Male nurses who cook

[Crumbwannabe]

I suppose you're wondering why I've asked you all here. Table saws, scratching, sports all aside, I am wondering if there is any interest in the fine culinary arts. Particularly those peculiar to the bachelor.

I once lived on a case of Waverly Wafers, a Restaurant sized container of soy based imitation bacon bits (less than 1/2 of 1% sodium benzoate added as preservitive) a jar of peanut butter and a dozen eggs for nearly 2 weeks. I bought the eggs and white label peanut butter, and the other contributed by a friend. Endless variations...eggs ala Waverly, Bacon, egg and peanut butter on Waverly, you imagine.

Being half 'White trash' I expanded my horizons over time as the money started coming in. My quest is twofold....

1) What do you consider some of your dubious culinary triumphs?

2.) How can we get the Food Channel to sponsor a 'Male nurse cooks with Rachael Ray' contest? After all, "Chef" has been a male dominated profession, and "Nursing" a female dominated field for all these years. Perhaps the twain shall meet. Or better yet, an 'eating on a dollar 30 cents a day' episode. Leftovers are fair game. Imagine Rachael relishing a curled hunk of cold pizza fresh out of the box in the fridge with the orange congealed grease on the top, washed down with a warm Coke, or half a can of flat beer from last night.

Give me your feedback.

[jasonglh]

I don't cook I grill. I have a Holland grill and you can cook anything on that. I like my smoker also but thats just for special occasions.

When I was 18 I moved into my grandparents cabin by the lake on their farm. Most of my money was spent on gas and beer. When I got home from work I would stop at the lake and toss out a milk jug. It had a short length of twine and a big hook with a minnow attached. In the morning when I got up there would usually be nice catfish attached. For other meat I had a freezer full of deer and many flavors of hamburger helper. For filler I had a small garden with corn, okra, lettuce, tomatos, and melons.

[teeituptom, BSN, RN]

I always loved to cook and learned to cook welll when I was young. I learned that women liked a good quality home cooked meal, along with all the nice attention that goes along with serving.

Also it was a lot cheaper on the wallet

Also its a lot closer trip from the dining room table to either the sofa or the bedroom :balloons: :rotfl:

[Crumbwannabe]

in the morning when i got up there would usually be nice catfish attached. for other meat i had a freezer full of deer and many flavors of hamburger helper. for filler i had a small garden with corn, okra, lettuce, tomatos, and melons.

way back when, my dad was alive and he was my hunting partner. after he died, i hung up the gun, and never hunted again. eventually developed a taoist attitude toward taking life, although i'm not a vegan or anything. but i'll never forget what a great game cook my mom was. she cooked quail for breakfast on weekends. i remember coming down the steps in pajamas to the smell.

occasionally she made a feast for friends with duck, quail, pheasant,dressing, the whole shot. worked herself silly doing it, but it was always perfect. i do miss the river fish and the taste of wild game. but i have a feeling it just wouldn't taste the same if she wasn't doing the cooking....and as with all good cooks, she couldn't tell you how, it was just in her head, never to be written down.

[MaleRN2B]

Thanks for sharing. I'm currently an administrator with my state's fish and wildlife agency and we're looking at all the reasons people are giving up hunting and fishing. We have almost allowed a whole generation or two to become completely disconnected from farms and food. I respect and appreciate your post.

MJ

[Crumbwannabe]

Thanks for sharing. I'm currently an administrator with my state's fish and wildlife agency and we're looking at all the reasons people are giving up hunting and fishing. We have almost allowed a whole generation or two to become completely disconnected from farms and food. I respect and appreciate your post.MJ

I've been told the argument about surplus population and such, and while I don't argue that a person should not kill animals, It's just not for me. What infuriates me is people who simply go out for the kill, rather than for the comradere or sportsmanship. I've let people take phesants that I've obviously knocked down rather than argue the point with a loonie. There are also those who kill just to kill, and let the game lie behind to be eaten by predators so that they can kill again. If you kill, you eat what you kill.

I've enjoyed watching the dogs work and the closeness of my dad, and really didn't care if I made a limit or even found a bird. Too many people miss out on these important things that can never be re-lived, and then call themselves 'hunters'. Try standing out on a preserve of geese where they know you can't hurt them and feel all that life around you, then you will feel the spirit of GOD among His creatures.

Occasionally I will fish but do it catch and release. Unless it's crappie...just can't resist a meal of fresh crappie. So I guess I'm not a complete Taoist in the sense of the word that eschews the taking of life.

[utterlyconfused]

Yes. Doing the show with Rachael Ray would be way too much fun. Cooking up a wonder to rival Bobby flay would be supreme. /QUOTE]

I just read that Rachael is ENGAGED.....To some alternative music band guy. What a waste. If you look her up, I was suprised how "salty" she can be in an interview. Likes her liquor apparently, too. I've dated a hypomanic before, and they can make great company in every sense of the word.

Well, at least it dispells the rumor that she is...how do I say this?...a woman's woman? I never believed it anyhow....

:stone If you really want to pursue the idea of maybe being on the cooking show w/Rachel and a Male nurses who can cook theme....why not contact them and toss them the idea. Who knows... you might get lucky. For your info.... [email protected].

[Calfax]

Oh....the food channel. Yeah, she's a babe.

Nursing has ruined me for food.....having eaten most working meals standing up, with a tongue depressor and warm diet coke. So here's my contribution to the single man's culinary arts.

Breakfast: Poptarts: prep time 0 minutes. Sleep is precious.

Lunch: Supermarket sushi: prep time 5 minutes in check-out line. Raw fish is healthy for you. And it's always fresh.....and if it isn't, well you do work at a hospital.

Dinner: Cajun clam chowder: prep time 5 minutes.

microwave 1 can of clam chowder.

Throw a handful of cheezits in it.

Add Tobasco to taste.

Desert: Cereal-killer ice-cream.

How-ever much ice-cream you want.

Count Chocula, Cocoa Puffs or Cookie Crisp are best but whatever stale cereal is lurking in the cupboard will work just fine. If you're on a diet you can substitute frozen yogart and Craisins.

Pot-luck dinners: I got yelled at because I brought a box of Ding-dongs to the ER Christmas dinner. So I learned this recipe from a guy named Dave. You need a crock pot, tho: prep time 5 to 8 hours.

2 Packs of Smokie Weenies.

2 bottles of barbeque sauce or 20 McDonalds packs.

Throw in crock pot and cook. If you bring them in to work at 7, they'll be ready about midnight. Make sure you set the crock pot on low (important).

If you forget toothpicks or and forks.....break some CTA's in half.

[MaleRN2B]

I've been told the argument about surplus population and such, and while I don't argue that a person should not kill animals, It's just not for me. What infuriates me is people who simply go out for the kill, rather than for the comradere or sportsmanship. I've let people take phesants that I've obviously knocked down rather than argue the point with a loonie. There are also those who kill just to kill, and let the game lie behind to be eaten by predators so that they can kill again. If you kill, you eat what you kill.

I've enjoyed watching the dogs work and the closeness of my dad, and really didn't care if I made a limit or even found a bird. Too many people miss out on these important things that can never be re-lived, and then call themselves 'hunters'. Try standing out on a preserve of geese where they know you can't hurt them and feel all that life around you, then you will feel the spirit of GOD among His creatures.

Occasionally I will fish but do it catch and release. Unless it's crappie...just can't resist a meal of fresh crappie. So I guess I'm not a complete Taoist in the sense of the word that eschews the taking of life.

There really is a surplus of some animals because we have historically eliminated predators and upset the balance of things. We don't like coyotes, or wolves, or snakes or sharks and the list goes on. At one time farmers killed hawks, owls, and eagles on sight. All over the world, there is folklore about these evil children-grabbing, kitten-killing beasts. I hit a deer on the expressway a few years ago at 70 miles an hour and these collisions are becoming more common. Hunting them for food is far more humane than the inevitable disease and starvation that God designed to control overpopulation, but I don't want to get into a debate about the wrongness of hunting. I'm very fortunate not to have been exposed to too many of the kind of people you describe. People that aren't doing the right thing tend to stay away from us that work for fish and wildlife agencies for obvious reasons. They are truly in the minority. I have also worked as a naturalist for many years and stood among hundreds of thousands of migrating waterfowl and marveled at this and the many other wonders of nature. I just like to eat them too.

Peace. MJ

[nursemike, ASN, RN]

There really is a surplus of some animals because we have historically eliminated predators and upset the balance of things. We don't like coyotes, or wolves, or snakes or sharks and the list goes on. At one time farmers killed hawks, owls, and eagles on sight. All over the world, there is folklore about these evil children-grabbing, kitten-killing beasts. I hit a deer on the expressway a few years ago at 70 miles an hour and these collisions are becoming more common. Hunting them for food is far more humane than the inevitable disease and starvation that God designed to control overpopulation, but I don't want to get into a debate about the wrongness of hunting. I'm very fortunate not to have been exposed to too many of the kind of people you describe. People that aren't doing the right thing tend to stay away from us that work for fish and wildlife agencies for obvious reasons. They are truly in the minority. I have also worked as a naturalist for many years and stood among hundreds of thousands of migrating waterfowl and marveled at this and the many other wonders of nature. I just like to eat them too.

Peace. MJ

We're not vegans, or even close, but my Dad won't let me order duck in a Chinese restaurant. Says it's cannibalism. We are both avid birders, and once I'm not broke, again, I'll buy a duck stamp every year.

I don't hunt. Never really enjoyed it much. Not enough patience to fish. A lot of people in my neck of the woods do hunt. For some, it's a mystical experience, for others, it's just fun. There are plenty of jerks around, too, but I don't think I know any. I don't object to hunting, and the license fees and hunters' organizations fund a lot of wild-life and habitat preservation. I just prefer to bag my game with a camera.

This thread is becoming delightfully eclectic.

[teeituptom, BSN, RN]

I love to hunt

I love to eat what I shoot

beware :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[MaleRN2B]

We're not vegans, or even close, but my Dad won't let me order duck in a Chinese restaurant. Says it's cannibalism. We are both avid birders, and once I'm not broke, again, I'll buy a duck stamp every year.

I don't hunt. Never really enjoyed it much. Not enough patience to fish. A lot of people in my neck of the woods do hunt. For some, it's a mystical experience, for others, it's just fun. There are plenty of jerks around, too, but I don't think I know any. I don't object to hunting, and the license fees and hunters' organizations fund a lot of wild-life and habitat preservation. I just prefer to bag my game with a camera.

This thread is becoming delightfully eclectic.

I got to do a happy dance and tell some of my co-workers "I told ya so" this morning when it was announced that the ivory-billed woodpecker is not extinct and was confirmed to be living in Arkansas along the White River. My only error was that I said it would be discovered in Cuba but it's discovery in Arkansas means it's not out of the question that it's living there as well. Oh, happy day!

[nursemike, ASN, RN]

I got to do a happy dance and tell some of my co-workers "I told ya so" this morning when it was announced that the ivory-billed woodpecker is not extinct and was confirmed to be living in Arkansas along the White River. My only error was that I said it would be discovered in Cuba but it's discovery in Arkansas means it's not out of the question that it's living there as well. Oh, happy day!

Awesome! And thanks for the news. All I've been reading, lately, are nursing textbooks, and they didn't mention it.

I wonder whether that means the Cuban population is expanding. I can imagine parts of Arkansas might be remote enough that they've been there, all along, but unobserved. I would also suppose Cuba is a hot spot for non-U.S. birders, so they would probably have been seen if they were in any signicant numbers, there.