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Taf · 22-01-2008, 18:35

Our kids' "cooking" lessons (last year) involved putting tomato puree (tube not can), pregrated cheese and "other toppings of choice" onto a bought pizza base, then bringing it home for us to bung in the oven (with no cooking instructions of course). Then it was the inevitable fruit salad, then undercooking pasta for 5 minutes and stirring in a can of chopped toms and a sliced onion.

1 hour per week is not enough to teach AND actually cook something, so I think this is just lip-service to the "ban the fatties" brigade.

I would have been more impressed if the kids had been taught various techniques (frying, steaming, casseroling, etc) but all they seem to get is "knife skills" and that is OUTSIDE the class!

22-01-2008, 18:35	#12
Taf cf.mega poster Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Kairdiff-by-the-sea Age: 69 Services: TVXL BBXL Superhub 2ac (wired) 1Tb Tivo Posts: 10,237	Re: Cooking lessons for all Our kids' "cooking" lessons (last year) involved putting tomato puree (tube not can), pregrated cheese and "other toppings of choice" onto a bought pizza base, then bringing it home for us to bung in the oven (with no cooking instructions of course). Then it was the inevitable fruit salad, then undercooking pasta for 5 minutes and stirring in a can of chopped toms and a sliced onion. 1 hour per week is not enough to teach AND actually cook something, so I think this is just lip-service to the "ban the fatties" brigade. I would have been more impressed if the kids had been taught various techniques (frying, steaming, casseroling, etc) but all they seem to get is "knife skills" and that is OUTSIDE the class!