Seriously - what is the world coming to?

4 Aug 2009

The inability to boil an egg is a measure/definition of stupidity, or at least ignorance. And I know some people happily tell anyone who cares to listen that they can't even do that. But isn't this a step too far - of giving up on our culinary history and collective capability?

4 Aug 2009

We now unfortunately live in a world where laziness is money.
People are now too lazy to mash spuds, grate cheese, make their own gravy, it's no wonder we are an bese nation.
If you can do something to save a few people a few seconds, then there is a market, no matter how stupid your product may seem.
Whatever next? That would make a good thread...

4 Aug 2009

Quote by Iceraider
We now unfortunately live in a world where laziness is money.
People are now too lazy to mash spuds, grate cheese, make their own gravy, it's no wonder we are an bese nation.
If you can do something to save a few people a few seconds, then there is a market, no matter how stupid your product may seem.
Whatever next? That would make a good thread...

Spray-on condoms. :giggle:
Like spray-on graze covering, hope it doesn't sting as much.

4 Aug 2009

It does not suprise me at all. The family next door to me, I know when their dinner is ready.....I hear the ding of the microwave.
Some kids cannot even peel an orange fgs, then they grow up into adults that cannot boil an egg.
Bet they know where the local Mcdonalds is though.
I would say it is down to be just plain old fashioned lazy.

4 Aug 2009

Spray on condoms are real
They have cheese in a can
You can get sticks of butter. Sticks as in pritt-sticks
Women scientists have even developed a male pill. They call it an arguement cool

4 Aug 2009

Quote by kentswingers777
It does not suprise me at all. The family next door to me, I know when their dinner is ready.....I hear the ding of the microwave.
Some kids cannot even peel an orange fgs, then they grow up into adults that cannot boil an egg.
Bet they know where the local Mcdonalds is though.
I would say it is down to be just plain old fashioned lazy.

I think you're right in many cases.
But I's also aware that there has been a break in the learning of domestic skills. The permissive 60's (now THAT was a perfect time for lazy parents) ended up with a generation or two of parents that moved away from home as young adults and didn't learn about home-skills from their parents.
Since schools stopped teaching domestic science of any kind years ago (just starting again I hear) no-one taught the parents of today how to run a home.
I think a damned good input for the current school generation could really help. After all, cooking is fun and ends up with something to eat. How hard would it be to make that an attractive subject? That wuld lead on to the rest of domestic skills.

4 Aug 2009

It's a start biggrin

What about letting her have a couple of friends round for a little cooking party? A few home-made burgers (veggie if necessary) and some pasta and you could have a set of converts :D

4 Aug 2009

I get that - but then we do end up having conversations about forensics and bomb-making and such like biggrin

4 Aug 2009

I'm not stupid or lazy... I'm just shit in the kitchen... well at cooking. redface

I phone my mum (or check the internet) as to egg boiling times... it would be ever so helpful if they wrote it on the box though. Everything else has instructions on the box/packet! rolleyes

However, I don't think I'd buy a ready boiled egg... I'm a bit fussy about dairy sorts of stuff. I rarely buy raw eggs either... I'm not a great fan and because there's six in a box I usually eat a couple then chuck them away. It's not laziness in that I couldn't be arsed boiling them... I just don't eat them very often and when you live alone it's not cost effective to buy six and then not use them.
M&S ready made mash is a completely different story though... mmmmmmm Maris Pipers with pepper! Why would I waste time and money buying a bag of tatties that generally grow extra bits before I can manage to eat them all when I can buy a little tray of ready made delicious mash for 99p!
dunno

Sometimes it pays to buy ready made stuff rather than waste food. I don't want to eat tatties every day. :thumbup:
So no... we're not all lazy or stupid thanks very much! flipa

4 Aug 2009

Quote by flower411
My daughter came home from school after a cookery lesson ....can`t remember what stupid name it had !!
They`d made fruit salad !!
Many of the kids in the class had been unable to identify a mango or a kiwi fruit !! :shock:
There were other fruits that had confused them and I was actualy proud that my daughter was so shocked that her friends had been unable to identify stuff that is freely available in supermarkets AND the high street !

At a recent teacher parent evening my sons teacher was amazed at the fact I "allowed" my son to help in the kitchen let alone that he can rhyme off the ingredients and instructions on how to cook certain meals/cakes etc

5 Aug 2009

My proudest cooking moment was having to ask how to cook baked beans in the microwave biggrin

5 Aug 2009

I read somewhere that you are not supposed to boil an egg, in that the water should not be literally boiling while the egg/s is/are in it...
Do they have ready-made devilled eggs?

5 Aug 2009

Quote by Dirtygirly

I'm not stupid or lazy... I'm just shit in the kitchen... well at cooking.
I phone my mum (or check the internet) as to egg boiling times... it would be ever so helpful if they wrote it on the box though. Everything else has instructions on the box/packet!
However, I don't think I'd buy a ready boiled egg... I'm a bit fussy about dairy sorts of stuff. I rarely buy raw eggs either... I'm not a great fan and because there's six in a box I usually eat a couple then chuck them away. It's not laziness in that I couldn't be arsed boiling them... I just don't eat them very often and when you live alone it's not cost effective to buy six and then not use them.
M&S ready made mash is a completely different story though... mmmmmmm Maris Pipers with pepper! Why would I waste time and money buying a bag of tatties that generally grow extra bits before I can manage to eat them all when I can buy a little tray of ready made delicious mash for 99p!

Sometimes it pays to buy ready made stuff rather than waste food. I don't want to eat tatties every day. :thumbup:
So no... we're not all lazy or stupid thanks very much!

Now I know you are joking.
I thought girls were born with a cookery book attatched. lol

That was a joke for all the girlies out there.
I used to be shit i9n the kitchen but I learnt how to cook....ask mrs777. I am not brilliant but I can manage and I can certainly boil an egg, as well as cook a full Sunday roast. Mrs777 likes a good roast. :shock:

5 Aug 2009

i think its a shame that since the rise of schools and society saying its not a womens role to keep house and a mans to build things that the teaching of these things has stopped altogether.
im not saying that women/men should conform to the above, but back in my day kids ( ok girls)( me) were taught how to make a bed, iron a shirt etc, make a meal, bake a cake, knit, sew, how to be time saving and routines.
it was in the peter and jane books. boys were taught how to make go karts, build dens.
now i understand that society thought the stereotypical roles should be fazed out, but i wanna say why did that mean we just stopped teaching any of the above??
ok the feminists will scream now and probally argue that i only think the way i do as it was brainwashed into me but... FFS i like keeping a nice house, i enjoy cooking for my friends/kids/partner etc .
and yes im a singe mum completely financially independant and work ful time in a good job and have a degree education that i paid for at 30 years old.
but i like being a woman and doing women things and im pissed off with society making me feel guilty to admit that.
again i know the reasons, ive studied sociology. but i think its gone to far the other way.
i teach/taught my daughters how to cook, clean, sew, etc, cook on a budget and to change a plug, hang wall paper mow a lawn.
its sad school dont teach these things any more.
sorry went off on a bit of a rant. ( typical woman rolleyes

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xx fem xx

5 Aug 2009

Quote by fem_4_taboo
i think its a shame that since the rise of schools and society saying its not a womens role to keep house and a mans to build things that the teaching of these things has stopped altogether.
im not saying that women/men should conform to the above, but back in my day kids ( ok girls)( me) were taught how to make a bed, iron a shirt etc, make a meal, bake a cake, knit, sew, how to be time saving and routines.
it was in the peter and jane books. boys were taught how to make go karts, build dens.
now i understand that society thought the stereotypical roles should be fazed out, but i wanna say why did that mean we just stopped teaching any of the above??
ok the feminists will scream now and probally argue that i only think the way i do as it was brainwashed into me but... FFS i like keeping a nice house, i enjoy cooking for my friends/kids/partner etc .
and yes im a singe mum completely financially independant and work ful time in a good job and have a degree education that i paid for at 30 years old.
but i like being a woman and doing women things and im pissed off with society making me feel guilty to admit that.
again i know the reasons, ive studied sociology. but i think its gone to far the other way.
i teach/taught my daughters how to cook, clean, sew, etc, cook on a budget and to change a plug, hang wall paper mow a lawn.
its sad school dont teach these things any more.
sorry went off on a bit of a rant. ( typical woman )
xx fem xx

I think I'm in love :love:
Sorry redface

5 Aug 2009

Quote by kentswingers777
Now I know you are joking.
I thought girls were born with a cookery book attatched.
That was a joke for all the girlies out there.
I used to be shit i9n the kitchen but I learnt how to cook....ask mrs777. I am not brilliant but I can manage and I can certainly boil an egg, as well as cook a full Sunday roast. Mrs777 likes a good roast. :shock:

Why would I joke? dunno

I regularly phone my mum (or Angel) to ask such mundane questions like how long you boil/cook stuff for. It's not unusual. I tend to write it down when I find out though because I have such a terrible memory. redface

Clearly you didn't see my attempt at an omlette! :giggle:

5 Aug 2009

Why is it the school's responsibilty to teach basic homecraft? I was taught how to cook, wash and iron a shirt, basic sewing etc. by my mum, as was Jewl. We've done the same with our kids, all of whom could out-cook their food tech teacher by year 7.

5 Aug 2009

Quote by Jewlnmart
Why is it the school's responsibilty to teach basic homecraft? I was taught how to cook, wash and iron a shirt, basic sewing etc. by my mum, as was Jewl. We've done the same with our kids, all of whom could out-cook their food tech teacher by year 7.

Here Here!
Next they'll be expecting the schools to teach them about sex, or something...

5 Aug 2009

Quote by bigDewi69
Why is it the school's responsibilty to teach basic homecraft? I was taught how to cook, wash and iron a shirt, basic sewing etc. by my mum, as was Jewl. We've done the same with our kids, all of whom could out-cook their food tech teacher by year 7.

Here Here!
Next they'll be expecting the schools to teach them about sex, or something...
Or perish the thought how to read and write. bolt

5 Aug 2009

Pleased to say that our two kids at 17 and 21 DO know how to cook and iron...OK they don't darn socks any more! I bet they are more worldly wise than most of their age. Son and daughter have ironed their uniforms whilst in one of the Services Cadet groups....they had to and do it right!. Bletchley Park came into the conversation the other day. Son chipped in, "I know what that was. It was something to do with breaking codes in the war". That's my boy!!

5 Aug 2009

Quote by Jewlnmart
Why is it the school's responsibilty to teach basic homecraft? I was taught how to cook, wash and iron a shirt, basic sewing etc. by my mum, as was Jewl. We've done the same with our kids, all of whom could out-cook their food tech teacher by year 7.

Not everyone has your mum - or mine.
Schools have a captive audience of just about the whole of a generation at a time. What better opportunity to make sure everyine has the basics of loads of stuff - not just RAW (Reading, Arithmetic and Writing - I refuse to call it teh 3 R's!).