Order of the Bath

To most children, it seems, ingredients are the list of things on the side of the jar, mostly to be sneered at, so it will be a bit of a surprise when they are required to take some into school for cookery lessons. It may also be a bit of a surprise to their parents, who have missed out on a generation of practical home management education. So I think that when they are re-introduced, the schools will have to provide the basic raw materials as many home “kitchens” will not have them—not due to poverty but from lack of use. This may not be a bad thing. I recall taking stuff into school which was all mixed up by the time I arrived and the finished product was mangled and unrecognisable before I got it home anyway. Basic ingredients, in most cases are cheap, but the kids will miss out on discovering this unless “shopping lessons” are also included. I know I would have benefited from being taught how to recognise a good piece of meat then perhaps I wouldn’t be attracted to the pink water filled sponges we are offered in the shrink wrapped packets.

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