what recipes do kid NEED to be taught at school

[FluffyMummy123]

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pretty good list

i'd also have a veg extravaganza where they learn how to cook 10 different kinds

and a potato ditto

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we did tons of stuff at school

casseroles
sauces
desserts
roasts
eggs

a roux
4 kinds of pasta sauce
a curry
rice
a cake

we did do scones

have made them precisely 0 times since

Techniques rather than essential recipes. So how to cook meat, how to cook pulses, how to recognise when things are done, or need a another couple of minutes.

lol at liver pilaff

Liver pilaff.

My god.

Soup
Stew
Roast
Pasta sauce
Victoria sponge cake
Cheese sauce

Useful things:
Soup
Stew
white sauce

yes cheese sauce a good one-I learnt that in school

toast was my first lesson

hmm

definitely pasta/spag bol type things

would be good if they got to roast a whole chicken/make stock but maybe too much for a cookery lesson

soup-lots of lovely simple soups
lentil, leek and potato etc

stir-fry type things and nicely cooked rice to go with

basic pastry
basic sponge (victoria)
basic pasta sauce
white sauce
potatoes
studenty dishes like spag bol/lasagne/stoo/ratatouille

They need to be able to use basic ingredients to make easy meals - nothing too expensive or time-consuming. Also preparing and cooking veg (peeling potaties is one lesson I do remember from Home Ec), shopping for ingredients, making do from what's in the store cupboard.

Those are certainly the things I'll be teaching DS before he leaves home (WELL before, along with ironing and washing up)

how to cook pasta, rice, spuds and normal veg

then:
scarmbled eggs
cheese sauce
tomato sauce for pasta
bolognese
roast chcken/beef/lamb
basic casserole
full english breakfast

and:
victoria sponge
biscuits (to impress future girlfriends / MILs)

apple crumble
mainly because it's one of my favourite things

fruit cake

we had to make Xmas puddings. As we coud only steam them for about 20 mins they had to be taken home to finish off. Unsurprisingly, the finshed product was VILE.

Does no-one think pastry should be on there? If only becuase shortcrust is sooo easy and once you know the proportions can be made in no time at all.

We made rock buns. Who in their right minds would voluntarily bake or eat a rock bun?
I would teach menu planning - and make sure they had a repertoire of five or six healthy meals: teach them basics like tomato sauce, white sauce, stir frying, and veg preparation and then there are loads of recipes they can make.
My ten year old can
Make macaroni cheese from scratch including making the white sauce
Make garlic chicken and pasta
Scramble eggs
Bake lemon drizzle cake and victoria sponge
Make a crumble from scratch.

I agree with nobiggy , techniques, food hygiene etc are far more important than specific recipes. Actually I never did any cooking at school, it was all taught by my mother/granmother (who was french and a fantastic cook).

I think school cooking lessons should be about learning to prepare basic healthy family food. So it should focus on putting together balanced meals ie per person

• a portion of protein
• a portion of carbohydrate
• one or two portions of vegetables
• a portion of fruit
• a small amount of fat/dairy

using moderately priced, readily available, seasonal/local (where possible/realistic) produce.

An example of a menu could be:

• roast chicken
• mashed potatoes
• carrots slow cooked in butter and water
• steamed broccoli
• stewed apple and plain yoghurt

MY 15yo (boy) learned to make a fruit jalousie - 1 pack puff pastry, 1 tin fruit pie-filling. Roll out pastry. cover central 1/3 with fruit pie filling. Turn the 2 outer 1/3rds over middle. Bake.
That's shopping and assembling, not cooking.