how old when you learned to cook

MoneyQueen

I learned to cook when I was 22, had just moved in with BF and finally got tired of take-aways

mrbadexample

Thirty-eight.

Patrick20

I've got 4 brothers and we all know how to cook/feed ourselves. I dont even remember when i learned. My brothers girlfriend doesnt know how to cook a sausage and she is 19.

01001011

I don't think I can cook a full meal until I was 25 , when I came to UK. Then I cook every night :j.

sharronloves2spend

I am self taught, it was just me and mum til i was 10. I moved out when i was 16 as i didn't get on with my step-dad. We never really ate 'meals' it was pot-noodle sort of see to your self meals. I am now a simple cook, but can do all the basics. As a result of my upbringining, the 6 of us sit around the the table every evening to a (mainly) home cooked food. My eldest two boys help by setting the table, peeling veg etc. They can also make beans on toast and snacky meals for themselves. I think home economics should have a bigger place in the curriculum, aswell as kids learning how to cook at home.

Sharron

buxtonrabbitgreen

I learnt to cook at school. My mum had 7 of us to cook for and I had no interest then. When I left school I got a job as an assistant cook and went on day release to college. I never finished the course, but worked as a cook for several years.
I had the problem when I got married of not being able to cook for less than 200 at a time. And would make huge pots of everything. I did learn to scale it down though.

recovering_spendaholic

I learned to cook really early on as I loved to help out in the kitchen - I just sort of learned by osmosis IYKWIM. I could cook a full meal by the time I was going to secondary school, and regularly cooked the family's meals thereafter as my Mum hated cooking! Both my DD's can cook and they are 18 and 11. The 18 year old can cook but makes a terrible mess when she does, but the 11 year old is quite a clean cook. DD2 made a lovely meal of cheese omelette, new potatoes and mixed salad the other day and she left the kitchen really sparkly; DD1 made scones the other day and I am still finding bits of dough stuck to stuff!

Churchmouse

I'm still learning

Cooked my first family dinner at about 10-11. Mum used to get terrible migraines, and on these occasions she would direct operations from the sofa. Made cakes with Mum long before that. Still remember the Christmas when I was about 10 when we even made the mincemeat from scratch:D

I have loved cooking, hated cooking, felt confident, felt useless, at various times in my life. Now I have the confidence to not mind failure :D It can take many years to reach this point

freyasmum

rosalie-lavender wrote: »

I started to learn to cook as soon as I was old enough to roll out the scraps of pastry whilst my Mum cooked. I have done the same with my children. My three can all manage the basics and make cakes. Needless to say they all would rather make cakes than cook a meal. It never entered my head not to teach my children to cook.

I'm the same, I've always had my dd with me in the kitchen - from sitting in her highchair watching, to kneading and rolling out some pizza dough (bless her, she made a little rectangle shaped pizza and had it for her dinner ), to making little cakes and pastries. She's two now, but she loves being up 'cooking' - and making lots of lovely mess :j


Obviously she can't do it all herself! But she does the mixing, cutting, a little bit of kneading bread (She has her own little lump of dough and she copies me), and she peels the carrots for some delish lentil soup

chnelomi

i cant remember when i was first taught how to cook i was just always in the kitchen with my mum. so i made sure i done the same with my kids and i don't let them skive off like my sister did as she has very little/poor skills that have taken years to develop. my daughter is 11 and can make full breakfasts her omlettes are ace, her steak is always perfect and she will turn her hand to anything i suggest when she asks to cook/bake. Son is less adventurous but will make basics without stopping my heart unlike my big sis lol

I have older nieces and nephews who think they are cooking when they fry bacon for a sandwich and one is 18 and made her first bacon and egg sandwich last month and was really taken back when my daughter told her the gas had been to high and she'd burnt the bacon bless at least she is trying now.

and it's not just cooking that kids need to learn my oh still takes fright at the washing machine as his mum always done his clothes, and don't get me started on diy.