How to stop my hooyo from cooking a sh*load of food every during ramadan

[Wervelwind]

Hi guys

Since ramadan, my mom's been making so much food each day while fasting. Sabayaad, buur, sambusa, fruit. main aasho - every day. I've been helping her during the weekend but if I want to help her during weekdays, I'll have to leave work straight away to make it in time.

At home it's me, my mom, and 2 brothers. I asked her to just make the main aasho (bariis or baasto) and a lot of it but she seems adamant to keep doing this. I also wanted to suggest to her to have them (my brothers) just buy their own food at times

If they just eat the main dish, I can cook the main aasho today at my leisure and they can eat it tomorrow.

What are you guys like

 

[Waa dhamatay]

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[Somali Saayid]

My parents only have the energy for this for the first two weeks after that, we buy takeout from the local Somali restaurant.

 

[AbdiFreedom]

Tell your mom to be efficient and to stop cooking items that are very low priority, like buur and digir. After a long day of fasting, the last thing we wanted to see on our plates are those things and I'm sure most will agree. I also don't want bariis or baasto but that was made for the others. Look at what you guys are not enthusiastic about and that should convince your mom to not cook them.

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Anything else is calool non grata during that month.

 

[Wervelwind]

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What does she make

Wallahi if youre a xalimo, this is the perfect time to hone your cooking and become a better wife. Especially if you're doing this while fasting you're gonna level up

 

[convincation]

My mum cooks for an army and gets pissed when we can’t finish it

 

[Ragaasi]

My mum cooks for an army and gets pissed when we can’t finish it

just save it for sahoor bro left over mandazi and bur hit diff with shaax

 

[Lostbox]

My family used to make everyone cook but my dad or me. The only 2 male. When I did try to cook. My mother or older sister's would take over. We also had the problem of cooking to much food in Ramadan

 

[𐒋𐒖𐒆𐒔𐒖𐒕𐒈]

Hi guys

Since ramadan, my mom's been making so much food each day while fasting. Sabayaad, buur, sambusa, fruit. main aasho - every day. I've been helping her during the weekend but if I want to help her during weekdays, I'll have to leave work straight away to make it in time.

At home it's me, my mom, and 2 brothers. I asked her to just make the main aasho (bariis or baasto) and a lot of it but she seems adamant to keep doing this. I also wanted to suggest to her to have them (my brothers) just buy their own food at times

If they just eat the main dish, I can cook the main aasho today at my leisure and they can eat it tomorrow.

What are you guys like

How about being a good son, kissing our dear mother's gentle hand, and cook for her next time.

Actually, in my family, all boys, we have always taken turns to cook, and my younger brother was a brilliant chef.

 

[Kalsoon]

Hi guys

Since ramadan, my mom's been making so much food each day while fasting. Sabayaad, buur, sambusa, fruit. main aasho - every day. I've been helping her during the weekend but if I want to help her during weekdays, I'll have to leave work straight away to make it in time.

At home it's me, my mom, and 2 brothers. I asked her to just make the main aasho (bariis or baasto) and a lot of it but she seems adamant to keep doing this. I also wanted to suggest to her to have them (my brothers) just buy their own food at times

If they just eat the main dish, I can cook the main aasho today at my leisure and they can eat it tomorrow.

What are you guys like

Do you guys eat all that food? Maybe she is thinking her boys need all that food. And is trying her best for you guys. I think she is also conditioned to make that much food and it is a habit she has become accustomed to. Which will be hard to break.

If you don’t eat all the food and it gets thrown away later, I would suggest you mention something about how it’s not good to waste (food) especially in Ramadan. It’s israaf.

Also emphasize how all the time spent cooking extra foods could be spent doing cibaadah. This month should be about increasing our worship not increasing the amount of food we eat.

Your hooyo may heed your advice if you say it in a very kind and caring way. And show you’re really about what you’re saying.

 

[Step a side]

The difficult part is helping out to clean while your stuffed and you are late for taraweeh.

 

[Wervelwind]

How about being a good son, kissing our dear mother's gentle hand, and cook for her next time.

Actually, in my family, all boys, we have always taken turns to cook, and my younger brother was a brilliant chef.

I get the feeling she doesn't want me to cook. When it's not ramadan she's fine with it but it feels like that during it she doesn't trust my cooking

Do you guys eat all that food? Maybe she is thinking her boys need all that food. And is trying her best for you guys. I think she is also conditioned to make that much food and it is a habit she has become accustomed to. Which will be hard to break.

If you don’t eat all the food and it gets thrown away later, I would suggest you mention something about how it’s not good to waste (food) especially in Ramadan. It’s israaf.

Also emphasize how all the time spent cooking extra foods could be spent doing cibaadah. This month should be about increasing our worship not increasing the amount of food we eat.

Your hooyo may heed your advice if you say it in a very kind and caring way. And show you’re really about what you’re saying.

No it doesn't all get eaten. The problem is that my brothers are xasiid and like all that food being cooked lol

 

[El Nino]

Give it time sxb, after the 1st week hooyos stop cooking too much food.

 

[Djokovic]

This is Ibadah for her as she is feeding people who have been fasting be thankful

 

[𐒋𐒖𐒆𐒔𐒖𐒕𐒈]

I get the feeling she doesn't want me to cook. When it's not ramadan she's fine with it but it feels like that during it she doesn't trust my cooking

She probably does not want you poisoning the family (kaftan)

In which case, then take on the food prep work by setting up the kitchen (nothing beats coming to a clean kitchen), ready the veggies and fruits i.e. by slicing onions, chopping coriander, parsley, potatoes etc., and definitely load the dish washer afterwards. Just a thought.

 

[Steeq]

Yall mom's cook for yall for iftar????
BRO I meal prep for myself, every Ramadan.



She only cooked for us, when we were kids,
and my other brothers cook or buy food for themselves.