scoop out enough rice to cover the bottom of the pan to a depth of about an inch and a half. Now open the cream of mushroom and cover the rice, but remember you are not making soup, so do not overdue the sauce. Now place your selected topping, shredding the chicken if you bought a whole cooked breast, or distribute the scallops or shrimp evenly. Now sprinkle the shredded cheese over the mixture evenly and cover with aluminum foil. Place the vegetables in a microwaveable bowl and the pan in the preheated oven at last 35 minutes before dinner. You are ready to start the fire.
Start the fire and select some decent tableware. Prepare a table in front of the fireplace and cook the vegetables as instructed on the bag. Slice the bread and place on a plate on the table. You are about 30 minutes away from a very fine romantic meal. Check the rice starting at about 25 minutes of baking, you want the seafood cooked and the cheese melted, bubbling and slightly browned but not black. When its ready, put the rice dish and the vegetables on the table, pour the wine and water, and you are ready for her. It is hard to believe this all started with the trusty homelite chainsaw.
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