Noreen, I thank you for your offer of help, but the idea of me cooking a meal for both of us is just too bizarre.

I do take her out to restaurants frequently, and have been known to buy what in Britain would be called a "takeaway" on occasion, so I do my bit.

As I said earlier , I AM slightly envious of men who do know their way around food and cooking, but I have left it far too late to acquire those skills myself.

Murray