tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058446.post2569133997493381953..comments2024-03-28T18:21:28.264+11:00Comments on What I cooked last night.: Cooking? What's cooking?paul kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17237328574655467680noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058446.post-27695822234607192562007-02-15T14:26:00.000+11:002007-02-15T14:26:00.000+11:00Anna, I'm surprised the book is so expensive. The ...Anna, I'm surprised the book is so expensive. The thrust of its argument seems the opposite in intent to the expensive pretty-picture coffee-table kind of book.<BR/><BR/>Jo, that is hilarious! It's the equivalent of the automotive school near me having to lay out bits of cars for apprentice mechanics to learn: 'engine', 'tyre', 'steering wheel' etc.<BR/><BR/>Janis, that happens to me all the timeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058446.post-27680734684113803112007-02-15T10:52:00.000+11:002007-02-15T10:52:00.000+11:00I love to cook but haven't done much since my husb...I love to cook but haven't done much since my husband died. This last year though, I started watching the Food Network and printing out their recipes and love cooking again! Am trying new recipes just for myself! Good thing I don't mind leftovers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058446.post-21986321441986323552007-02-15T07:30:00.000+11:002007-02-15T07:30:00.000+11:00Burnt or not, there is nothing with ham and pineap...Burnt or not, there is nothing with ham and pineapple on it that can hold its head up and proudly say it's pizza. But I wonder if it's really true that generational skills are being lost. Why are cooking shows so popular and food exhibitions so well attended? There will always be people with no interest in preparing food, my daughters have some interest in learning but my sons don't, apart from neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17247582833451153687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058446.post-45903601663411589722007-02-15T06:06:00.000+11:002007-02-15T06:06:00.000+11:00I learned to cook at my mother's shoulder, mainly ...I learned to cook at my mother's shoulder, mainly as an excuse to avoid going to school on Fridays (a short, boring story about early dismissal and my inability to understand Yiddish is implied). There was also the relative lack of prepackaged kosher foods when I grew up, sadly remedied by entrepreneurial purveyors of kosher precooked crapahoola.<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, I note you write of going Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058446.post-90122281170214895242007-02-15T01:29:00.000+11:002007-02-15T01:29:00.000+11:00A shopper from our house was at the checkout stand...A shopper from our house was at the checkout stand at the grocery the other day. The clerk couldn't identify celery.Janis Gorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11656703722929026827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058446.post-70285531988485806272007-02-15T01:22:00.000+11:002007-02-15T01:22:00.000+11:00As you know, i live it everyday.Kids who's parents...As you know, i live it everyday.<BR/>Kids who's parents NEVER cook, take out or a personal chef arethe only options. Kids who have been all over the world, yet refuse to try anything outside of their safety zone of chicken nuggets (processd and boxed of course - but they are Organic, the parents cry - so good for them) and mac and cheese.<BR/>An adult JUST LAST WEEK held up a grapefruit to me asAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058446.post-30803362589018026012007-02-14T20:53:00.000+11:002007-02-14T20:53:00.000+11:00Mm, I read that article too, and actually really w...Mm, I read that article too, and actually really want to buy the book as well - but at close to $80 I don't see it happening. I have plenty of others about "Grandma's cooking" etc. to tide me over!<BR/><BR/>It made me realise how happy and glad I am that all the while I grew up my grandma (until she died) and my mum (to this day, whenever I go home) have taught me as much as they can about "Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780117278793200615noreply@blogger.com