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its the guy who got 'roasted' back for more abuse

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thefoodschool · 18/06/2011 19:18

ah just returned from Oakwood park knackered and with the kids full of McDonalds! to be honest look its my blog, i've just started it and it reflects my thoughts - just like millions of others out there. i'm a muppet with technology and couldn't find where my blog was so i mentioned it on here - which seemed like the only relevant place. as for patronising, i've had plenty of feedback that says otherwise but if thats your opinion then hey. i had no intention of being a condasending bloke trying to teach you wimmin to cook - it actually hurts me to think that - honest. just wanted to contribute and do you know what i think i can so you don't scare me. and also, i dont want your pity but lay off with the foul mouthed abuse and digs at grammar, 'advice' i can deal with but i have some literacy difficulties and have overcome a huge obstacle to become to teacher and find it offensive. anyway hope damage can be undone

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Tee2072 · 19/06/2011 20:57

You can call me a big fucker. I don't care if I am off or on your list.

Although, TBH, I am still not sure you really understand why you were shot down so hard.

It was amusing Aitch.

MmeLindor. · 19/06/2011 21:00

Tell what was a HUGE challenge - cooking dor my picky SIL this past week and her veggie daughter.

What I so every night is easy peasy lemon squeezy in comparison.

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thefoodschool · 19/06/2011 21:00

i guess so. but i have changed that to the more soppy journey! i cant ask you to read my blog today because the terminator will get me but the serious point i was making is that taking the effort to cook at all, let alone good food is a minority activity. thats still my opinion!

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MmeLindor. · 19/06/2011 21:02

Maybe so, but you seriously misjudged your audience if you think that MN is full of women chucking turkey twizzlers in the deep fat fryer every night.

AitchTwoOh · 19/06/2011 21:07

www.amazon.com/My-Daddy-Cooks-Nick-Coffer/dp/144471371X
this guy is a mate of mine (virtual mate, iykwim?), he is VERY GOOD at not being nobbish when speaking about cooking to women, imo. @mydaddycooks on twitter, you should mention your blog to him. good luck, i think everyone recognises that you are on the side of the gods here.

Tee2072 · 19/06/2011 21:07

Exactly, MmeL.

And I don't think it is a minority activity. Not based on MN. And there are, literally, millions of us.

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thefoodschool · 19/06/2011 21:09

now theres an idea for school tomorrow! come off it i'm not that daft. i knew full well that the majority of MN contributers would be doing the same as me (and properly from scratch) but i thought it was a site to offer advice in certain areas. if i want to know about my teenager turning into a monster (not quite yet) then MN is the place right? we have all gained experience from parenting, i'm shit at some aspects of it (nightfeeding) and great at others (cooking). anyway i'll try and be good

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AitchTwoOh · 19/06/2011 21:11

i do think, however, that what women suffer from is that tabloid reduction of 'kids becoming less healthy'... 'must be the mothers' fault'. never the fathers who don't cook proper meals, always the mothers etc.

i think that cooking decent food is probably a majority thing, but the minority is significant enough for us all to get hammered for it in the press and on tv.

Tee2072 · 19/06/2011 21:16

Are you trying to kill him Aitch, because that's just not nice.

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thefoodschool · 19/06/2011 21:17

i know what you mean. any problems with the nation's kids is always reduced to blaming mothers whether its teenage pregnancy or obesity. its blindingly obvious that fathers have a huge part play and that its a complex issue. i personally believe that food corporations have almost taken over from parents in deciding what's good for our kids and we are up against that, mothers and fathers

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AitchTwoOh · 19/06/2011 21:21

whereas see i froth at the mouth when confronted by dd's school 'healthy eating' leaflets and crappy mindless inculcation of 'healthy' and 'not healthy' eating. she is refusing lemonade now, age 5, as a treat, because she is scared of being fat. a. what does that feel like for kids who have weight issues? (dd emphatically does not). and b. if i want to offer my kid a treat of some lemonade in a restaurant then it is my business and not the school's. she has milk and water the rest of the time, ffs.

soooooo. i am a bit pissed off by school's getting in about my five year old's head re food tbh, as i think it's a message that ASSUMES i am a shit parent tbh.

AitchTwoOh · 19/06/2011 21:23

especially when the food they serve in the canteen passes n million supposed health regulations but still apes junk food. so it's shit-tasting pizza, shit-tasting hot dogs etc, according to dd, who takes a packed lunch.

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thefoodschool · 19/06/2011 21:28

couldn't agree more. my daughters have packed lunches too. their schools have ' nutritionally approved' menu's but awful food which the kids won't eat. i have prioritised good tasting homemade food at my school and it is analysed. but this is more about box ticking. its all about getting the kids to enjoy their food without making them paranoid

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AitchTwoOh · 19/06/2011 21:30

i think you could be a VERY useful mner, tbh, given that you must understand all the background to this stuff. do hope you stick around.

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thefoodschool · 19/06/2011 21:38

i think we could continue this conversation and hopefully will do soon. the lady needs a glass of wine (no i'm not refering to myself) and is close to becoming a MN widow. thanks for letting me back in and i care about the same stuff you do and know a bit about certain things ie school food / cooking

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FunnysInTheGarden · 20/06/2011 09:48

am laughing Aitch about the frothing at the mouth re the schools healthy eating policy. DS1 is 5 and when he started school I was furious that the school insinuated that I was a bad parent by telling me what was deemed healty and what he could and couldn't eat during the day.

I know very well what constitutes a healthy balanced diet and felt that the school undermined me by telling DS1 'no you can't have banana cake for snack' as it's not healthy. Just fruit, fruit and only fruit!

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thefoodschool · 20/06/2011 18:02

interestingly, we have found that a menu analysed with fruit / fruit salad as a pudding came out less nutritionally balanced than a menu with baked fruit based desserts i.e apple crumble / pear sponge pudding etc. figure that one out. if schools focused on good food, a sensible balanced diet and a nice eating environment (i.e what continental children might have) we wouldn't have this sorry state of affairs and parents feeling guilty

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AitchTwoOh · 20/06/2011 18:18

i don't think any of us feel guilty, though. i think that's what Jamie Oliver would like us to feel, because that way he sells more books, but i am not troubled by guilt, as my home-made baked bolognese cannelloni (From A Recipe In My Own Head) bubbles in the oven.

MmeLindor. · 20/06/2011 18:57

I must blog about our school lunches sometime. They are AMAZING.

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