Ask Hot Dads

What do I say about today's edition of Ask Hot Dads?...I really don't know...except...if we were not so busy with being dads....we'd so rule the earth!!!!!

Keep sending in your questions and we'll keep spewing our goodness.

And here we go!!!!!!!!

Jules asked:
I am a "keeper of the house" and my hubby works all day and then after work for our business. I am at home, and help with the business from home. This being said, I feel guilty going off and doing something fun while he is away at work.so... do you hard working men think it is wrong for this wife to find a sitter and go have a fabulously fun night while my hubby is off working himself weary. (I am talking about a movie/drinks with a friend once every other week - not at the bar every night until all odd hours.) Or, do you think that is mean and wrong?

TentCamper says: Well, I don’t know if I am the best person to answer this one, but here goes. Both of us work (look for work) from home and spend an equal amount of time on household chores, cooking, cleaning, carpooling and with the kids…BUT Any times that Mariah has been invited out with friends…I am all for it. I think she would do the same for me…due to the economy and our current financial situation; we have both had to decline offers to go out…only due to a lack of extra cash. I think both people should be ‘allowed’ to have some time to do things that they enjoy, while the other holds down the fort.

Southern Sage says: no. I work and she stays home. (She works way harder than me, I'd never trade gigs with her) but I WISH shed have GNO's more often! So go!!

Irish Gumbo says: Not at all. Repeat, not at all. He'd probably like to do the same once in a while. Plus, let's not forget that being a "housekeeper" with a kid or kids can be just as much of a job as anything else. I know from my own experiences taking care of my daughter alone and doing all the other stuff, that it is hard work; it being unpaid work does not make it any less valid. As long as you aren't rubbing it in his face or neglecting things at home, it shouldn't be a problem.

Dadshouse says: Totally healthy! Especially if he gets a similar night to himself. Life is not just about working and taking care of house. It's all about friendships. Not to mention, great sex and drinking.

HomeAndUncool says: I'm actually in the reverse position (not to be confused with the Reverse Cowgirl position). As the "man about the house," I often feel the guilts about doing anything fun while My Love works hard for the money. But My Love understands that being keeper of the kids' schedules, coach to their teams, cooker of their meals, and warden of their bedtimes (not to mention, slave to the dog) is a full-time gig -- one that she admits would drive her batty. Her words to me have been, essentially, "Get out once in a while. Let me have some fun vicariously through you." Then, I remind her she can have fun physically with me anytime she wants, which brings us back to that Reverse Cowgirl thing, which usually leads to her rolling her eyes and handing me my car keys. So live a little now and then. You're entitled.

Hubman says: I don't think that there is anything wrong with it at all. I would assume that it's okay for him to have a boys night out once in a while, right? 'Cause it better be! How about this- in addition, do you get a sitter once in a while and go out with him?

DaddyGeekBoy says: The only way this is wrong if your husband doesn’t get his turn to play with his friends and/or your going out inhibits your responsibilities as a wife and parent. It doesn’t sound like the latter is true. And based on this question, I’m going to guess that you make sure your man gets his QT every once in a while also.


Not A Soccer Mom asked:
How do you make Crème Brule?

TentCamper says: My famous recipe for crème brule is…Exactly the way she tells me to make it.

Southern Sage says: I have no clue what that even is but go to the clinic and get a shot of penicillin that should clear it right up.

Irish Gumbo says: Heat 2 cups heavy cream to just below a simmer (include one split vanilla bean if you don't want extract). In a medium to large bowl stir gently until barely blended: 8 large eggs plus 1/2 cup sugar.. Remove vanilla bean if using. Very slowly (so as not to curdle the eggs) stir in the cream. Then strain through a fine mesh strainer into a large bowl to remove any small lumps. Stir in 3/4 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract if not using vanilla bean. Pour strained mixture into 6 to 8 ramekins of 4- to 6-oz. each. Place them in a baking pan or other ovenproof container big enough to hold them, and pour in water to no more than halfway up the sides of the ramekins. Carefully set pan in oven, center rack, and set to 250 degrees Farenheit. Let bake until just set but a little quivery, about 1 to 1-1/2 hours. Remove and let cool. Wrap tightly with plastic wrap, refrigerate at least 8, no more than 24, hours. Gently blot any liquid off the top when ready to serve. If you like, sprinkle about 1-1/2 to 2 teaspoons sugar evenly over the tops and hit them with a propane kitchen torch. CAREFULLY. The trick is to just caramelize the sugar without demolishing the creme brulee. "Burnt creme" is a slight figure of speech.

You can do all that, or just find a really good pastry chef, let them do all the work. The creme brulee at Blue Ginger in Watertown, MA (at least when I had it) was so good you'd hurt yourself!

Dadshouse says: I'd find a hot woman, ask her out on multiple dates, be my charming self, and eventually get her to make one for me! Talk about happy endings.

HomeAndUncool says: Although we do own the little blow torch made just to caramelize frilly desserts, I have never attempted this one. However, I have found in my other cooking adventures to always put faith in the goofy genius of The Food Network's Alton Brown: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/creme-brulee-recipe/index.html. Let me know how it works out for you

Hubman says: 1) Go to Google
2) Search for "Creme Brulee"
3) click on http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/creme-brulee-recipe/index.html for directions
See, wasn't that easy?

DaddyGeekBoy says: I know my way around the kitchen, but I have no baking mojo. It’s all too precise with little room for improvisation. Therefore, I do not make crème brule. However, I do know that any good crème brule worth eating uses real vanilla beans. Get a vanilla bean pod, split it down the middle then scrape out the beans inside.


Roxee asked:
If you couldn't touch/explore/lick/or kiss or weren't allowed to touch/explore/lick/or kiss your spouse, significant other, or one night stand on the lips, breasts, va-jay-jay, or butt... what is the next part of the body you would LOVE to touch/explore/lick/or kiss?

TentCamper says: Below the belly button and her inner thighs.

Southern Sage says: Whatever the part is tween her yeee hawww and belly button! or the small of her back, or her neck!

Irish Gumbo says: That reminds me of the time my doctor told me I needed to stop consuming chocolate, alcohol, caffeine and spicy foods. My response? "So what am I supposed to eat?" Hmmm. Well, if that were the case (and I hope it never is), I'd have to say the back of the knees, the little v-shaped dip where the hip meets the torso and/or the little hollow at the base of the throat. Along with the tops of the feet, and the inside crook of the elbow. Oooh, let's not forget the top of the cleft of the booty at the base of the the spine. Which I guess is technically not the butt. You decide.

Dadshouse says: Her tummy. Or that little crook above the hip. Of course, "she'd" want me to lick the nape of her neck. And I must admit, if that got her touching/exploring/licking/kissing all parts of me, well then, I'd give up on the tummy or hip crook, and go for said neck, pronto!

HomeAndUncool says: I'm a leg man -- from the tip of your well-manicured toenails, cruising up your tanned and toned calf, around the perfumed back of your knees to the firm but gentle slope up your … oh God, oh God. (BTW, My Love once read that licking the eyeball can be a real turn on. Mmm -- no. For the licker or the lickee.)

Hubman says: Enough qualifiers? lol...
A nice, shapely, strong pair of legs, of course. Working my way up and down her thighs and calves, teasingly brushing past her va-jay-jay, as you put it...

DaddyGeekBoy says: What no breasts? Aw man. Seriously, the nape of her neck is my favorite place to spend time.


Bonus Question –

Not A Soccer Mom asked:
What is the meaning of life?

TentCamper says: well…If I recall my last conversation with MY higher Power correctly…The meaning of life is to live it to the fullest, do what makes you happy and cherish those around you…beyond that?...There is no meaning.

Southern Sage says: This one is way above my pay grade!

Irish Gumbo says: "To crush your enemies, drive them before you and hear the lamentations of the women"...oh, wait, that's Conan the Barbarian..lemme think...Aha!...It's "42"! No, dammit, that's Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, wait, hold up....I got it!....

The meaning of life is to live in the constant unfolding of Love.

Dadshouse says: The Dalai Lama says the meaning of life is to be happy. He then says you find happiness by giving love through compassion. I'm okay with that. But I also find quite a bit of happiness in a good f**k, and a Manhattan cocktail. See question one above!

HomeAndUncool says: You are.

Hubman says: Wow, you really put a lot of faith in us Hot Dads! But I have no freakin' idea!

DaddyGeekBoy says: 42