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According to my now eighteen year old, back when she was two or three- you were wrong!
I could not convince the child that fries came from potatoes. She even called my Mom (everyone knows that when mom and dad are too stupid to know, Mamaw ALWAYS does. ) and in her accusatory little voice "Mamaw! Mommy sez fwench fwies come from POTATOES. They DON'T! (a little unsure here) Do they?"
At least that's not as awkward as the conversation that happens when they realize that chicken fingers come from actual chickens, like the ones they saw at the farm or the zoo.
I've never seen "special potatoes" in the store. Haha! We eat potatoes almost every day though, and I buy them buy the bagful. As someone mentioned, the mother was young and probably pressed for time. I know my own adult daughter can't cook if her life depended on it, although our adult son loves to cook. We do prefer our potatoes baked in the oven as opposed to microwaving them, although in a hurry I will microwave them for a couple of minutes first just to get them started. Then i rub them with olive oil and bake them at 400 degrees. Once I did forget to prick them in the microwave, and they started making sizzling sounds in the microwave--not sure if they would have exploded or not, but I didn't take the chance and quickly pricked them. I once exploded a hot dog that way, so I never want to clean up exploded foods again.
I know, right? Neither of my DIL's know where their kitchen is, and my son's girlfriend, the same way. Even my daughter, who has 3 kids, does mostly stuff from a box. My boys do most of the cooking, too.
At least that's not as awkward as the conversation that happens when they realize that chicken fingers come from actual chickens, like the ones they saw at the farm or the zoo.
Oh so true LOL or how fish and chicken don't HAVE fingers
I know, right? Neither of my DIL's know where their kitchen is, and my son's girlfriend, the same way. Even my daughter, who has 3 kids, does mostly stuff from a box. My boys do most of the cooking, too.
That's sad to me. I'm in my mid 20s and I've been cooking from scratch since I was 16. None of my friends know how to cook. It amazes me. My mother-in-law thinks buying a precooked chicken in the grocery store, slicing it and putting it on bread is cooking.
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