I (30F) don’t know how to make “American” food, and I feel as if my kind of picky SO (35M) is suffering because of it.

In all of my past relationships, I have been told that I am an amazing cook, and that they would eat my food over anything else they could get from their own mothers or restaurants. However, in my current relationship of 3 years, I feel as if he hates my cooking. He’s nice about it, but I feel bad that he doesn’t look forward to mealtimes when I cook.

I am Korean, and I am used to cooking Korean food. My current partner is really kind, but is not used to Korean cuisine. He admitted to me early in our relationship that he can be a little more picky here and there, and he was never exposed to any ethnic food growing up. His mom is an amazing cook, but I don’t know how to cook things like pork chops without drying them the hell out, casseroles, etc. I’m not even sure what a lot of these things are supposed to taste like, since I grew up in a Korean community. (Hell, I only had spaghetti for the first time a year ago...) We now live together, so I would like to get better at this.

Edit: Just to clarify, my SO does help cook more on the weekends. However, it often makes more sense for me to cook because of the time everyone gets home from work.

TL;DR Couples of Reddit, how have you worked through cultural differences when it comes to food?

Submitted April 27, 2019 at 06:46PM by Excited4ButtStuff http://bit.ly/2PyhQJO