Satsvarūpa: Śrīla Prabhupāda, you were saying that in our Society the women shouldn't cook privately for their husbands.
Prabhupāda: Huh?
Satsvarūpa: You were saying that the women . . . that everyone should take the Deity's prasādam. But it sounds like the women are being trained to cook, so . . .
Prabhupāda: No, no, no. No, no. The thing is that Deity or at home, she must be very first class cook. That is wanted.
Satsvarūpa: Yes. I see.
Prabhupāda: That is according to convenience. If possible, they can take prasādam in the temple. If not possible, they must cook. But she must be first-class cook. That is wanted, either in the temple or outside. In India still, eighty percent, ninety percent they are very happy in their family life, never mind one is poor or rich, because the wife knows these three things: to remain chaste and faithful to the husband, and she knows how to cook nicely. (pause) (hums) And women and men should live separately. That is also essential. Butter and fire must be kept apart. Otherwise the butter will melt. You cannot stop it.