Cookery in schools to be compulsory - recipe challenge

sylphraven

I agree with a lot of the comments here, basic everyday living lessons should be taught! At school I was taught to sew a bag, embroider a material christmas card, bake lots of puddings & make cassette tape stands. I taught myself how to sew cloths when I was 17 & would mess around in the kitchen; but it wasnt until I was 21 & moved into my own place that I HAD to learn the basics, & it was a steep learning curve. I had to learn how to cook proper meals, sew buttons back on & turn hems up, even how to clean properly.

A few lessons at school would have would have helped.

kittyscarlett

Definitely the basics... children need to be taught what food IS, where it comes from, what it tastes like, what it costs, how to grow/raise your own, how it behaves when you cook it in various ways, and nutrition, as well as basic prep skills.

I think that teaching the principles of " rubber chicken " using a decent free range chicken should be an essential ! ie just how many lovely meals you can get off one bird and not to be afraid of picking all the bits off for soup etc !

looby-loo_2

Triker wrote: »

When I said gas 4 for 25 mins I actually guessed that so maybe go with your instructions.

Well you'll either get it right, burn it or get food poisoning from uncooked sausagemeat:o :rolleyes:

:eek: I don't want you to get food poisoning:eek:

The frozen pastry will only take about 12 - 15 mins to cook at 200C/gas 6 which is fine for the mincemeat slice/non meat items, but you must ensure the sausagemeat is cooked through to the middle.
After about 12 mins at gas 6/180C turn the oven down to gas4/180C and cook for another 20 minutes.