Re: Poverty, hunger and food.
Well, Jack Monroe (female chef) has a website called cooking on a bootstrap and she does a lot of basic, cheap and nourishing meals. I am not a fan of hers because she whinges on about how famous she should be by now, but that's beside the point. I'm sure there are others who do budget healthy meals, instead of these high falutin' multi ingredient meals that take hours to prepare.Re: Poverty, hunger and food.
Re: Poverty, hunger and food.
Not mistaken, but a couple of generations have gone without cookery lessons at school so have no idea how to cook.( or the inclination)Re: Poverty, hunger and food.
I remember coming across a young mother with her toddler, desperately scanning the shelves for something - I asked her what she was looking for so I could help her, and she said 'pancake mix'. There was none to be had, because guess what? It was Shrove Tuesday. Not having any pencil and paper with me, I said 'get out your phone, and go to 'notes', and write this down'. I dictated the basics of making a pancake batter. She could not believe how easy it sounded, how few ingredients. She was so grateful! I said, laughingly, 'please promise me you'll never buy a packet of pancake mix again'. I've often wondered whether she kept the promiseRe: Poverty, hunger and food.
Re: Poverty, hunger and food.
I used to enjoy the cooking lessons at school, it was one of the lessons you didn't have to sit at your desk and quietly do whatever. You were in pairs (usually) and a lot of chatting was done back n forth. The Homecraft Teachers were nice and made the lessons interesting. My daughter used to enjoy them as well when she was at school.Re: Poverty, hunger and food.
Re: Poverty, hunger and food.
I don't remember anybody teaching me how to cook, but my mum had always prepared a hot dinner for when we came home. When I got my own home I reproduced things my mum had made and adjusted them to suit my tastes.
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