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Finally, my son has a nice girlfriend who is a good cook. They cook together, but now the problem is they waste a lot of money by the WAY they cook. For example, they buy beef tenderloin to throw on the grill, and those salad kit bags with the dressing inside. In other words, too many expensive foods chosen only for convenience. They would be the kind to pick up $100 worth of groceries for dinner from Whole Foods. But that's a different thread, I guess.
As long as they can afford it, it just falls into the realm of how they personally prioritize where their money goes. It's only a waste if they then have some other area where they really needed to spend the $$$ that's now coming up lacking. But we all choose what is and isn't important to us to spend money on.
Back when I was in junior high (and we had to walk to school 3 miles up hill both ways) we were taught basic cooking and sewing skills. We had to DO it -- it wasn't theoretical. At the end of the term, we held a party where we cooked the menu and our parents came to class to eat what we had made.
Then the next term we learned sewing skills. And yeah -- embroidery.
All this stuff was cut. It's old fashioned to cook, and sew and embroider... all things I love to do.... and did before I had to learn them in school.
I remember Home Ec and Shop being available in my junior high school, but it wasn't required. I was a music student, so my schedule wouldn't have allowed for it anyway. Our local high school does not offer Home Ec as it was defined thirty years ago, but it does offer a variety of classes and clubs that cover topics reflecting the needs of a modern family, including nutrition, fashion, relationships, child development, and personal finance.
I think the younger generation is pretty clueless about cooking. To me, it is laziness and/or lack of interest. My sons have had 3 wives and none of them could cook. I do not get how come females these days can't or won't cook. IMO, if you can read, you can cook, so it's just laziness.
My Grandmother could read quite well but could not cook anything close to be edible but she could bake anything and make any type of candy without measure cups or a recipe.
In some cases your opinion is wrong. Also, she was far from lazy.
Back when I was in junior high (and we had to walk to school 3 miles up hill both ways) we were taught basic cooking and sewing skills. We had to DO it -- it wasn't theoretical. At the end of the term, we held a party where we cooked the menu and our parents came to class to eat what we had made.
Then the next term we learned sewing skills. And yeah -- embroidery.
All this stuff was cut. It's old fashioned to cook, and sew and embroider... all things I love to do.... and did before I had to learn them in school.
Where are you getting these weird ideas? Most of my daughter's friends have taking up knitting (which was never taught in schools and is currently very trendy) and almost all...of either gender.....can cook to varying degrees. She's at college and her and her friends often hold dinner parties where each person prepares part of the meal. Some of the menus sound amazing as well.
Also, I remember home ec classes....but though we all did sewing projects, very few of my classmates ever sewed anything again....so not sure you could say they had learned the skill.
As long as they can afford it, it just falls into the realm of how they personally prioritize where their money goes. It's only a waste if they then have some other area where they really needed to spend the $$$ that's now coming up lacking. But we all choose what is and isn't important to us to spend money on.
No, my point is they are just not educated in this particular facet of life. I have no issue with people buying whatever groceries they want, but, for example, my son will buy two or three Caesar salad kits to serve a crowd of people, when you can buy some Romaine Lettuce, toast some bread cubes, and buy a bottle of Caesar salad dressing for a lot less money.
No, my point is they are just not educated in this particular facet of life. I have no issue with people buying whatever groceries they want, but, for example, my son will buy two or three Caesar salad kits to serve a crowd of people, when you can buy some Romaine Lettuce, toast some bread cubes, and buy a bottle of Caesar salad dressing for a lot less money.
Buying a 'salad kit' is much different than throwing a tenderloin on the grill that you were complaining of.
I agree....it's doesn't make sense to buy one of those kits for a group of people....but still...he may feel that it saves time somehow.
Honestly, if we're gonna talk "waste of money," bottled salad dressing is one of the worst offenders.
I like to make homemade dressing....but let's face it....there is a place for the time savings of a good bottled dressing.
We often eat salads for a quick week-day meal....and it's must faster to pull some Newman's Own out of the fridge than to make sure I have all the ingredients on hand and make up dressing every day.
Why stop there? Should we now chastise them for failing to grow the Romaine lettuce, wash it, and chop it; to make the bread from scratch, cube it, toss it with garlic-infused olive oil, and toast it; and to make the Caesar dressing from a coddled egg, lemon juice, more garlic, Worcestershire sauce, mashed anchovies, and olive oil? They could have done that, too, but sometimes it's just more appealing to buy the bagged salad.
This is getting really silly and off-topic. We've gone from denigrating family members for not knowing how to make deviled eggs to criticizing family members for buying bagged salad. Let's just be clear and admit that some women just enjoy criticizing others and call it good. This kind of stuff is exactly why I hate having my MIL over for dinner. She needs to learn how to shut up and enjoy what's being served without offering up any commentary. Because Lord knows she's the only person who knows how to do anything properly in this family.
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Why stop there? Should we now chastise them for failing to grow the Romaine lettuce, wash it, and chop it; to make the bread from scratch, cube it, toss it with garlic-infused olive oil, and toast it; and to make the Caesar dressing from a coddled egg, lemon juice, more garlic, Worcestershire sauce, mashed anchovies, and olive oil?
This is getting really silly!
It really is. Did they catch the anchovies themselves? And honestly, if you don't press your own olives you don't know how to cook....but that is only if your female....guys get a pass because they have Y chromosome ya' know.
I am sure back in the 'good old days'....they also made their own Parmesan cheese as well. Damn lazy kids today.
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