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emerald21

TrulyMadly wrote: »

We had domestic science. :rotfl:

From memory we did

Shortbread
Fairy cakes
Puff pastry:eek:
Rock buns

I also remember learning about the kitchen triangle. Sink, cooker and fridge

Can't remember much more

Except our teacher was exceptionally glamorous:)

Lol ours was called Mrs Batman and she wasn t.

latest_flame

Penda wrote: »

Hi all I have a sharpie cc later today can I take them back in store for a refund please, if I can does that mean the money goes straight into my account so I could do another order for tomorrow.

Why would you want to do that ?

mhoc

TrulyMadly wrote: »

I'm assuming you've tried all the usual things

A hot curry
Cleaning the windows
A brisk walk

:rotfl::rotfl:

I did all the above and both mine started wriggling their way out into the big wide world during the night. Which is very inconsiderate as you need every bit of sleep you can get before the event.

Bet it was lovely to have her home Di:smileyhea

I tried cleaning the shed out but sadly it did not work.

This was Christmas Day 1987 - at 36 weeks pregant I really did not want to go to m-il for a miserable insufferable Christmas day but sadly hard physical work didnt do the trick ...

mhoc

we have been to Chester today :j - excellent day out and we collected all the o2 freebies - walkers crisps from whsmith on the station, Thorntons chocs, free coke from Boots
Also OH got his free coke from Greggs but his free birthday cake is not showing. I had neither - I wonder if there is a block on my app.
And finished up in Piture and Piano for our free double Baileys over ice

Also in Boots on my app I had Folic acid and vitamin D vits as a freebie and also 50 points if I bought anything from healthcare so i bought 25p paracetamol

No sign of any reduced section in Superdrug and no So V in Mr Tosssers which is free on COS

Now home and utterly shattered, still draped over the sofa - I really need to drag my carcass out to the garden but the gravity on this sofa is very strong ... :rotfl:

HILLBERN

Enterprise
sorry to hear of your dear father in law x

Sunshinemummy

TrulyMadly wrote: »

We had domestic science. :rotfl:

From memory we did

Shortbread
Fairy cakes
Puff pastry:eek:
Rock buns

I also remember learning about the kitchen triangle. Sink, cooker and fridge

Can't remember much more

Except our teacher was exceptionally glamorous:)

That is terrible.

bubbs wrote: »

We had cookery and did proper meals with time plans and everything:D
Teacher was Miss Derby and she said i wouldnt pass as i was naughty :eek::rotfl: , was also my teacher for childcare and got b's for both so there Miss Derby na na naaaaaa:p:p:p:p

Same. Everything from peeling veg/cutting onions, making sauces, pastry, to full meal planning/cooking to a 3 course meal, I could even make souffl!s!

Enterprise_1701C wrote: »

I remember when we did puff pastry, my friend had to scrape it off the oven roof:eek:

Well, the teacher did say to get plenty of air into it :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

The funny thing was that that teacher told her that if she passed she (the teacher) would jump off the Eiffel Tower. Well my friend passed but the teacher did not hold up the other side of the bargain :rotfl::rotfl:

Love the look of those coconut haystacks, absolutely adore coconut and can happily siT there and spoon the dessicated one into my mouth :rotfl::rotfl:

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

When our school got it's first microwave, the teacher was 'teaching' us how to use it... she covered some food with a paper towel thing, set the microwave on... the paper set alight... us girls giggled it took a while before she realised what was going on, she was not happy!

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

davemorton

Zippy, anyone else...Has anyone been on Aurora, whats it like? Is it really quiet like the smaller ships, or lively like the larger ships? Or what? Any opinions welcomed. TIA

Sunshinemummy

vouchercrazy wrote: »

Hi Tm
Your idea is great and I hope you get the funding, I have been doing this for years for friends and family and in practice it is not always that easy, a willing student is a joy but one who is distracted or not interested is an utter nightmare and in my experience it is the distracted and not interested ones that need the help the most
A friend (who is a good cook herself, long story mother and daughter falling out) asked me if I could help teach her daughter how to cook basic meals for her family last year. The first hurdle was time. I gave myself an hour or two a week, the reality it took 4 to 8 hours a week, then no basic equipment ( her mum and I helped putting together some equipment ) or store cupboard (again we both helped putting a bit of a store cupboard ) obviously these can be built up over time, then we had to deal with the distractions, children pack off to the grandmothers, tv and phones switched off , then you have to deal with all the excuses in the book, I can’t cook, I don’t want to cook, I don’t have time, the children will not eat it etc etc
Food shopping a half hour trip turned into a two hour battle of wills, exhausting
Then you finally get to prepare some food, knife skills zero so plenty of plasters and kitchen roll for the tears, once a meal is made then it is getting the family to eat it, you think it would be the children but nope it was the husband that I had to convince to try new foods we had cooked
It was a very long year, it should never have taken that long but we persevered and everything has turned out great, her mother and I are so proud of her, we started with pre-cut frozen veg and shop bought sauces and now she can prepare fresh veg and make her own sauces, as her confidence grew so did her skills and now she can cook healthy meals for her family, the key was building her confidence, now she is teaching her husband so that they can share the cooking
Would I do it again, yes , would I go and cook in a complete stranger kitchen then that would be a huge no, my only concern would be my own safety

That is some achievement :T:T:T

I do think that as parents we should at least try (and persevere) to teach our teenagers to cook properly, clean, budget etc in their teenage years. It is much harder work to do it retrospectively and many people are highly resistant. Sadly some people think that they are good parents as they buy take-away food and named trainers for their kids.

Sunshinemummy

mhoc wrote: »

The thing is if I tackled it myself then it would just have all come back again, this way by being tough and making him do it himself then at least Ive got through to him. I said that if I tackled it then I had a big cardboard box ready and it would all go in it so he had no choice.
He cant see any mess, completly oblivious to it and if you complain, in any way, shape or form, he takes everything as nagging or says I am being obsessive.
We had a houseful of kids for nearly 25 years, there was never enough hours in the day to keep everything clean but now the house is ours again I want it my way
The railway mags - well he still thinks they are valuble and a charity shop will get 20p each for them .... I think I might try freecycling but otherwise they are being buried to the cardboard recycling wheelie bin

Ive also been tackling other areas of the house which were messy due my hoarding and stashing and nesting so only when I'd won those battles, only then could I ask Oh to sort his messes out

I have to 'dipose' of OH's things secretly as he will never get rid of anything... everything always has a purpose until I bin it!

purpledonkey

TrulyMadly wrote: »

I feel a bit cheated.

I didn't realise this was cooking chocolate. I haven't even got anyone to taste it as we've all given it up for lent.
There was all different types for 50p

ooooh the brownies you could make!