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.
Let us start out with our comfort zone, guys. Grab that poulan chainsaw and lets head for the woods, trust me on this, it is all a part of the grand plan. We start by felling a tree in a legal area for cutting, even if we have to shell out a few bucks for the privilege. Now we cut the felled tree into one and a half foot portions, and then split them into firewood. This ought to take the sting out of doing something the romantic side, as by now we have worked up quite a sweat.
Load that firewood into the truck and head on back to the house. Unload the wood and stack it for future use, carefully preparing the fireplace for later, you will want to have it all ready for when she arrives. At this point it is important to take care of all those little details like starter kindling and matches; you want this evening to work out smoothly.
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.
Back home, it is time to take care of you. But first, read the instructions for preparing the rice and set it and turn it on to cook. With the machine, you can not fail. At this point you should be ready for a good shower, and all you have to add is the standard morning ritual, even though it is still the afternoon. Taking the time after you shower to get your hair in some semblance of shape and shaving (unless she digs your beard) can go a long way and requires little effort. This would be a good time to break out that bottle of cologne, or man perfume as we usually call it, which is why it remains on the shelf unused. It is not that she does not care for your smell, it is the idea of something different that we are leveraging here.
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.
Now you can prepare the table in front of the fire with the good china, glasses for chilled water and wine. Cut the bread and place it on the table and microwave the vegetables per instructions. Now all that is left is to wait for her and the meal. Start checking the rice at about 25 minutes, you want the seafood cooked and the cheese bubbling and slightly browned but not charred. When it is ready, remove it and set it and the now cooked veggies on the table and you are ready for a rocking evening. And to think it all started with your homelite chainsaw.
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