Cooking lessons for kids

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Good idea or not?

Personally I think everyone should know how to cook to some degree, not be able to create a cordon bleu meal but certainly something a little more advanced than beans on toast.

I'm not sure how helpful it will be as part of the fight against obesity, do the government think that people are obese because they can't cook?
It may have some effect, but surely it's more down to the prevalence and convenience of unhealthy foods rather than an inability to cook?
 
It's being done to try to help combat obesity so it's a good idea.

I'd like to see it done in the fifth year of comp so it's something they may need use sooner rather than later, as opposed to doing it in the second year where they'll probably just forget it.
 
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It's a noble principle certainly, but where's the guarantee that people won't eat crap just because they know how to cook.
I've been able to cook from a young age but yet I put on 4 stone while I was at uni because I drank too much and ate too many kebabs and pizza.
When I did cook I did it all from fresh ingredients, but still had the other stuff too.
 
I thought it was compulsary anyway. All through school 5-14 we had cookery lessons once per week. Obviously when I was younger it was fairy cakes and gingerbread men but I thought that lesson was pretty much standard anyway.
 
I support it. So many people are clueless and therefore rely on junk. It might inspire some passion for fresh, pure food at a younger age and might raise some awareness as to what you're actually ingesting when it comes to that packet of crisps.
 
do_ron_ron said:
If they can cook they will cook fresh food rather than processed micro-wave stuff
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It's a step in the right direction, but people are so lazy, which makes ready-meals so attractive.

Me, I enjoy cooking itself, as well as eating, so it's win-win :)
 
Haircut said:
It's a noble principle certainly, but where's the guarantee that people won't eat crap just because they know how to cook.
I've been able to cook from a young age but yet I put on 4 stone while I was at uni because I drank too much and ate too many kebabs and pizza.
When I did cook I did it all from fresh ingredients, but still had the other stuff too.
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Thats personal responsibility though.

Cooking lessons are a positive step, but at the end of the day the government can't legislate for peoples idleness, if they simply can't be bothered to eat a balanced diet and exercise regularly
 
I think its an excellent idea. If kids are taught the basics of cooking then they take it further or not. I learnt to cook at home, but with many more mums (and dads) working that opportunity is not there for children any more. Plus of course cooking from scratch is much cheaper!
 
It'll be interesting, considering they're trying to reduce the number of knives in school.

It's a good idea, but like most of these plans there doesn't seem to be any evident of consoltation or planning. And knowing this government it'll drop back off the curriculum in a few years time when something is flavour of the month. Probably leaving schools with unused cookery suites that cost thousands to build.
 
I think it is a good idea. If it teaches them the basics of how to cook and more importantly what and what not to cook then I am all for it
 
Good idea...the amount of people I've met at university who can't even cook basic stuff is pretty depressing.
 
I wouldn't want to be the poor teacher in charge of a classroom full of today's kids who've just been given access to knives!
 
jidh007 said:
Oh god yeah, this moron at my university things that frying mince from frozen with Dolmio Bolognese sauce and a bit of spaghetti is spaghetti bolognese ffs!
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It may not be spag bol from scratch, but it's still spag bol, isn't it? Better than stuffing a ready meal in the mic, no? Dolmio has all the essential ingredients, there's absolutely nothing wrong with it. Infact, I've have more homemade spag bols than I can count, from more people and restaurants than I can count, only one restaurant had a better balance of ingredients and taste than Dolmio. Spag bol isn't even worth the time cooking from scratch.
 
we had to do HT lessons from year 7 to 9, most of the time turned into a mess about which then led to the teacher giving up and making us copy writing from a book rather than do practical activities :/

i think its a good idea, it just depends how its done
 
jidh007 said:
Oh god yeah, this moron at my university things that frying mince from frozen with Dolmio Bolognese sauce and a bit of spaghetti is spaghetti bolognese ffs!
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Its got spaghetti its got bolognase sauce, put them both together and you have spaghetti bolognase :)
Its when you walk into the kitchen and see the same guy slapping a rustlers burger in the microwave for dinner everyday that a little something inside me dies :(
 
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