school cooking lessons

vixnpips · Post: # 62969Post **vixnpips** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:04 pm

LOL my EX is a teacher!! LOL

hamster · Post: # 62978Post **hamster** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:18 pm

At least the school's doing something though. Mine gave up cooking in favour of IT the year I joined - too busy cramming us full of facts to teach us more than one useful skill, evidently.

Millymollymandy · Wed Jun 27, 2007 6:18 am

Please put me out of my misery - I'm still trying to work out what recipe those ingredients make....... creme fraiche and sweet chilli sauce together?

That sounds horrible!

baldowrie · Post: # 63005Post **baldowrie** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 7:01 am

jeezeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, trying to cook healthily? What planet is she on?

How on earth are the children supposed to learn healthy eating if the educators haven't got a clue? (and I say that after removing 10 inches of elastic from my daughters new trousers so they will stay up)

I give up on most teachers, they live in la la I'm not listening land!

Just as an interesting point on another forum I was on a question was ask ed will teachers stick up for their own even if they know another one is behaving in appropriately to a child, a teacher came back with yes!!!!! And they wonder why parents have little respect for them!

obviously this is not all teachers, there are some with integrity and morals

Shirley · Post: # 63023Post **Shirley** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 9:34 am

baldowrie wrote:
Just as an interesting point on another forum I was on a question was ask ed will teachers stick up for their own even if they know another one is behaving in appropriately to a child, a teacher came back with yes!!!!! And they wonder why parents have little respect for them!

obviously this is not all teachers, there are some with integrity and morals

I'm glad you qualified it ;) but I find it shocking that the reply you got from that teacher was YES.

baldowrie · Post: # 63024Post **baldowrie** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 9:44 am

on further questioning the reason given was we parents make stuff up to cause trouble. At that point I left the forum as I felt I could be no party to this sort of behaviour.

Our education system needs taken by the throat, given a good shake and let the rotten apples fall out!

vixnpips · Post: # 63027Post **vixnpips** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 10:14 am

Please put me out of my misery - I'm still trying to work out what recipe those ingredients make....... creme fraiche and sweet chilli sauce together? That sounds horrible!

I actually have no idea what they were going to do with the ingredients.. I just got the list.. and was too busy putting my point across to the teacher to actually ask what the meal was supposed to be! LOL

I'm guessing here but from what else he has bought home in the past.. it was probably a lump of plastic chicken.. placed on cous cous with a sweet chillie and creme fresh sause LOL.. Yummy!

vixnpips · Post: # 63029Post **vixnpips** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 10:23 am

Having sat down with my boy last night.. he will now be preparing.. grilled goats cheese on home made bruchetta (sp) with a mixed rocket salad and served with spiced cherry cheese... there all either home made or home grown.. barring the goats cheese!.. and also contains most of the food groups.!! hey hey

Silver Ether · Wed Jun 27, 2007 10:43 am

vixnpips wrote:Having sat down with my boy last night.. he will now be preparing.. grilled goats cheese on home made bruchetta (sp) with a mixed rocket salad and served with spiced cherry cheese... there all either home made or home grown.. barring the goats cheese!.. and also contains most of the food groups.!! hey hey

Can I come to dinner ...

vixnpips · Post: # 63034Post **vixnpips** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 10:51 am

hey the more the merrier! LOL

edit to add
sounds better than the creme fresh thing huh! LOL

Thomzo · Post: # 63055Post **Thomzo** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 11:57 am

Hi
Wow - I much prefer your offering to the one the teacher suggested. But I bet lots of the kids (ahem) turn their noses up at the goats cheese and some parents will try to substitute plastic cheese

Zoe

Silver Ether · Wed Jun 27, 2007 2:34 pm

Thomzo wrote:Hi
Wow - I much prefer your offering to the one the teacher suggested. But I bet lots of the kids (ahem) turn their noses up at the goats cheese and some parents will try to substitute plastic cheese

Zoe

you know if you dont tell them they just eat it ...

vixnpips · Post: # 63087Post **vixnpips** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 2:54 pm

I guess I'm lucky with my kids.. they have an italian chef on both sides ( uncles to them) and to be honest I have a meal ready and the family eats it, or go hungry, amaizing how that works.. nuff said.
I don't have to bang on to the kids to try new things and i'm so lucky with that. Middle son (8) wants to be a chef like his uncles.. eldest boy likes his brothers cooking and my littlest (girl) just follows suit! The only problem we have is when they go to friends houses and are offered "kid food" but even then the eat it ( with comments of they don't eat much do they? from the parents) and then come home famished and raid the larder!.
Mind adverts for the cheese stringy things persuaded them to want it.. so i bought a small pack.. let them try it.. and they turned up thier noses after a bite.. and snuck the rest to the dog (poor thing) LOL

glenniedragon · Wed Jun 27, 2007 3:15 pm

just caught this thread... OMG! glad you have rocked the boat a bit Vix, is No1son at the secondary school here beginning with 'C'? in my day (yes I do feel that old) Home ec was about budgeting, food groups and basic food prep (I think Apple crumble was the most exotic we got in the Midlands!) what has happened? I think they should be adding food miles into the consideration now as I dare say many homes dont even think of them either.
Maybe worth sending an email to the school highlighting this initiative by the Govnmt

http://www.yearoffoodandfarming.org.uk

I do know a lady on the hill who has goats she milks, I could ask if she makes cheese so even that could be locally sourced, a real thumb on the nose to Mrs Teacher! Knowing there's teens like your boy out there fills me with a little more hope

kind thoughts
Deb

Masco&Bongo · Wed Jun 27, 2007 3:16 pm

On a related note, when I did Home Ec at school, the teacher and I didn't get on.

Some of the things I was asked to "cook" included: a sandwich with more than 3 ingredients (excluding the bread), a pizza with more than 4 ingredients and scones.

Most things went in the bin, as at the time I only liked dairylea sandwiches and cheese & tomato pizza....

Then, we had a "free cook" lesson, everyone in my class made fairy cakes or scones, and I made profiteroles (with choux pastry, made from scratch), filled with vanilla custard (made from scratch) and a hot fudge sauce (made from scratch).

My cooking teacher couldn't believe a 15 year old could make those...

(That's also why I've a huge bum! Too many desserts

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Cooking at school should be the basics of food hygiene, basic ingredients, how to cook a chicken, make basic pasts dishes, casseroles, roast potatoes etc.

It shows when you speak to most kids and they can't tell you where their food comes from, or how to prepare it; but can make some fancy-schmancy dish using tins and jars...