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post #31 of 45
8/3/10 at 6:02pm
Anything I wanted was prepared and served to me immediately.
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post #32 of 45
8/3/10 at 7:04pm
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This proves that there's about 15 or 20 good staple dishes a kid should know how to cook by the time they're 13 or so. I think everybody should know the mechanics of making a decent salad and a vinaigrette from scratch, the mechanics of soup making - both cream and clear, how to cook meat and fish - grilling, BBQ'ing, and putting on a roast plus gravy, possibly how to make a pizza from scratch to get a feel for baking, how to make a good bolognese and a cream-based pasta sauce, maybe a stir-fry, how to bake a cake, and then various grain and vegetable sides. That's most of what you need to know in a home kitchen anyway.
I think I learned all of the above around the time I was 10 to 12, and I've been able to eat great all my life. When visiting my parents or relatives, they all ask me to cook for them, and I cook at home for my girlfriend often, and she is the one with the diploma in French from cordon bleu that she took for fun.

Only on SF.
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post #33 of 45
8/3/10 at 7:23pm
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Originally Posted by impolyt_one View Post
This proves that there's about 15 or 20 good staple dishes a kid should know how to cook by the time they're 13 or so. I think everybody should know the mechanics of making a decent salad and a vinaigrette from scratch, the mechanics of soup making - both cream and clear, how to cook meat and fish - grilling, BBQ'ing, and putting on a roast plus gravy, possibly how to make a pizza from scratch to get a feel for baking, how to make a good bolognese and a cream-based pasta sauce, maybe a stir-fry, how to bake a cake, and then various grain and vegetable sides. That's most of what you need to know in a home kitchen anyway.
I think I learned all of the above around the time I was 10 to 12, and I've been able to eat great all my life. When visiting my parents or relatives, they all ask me to cook for them, and I cook at home for my girlfriend often, and she is the one with the diploma in French from cordon bleu that she took for fun.

So, basically, you're suggesting that all kids should learn to become better home cooks than about 90% of American by the time they're 13 years old?
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post #34 of 45
8/3/10 at 9:52pm
Swanson TV Dinners: Salisbury steak or Turkey were my faves.
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post #35 of 45
8/3/10 at 10:52pm
I never knew what the term latchkey kid meant until like two years ago. I always thought it meant some horrible neglected kid... then I realized it was just kid who were at home by themselves for a few hours every day.

I was a latch key kid for awhile.... I ate cookies and watched cartoons. It was the best part of my day.
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post #36 of 45
8/4/10 at 11:44am
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Originally Posted by impolyt_one View Post
I think everybody should know the mechanics of making a decent salad and a vinaigrette from scratch, the mechanics of soup making - both cream and clear, how to cook meat and fish - grilling, BBQ'ing, and putting on a roast plus gravy, possibly how to make a pizza from scratch to get a feel for baking, how to make a good bolognese and a cream-based pasta sauce, maybe a stir-fry, how to bake a cake, and then various grain and vegetable sides.

I think I learned all of the above around the time I was 10 to 12,

even by SF standards, which are incredibly high, the level of BS in this post is amazing. Well done.
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post #37 of 45
8/4/10 at 2:22pm
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even by SF standards, which are incredibly high, the level of BS in this post is amazing. Well done.

even if you could somehow teach a kid to do this, he'd still prefer oreos and kraft dinner
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post #38 of 45
8/4/10 at 4:23pm
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even by SF standards, which are incredibly high, the level of BS in this post is amazing. Well done.

why not, man? I learned about half of that in my middle school home ec class, the other half I gleaned from living my life as a human being. I realize that 95% of America can't cook, dress themselves properly, or read, but we all have an interest in eating better. I haven't been in a home ec class for 15 years, granted, but I think we could've skipped the sewing portion and just done cooking + the fake baby handlin' for the 3 or 4 months. Pound for pound, dollar for dollar, far more worth it in terms of life skills, because everybody has a frypan and hardly anyone has a sewing machine anymore.
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post #39 of 45
8/4/10 at 4:26pm
and yes, I realize that is all bullshit. Human beings are fucking shit.
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post #40 of 45
8/6/10 at 9:15am
cereal, bong hits, and macaroni and cheese
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post #41 of 45
8/6/10 at 8:27pm
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Sorry about reversing the order of the term but I actually never used it myself growing up and have not heard it used in a while. Maybe it is a more accepted practice (kids coming home to an empty house) so a need for labeling it is now unnecessary? Growing up it seemed that I remember hearing "latch key kid" after school on TV maybe in relation to After School Specials or commercials sponsored by Christian groups. The term always made me feel a little ashamed or sorry for myself for some reason.
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post #42 of 45
8/7/10 at 5:28am
ever seen the movie Twenty Bucks? and the part where there's the kid gourmand who gives a homeless guy a 20 to go buy a bottle of white that he needs for pairing with his dinner he makes? That was me. Too much free time alone. I'd go have a smoke on the front porch after dinner.
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post #43 of 45
8/7/10 at 6:23am
I was one, except it was in the early 80's in an Asian country. We used to hang the house key around our necks, and when we didn't do that, the key would be hidden in a secret place usually on top of the door frame which was almost impossible to get to for a six year old. (not many people had door matts and they still don't).

I actually don't remember what I used to eat coming home from school, there was no such thing as frozen food back then, and we didn't have a fridge or a microware.
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post #44 of 45
8/8/10 at 2:15am
Nah my father was always around because he owned his own company and got off work whenever he pleased... which generally meant right when my school ended.

However, in high school a few times (4 or 5 times actually) both of my parents would have to travel and therefore left me alone for a few days. This meant ramen breakfast and dinner.

Though twice they made the mistake of not coming back for the weekend... two unforgettable nights for me.
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post #45 of 45
8/8/10 at 6:39pm
Both my parents worked and had hour long commutes. My Dad traveled at least a week every month and never got home before 7PM on nights when he was in the country. My house subsequently became the place for all of my friends to hang out (read, drink and smoke pot). Therefore we ate EVERYTHING in sight ...loaves of bread in a sitting making cinnamon toast, gallons of OJ and leftovers from the previous night's dinner never made it past 4PM that afternoon. Eventually my folks didn't mind the crowds but told me to stop feeding a dozen teenagers every day.

If I wasn't a latch key kid, high school would have been horribly boring. God love the 80's!!

Go Purple Panthers...class of '88!

Now that I think about it, where the hell did I get money for a 1/8th every day or so?? I certainly didn't work.
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