The latest "ooooh" word ....

vanoonoo

ooooh - homemade is the new black eh?

I must be terribly fasionable - and as for you jay jay and halloween queen - WELL! I'm mega impressed

but how about we all come back when we are making our own cheese and grinding our own flour? *chuckle*

my mum used to make a fantastic lasagne with cubed pork (in the days way back when I think she used to use veal ) but she cant really cook whole meals and follow a recipe anymore - I've sort of inherited ithe recipe but its never as good as mamma used to make involves lots of mushroom, carrot, pepper, garlic, cheese, flour, milk, tomato, stirring and layering - SO worth it though. I NEVER buy lasagne from the supermarket and I never order it in restaurants cos I just know its not gonna be as good as my mums was. (ok thats another cheesy moment over with)

Ticklemouse

vanoonoo wrote:

ooooh - homemade is the new black eh?


but how about we all come back when we are making our own cheese and grinding our own flour? *chuckle*

I love being 'fashionable' - it's something I've never been used to before, mainly because I've not had the money, but it's quite nice in the playground being pointed out by other mums as the one to ask about home cooking, slow-cookers, home made laundry products, money-saving, being a domestic goddess - oops, not the later, haven't vac'd since Friday cos been busy/out.:o

However, hadn't we all better grow our own wheat so we can have truly wonderful flour? *grin* Gotta be room in our gardens, alongside the veggies, herbs, flowers for perfume, lavender etc.:D

Another money saving tip - if we all get goats, we can make our own cheese AND save on the cost of a lawnmower. Environmentally friendly and produces its own fertiliser.:)

vanoonoo

ooooooh!

Jay-Jay_4

Lol, that just reminded me.....my Mums grass was getting really long a couple of years ago so she borrowed YES..... BORROWED two sheep. Saved many hours of lawn-mowing but the neighbours weren't very impressed

now THAT's moneysaving old style

halloweenqueen_2

Funny you should mention grinding your own flour.....:D

My next prezzie I have lined up is a grain mill for my trusty kenwood!! As i live ina rural area I can 'get hold' of corn, barley etc so I might end up with my own mill! Must remember not to go to the front door with powder round my nose! I seem to get more flour over my face than i do in the bowl!
My next plan is homemade sausages - yes I have the gadget (courtesy of Mothers Day!!) I guess most Mums got chocs and flowers! Anyway I've got a website ready to order the skins, the mincer bit to mince the cheapy meat i have in the freezer, sausages mmmn mmmn!
Nigella pah!!......:p

nickinoo

It's quite sad that people can't cook nowadays. I recently attended a Surestart Xmas cookery course (more for the freebies than anything) & was shocked that a young girl had no idea what suet was & she didn't know how to use weighing scales. Why do they not teach the basics in school?

Ticklemouse

Have you not seen what counts as 'cookery' in schools now-a-days? They call it something completely different, but basically it consists, in some schools, of teaching them how to order/pre-heat ready meals/pizzas etc, how to design pizza boxes, and for those who get to cook, how to vary the toppings on your pizza!

We started with the basics - how to cook, nutrition, balanced diet etc before we got on to cooking anything 'proper'. That was in the 70's tho. (God, am I that old?)

Queenie

nickinoo wrote:

. Why do they not teach the basics in school?

Why don't parents take a bit more time teaching their kids on an everyday basis? (Sorry, just MHO).

Yes, I do agree that schools *should* be able to teach the basics for *both* sexes (no more your woodwork for lads, home economics for the girlies :rolleyes: ) but, we seem to be expecting too much of schools by abdicating our responsibilities as parents. Cooking shouldn't need to be a formal lesson, it should be a natural part of daily life, just as brushing your teeth, washing your hair, making your bed etc.

When that wonderful phrase "parental responsibility" gets banded about, what a pity it isn't in reference to: teaching your children to be responsible individuals, teaching them basic life skills (cooking, cleaning), morals, manners, social responsibilities!

Seems our "throw away" society isn't just about the amount of rubbish we manifest ... we also appear to be throwing away our expectations and responsibilities of parenting too.

(Ooops, sorry, I'll step down off me soap box now )

tiff

I agree that we have the responsibility to teach our kids, but it also needs to be backed up in school. Theres not much point me talking about healthy eating at home when the school feeds them crap, basically, at lunchtime. I will teach them to cook, but its not right that all they should learn in school is how to order a blinking pizza! I didnt realise things had changed so much in school cookery lessons.

Queenie

Completely agree tiff