Chris Matthews Finds It 'Weird' When Husbands Cook Dinner (VIDEO)

Perhaps Chris Matthews just had a momentary lapse when he made the following statement Wednesday evening about how "weird" it is when husbands cook dinner:

I don’t watch television the way most regular people do, meaning most people come home, they’re tired they go in the living room, maybe they watch T.V. while their wife, in some cases, making dinner, or the husband — in some weirder cases — is making dinner.

The statement feels so anachronistic that we aren't sure how to react. Is this 1952? HuffPost Food understands that the stereotype of the wife cooking dinner might still be the norm for many (and that's okay -- if you are a wife and you like to cook then rock on!), but we are way beyond the point of it being "weird" for husbands to cook.

So we hereby declare, husbands of the world, please cook Chris Matthews a delicious meal. It sounds like he could use it, if for no other reason than to be brought into the 21st century.

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Comments

[Nick Vanocur]

07:18 AM on 10/19/2012

Why is it weird if a husband cook, it's a partnership, isn't it?
It should be.
And what if the husband wants to cook, likes to cook?
Has the balls to be confident in himself and confident that if he is an equal part of the give and take that comes with an honest and good relationship?
Thinks that cooking and putting down the toilet seat is the least he can do to make up for the snoring?
Why then, that person would be like me.
And I know someday I'll make some woman a great wife.
Even though I'll still be the man.

[inthelandoftheblind]

07:23 AM on 10/13/2012

Maybe his wife doesn't cook either! Recently was watching something...can't recall now, but this famous woman flatly stated - & I've heard other famous women say the same - in a most matter of fact way - oh - I don't cook. Whaaa?

Just as Chris thought it odd that a man might cook - which I cannot even begin to fathom, as most famous chefs are men - whenever I hear a woman say she doesn't cook ... it strikes me as so odd!

I suppose they just never learned how.Like so many who live in big cities, who've never learned to drive, & have never owned a car, I guess...but ...at least that makes some sense. It would cost the price of the car, annually, to garage it year 'round if living in a high rise! In the Boston area, a parking spot will cost you an extra $200.00 per mo - at least - & that's just on the street.

I can't imagine not being able to cook whatever I might enjoy, whenever I feel like it, instead of having to go out & drive someplace each time I feel hungry, wait to be seated, plop down in a seat, sit & wait for a menu, then to be served, & then pay 5 x or more what it would cost to make at home in most cases, plus a tip,  & hope it's decently prepared!  

At least that way there are no dirty dishes waiting for me later, so I guess there's that, plus usually there are leftovers. I really enjoy going out to eat, but prefer organic food, & often like to have dinner when I feel hungry - which might be 9 or 10 PM, so by that time, there's no place decent open, in my town.I guess these women must live in big cities, just step out the door & have lots of good foods to choose from, & call for delivery lot. Maybe I could go for that too, once in a while.

[rleb2002]

03:02 PM on 03/30/2012

JUDGES, CONGRESSMEN , SENATORS, N ALL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYES, have, FREE HEAL INSURANCE. " PAID WITH OUR TAXES!! "OUR TAXES"!! SEE?? AND THEY in the Hi , POSITION, THEY HAVE, don't want the rest of PEOPLE, ( CITIZEN WHO PAY THEIR INSURANCE, To HAVE, THE SAME ADVANTAGE) WHY!! WHY?? WHY??? WHO ARE THEM TO WANT TO HAVE TOSE PRIVILEGES???DO THEY BILIVE THEY ARE? BLU BLOD??ARISTOCRACY??THEY ARE NOTHING, ESPECIAL, without us TAXPAYERS!! TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINS ALL THE PEOPLE, WHO ARE PAYING < THEIR SALARIES INCLUDING

[RobtBrock]

11:47 PM on 02/21/2012

It appears that Matthews hasn't progressed since Ozzie & Harriet.

[epsi1on]

11:27 PM on 02/21/2012

I love cooking dinner for my fiancee, and it's usually me doing the cooking (80+% ofthe time) but what is better is cooking together.

[henriette and hube]

06:50 PM on 02/21/2012

One could just say Chris Matthews is weird and stop right there.

[plantbasedpunk]

02:11 PM on 02/21/2012

I am a man, but I am definitely the cook in my relationship. And a damn good one if I do say so myself. We cook together quite frequently, though. I wouldn't trade that time in the kitchen together for the best programming TV has to offer. Well, maybe short of a new season of Firefly.

[henriette and hube]

06:49 PM on 02/21/2012

I love to see a guy in the kitchen. There's just something very special about it which I can't really put into words.

You sound like a very confident and romantic guy. Congrats are in order.

[Lmurwood]

11:45 AM on 02/21/2012

Is this the 1950's?

[Targetdog]

09:41 AM on 02/21/2012

One tip for all you male cooks, "Don't fry bacon nekkid!"

[MorpheusXNYC]

05:10 PM on 02/24/2012

One pro tip from a male chef for bacon lovers - make bacon in the microwave. Cooks much faster than in the pan, comes out PERFECTLY crispy and evenly cooked every single time.

Just make sure you cover the bacon with a paper towel as you don't want the grease shooting outwards and coating the inside of the microwave oven.

[Targetdog]

09:31 AM on 02/21/2012

I am a man and I cook dinner five to six nights a week minimum. Perhaps Chris hasn't met the right "cooking man." I know my boyfriend has!

[VA Jill]

07:51 PM on 02/20/2012

I guess you are weird, Chris.....I don't find it strange at all. Sure, my dad couldn't boil water without directions, but my first husband was a chef and my second could whomp up a passable meal and great barbecue. Maybe you need to go back tot he 50s, Chris.

[Ganji]

10:06 PM on 02/20/2012

it's sad that people demonize him for having a different world view and you know what I wasn't around in the 50s but i bet it was better than then this hyper feminized weak liberal mess we call the USA now

[plantbasedpunk]

02:08 PM on 02/21/2012

I think by saying "it was better" then is assuming a little too much. And we have evolved since then. Both technologically and socially. Gender equality - as with racial equality - is just one of the next steps in our social evolution. Part of that evolution is ridding ourselves of gender roles and stereo types that have held women back in the past. We've come a long way from snatching up females from neighboring tribes. And we've still got a long way to go.

[morgansher]

03:39 PM on 02/20/2012

Heh.. The "good cook" genes we got in our family came from our Hungarian born father who churned out traditional dishes like chicken paprikash, mushroom soup, goulash, and grated noodles for Easter, birthdays or when special friends came to visit.

[deweydecimal]

03:15 PM on 02/20/2012

Why? Because television surfing is such a macho extreme sport!

[El Chingaso]

03:07 PM on 02/20/2012

Oops. Matthews was "insensitive" -- again. Suspend him or, better yet, fire him.

[procopios]

10:20 AM on 02/20/2012

I assure you, the results are a lot weirder when my wife does the cooking instead of me.