And now comes before the court, Dale Chandler vs. Beth Chandler…

Actually this is a story on how you don’t have to agree on everything to have a happy life together. Let me explain.

My wife’s philosophy on food, is you EAT TO LIVE! Similar to most of our friends in the animal, aviary and aquatic worlds.

My philosophy is YOU LIVE TO EAT! I am sure most chefs have the similar feeling.

My wife eats the same thing for breakfast and lunch every day, seven days a week. When I ask her what she wants for dinner, the easiest, is the answer or “I don’t care.” I require flavor and variety. Sure I can eat pizza a couple of times a week, steak a couple of times a week, but I also need variety.

I also enjoy shopping for the food, prepping the food and cooking it. I like to go to the grocery store, several times a week, to insure I am buying the freshest items. She gets lost in a grocery store.

I like recipes with lots of ingredients. She likes popcorn. Microwave at that.

My idea of a good everyday dinner, would include three courses, meat, vegetable and a starch (see no dessert!), hers’ is anything sautéed with onions. Are onions considered a course?

I LOVE corned beef hash. She calls it dog food. I like going to buffets for the variety of food you can taste. She calls them troughs and will have none of that!

I like wine, she drinks beer. I like milk, umm, don’t even get close to her with that. By the way, ever met someone who doesn’t like sunny side up eggs? Meet Beth!

And it even goes to the kitchen itself. I would like to have the latest greatest gadgets in the kitchen but she throws them out, too much clutter. I like hanging my pans on hooks, she throws them in a bottom cupboard I have trouble reaching.

Let this be a lesson to all newlyweds, you don’t have to agree on everything to have a happy life together. I have been married nearly a quarter century to the same lady even though we differ on most things in the kitchen. The old physics law of opposites attracting may actually be true.

By the way, do you know where I might find a place to sleep tonight?   I’ll cook!