what recipes do kid NEED to be taught at school

[FluffyMummy123]

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we don't eat much pastry tbh
and it doesn't really make a meal, does it?

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oh yes
and How Not To Be Scared of Giblets

My fishmonger does that for me Cod

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i guess my ds(14) was lucky in that he does cookery at school already.

he did:

pasta sauce
shepherd's pie
leek and potatoe soup
pie (of some sort)
scones
flapjacks

lots more.

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Right then, so you would have plucking a chicken on your list too?

well i was just teaching a first year class (11/12 year olds in Scotland) and earlier this morning they'd been making very delicious smelling vegetable soup

dsd told me she was making minestrone at school, and I thought, "Cool, actual food" - but they put a can of baked beans and a can of peas in it???

I agree with stock, soup, and basic how-tos - I wish I'd been taught timings - how to get your potatoes and your veg and your main course all ready at the same time without panicking.

And teach them about warm plates!

Agree with choosy - a veg and fruit extravaganza. And they can invite the staff of our local Sainsbos along to find out more too
Also agree that meal composition and a balanced diet approach could be very helpful
Even competent adult cooks sometimes fall down on this IME

Taught to make cheese scones at school. Tried to tell my gran that they would NOT taste good with jam and cream (she didn't listen)

Othert hings we were tught to make:
Rhubarb Crumble
Butterfly Cakes
Cheese straws (why?)
Fruit salad

That was it. Only did one term of practical cookery at school. The rest of the time was Food Technology (how many fruits can you name?) or textiles (grim).

Kids should now learn:

How to fry an egg/scramble/omelette - all egg dishes. Cheap food for life.
Pasta dishes
Casseroles with cheap cuts of meat

Not frigging cakes, puddings and party food fgs

Should also teach you how to use knives as they would in catering school (mind you the image of a full class of typical 14 years old brandishing knives in the manner of Zorro is quite scary)

I think it should be every day family food that is balanced and healthy but with a couple of puddings thrown in. Although I did do cookery at school it was really my Mum that taught me how to cook. But I have learnt how to do quite a lot of things that were outside of her repertoire (when I was living at home) through teaching myself.

So I think, things like:
pasta sauces
shepherd's pie
omelette

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not really the schools job tho - aren't they going to make it compulsary at secondary?
I would say this is somethign you do at home, schools can't fit it all in, or even be responsible for all of society's ills (tacking obesity)

My sisters first 'food technology' class - they were taught how to 'make' (as in add hot water to) a pot noodle. This was the mid 1990s.

I kid you not.

How that was stretched out for an hour I do not know......

will swap your liver pilaff tips for my gran's recipe for devilled kidneys (not recommended)

hana - I disagree.

School is all about educating the population in the skills people need to survive in society. Knowing how to eat healthily, of which shopping and cooking is an integral part, is a glaring hole in the knowledge of the British people, as exemplified by the growing obesity crisis. If schools don't educate the population, just who or what will? We don't have endless ways of educating people...

Food technology, also mid-90s. 1 lesson consisted of reading the contents of a packet of crisps and writing what were the good things and what were the bad. And then providing a 'conclusion' to state if crisps were good or bad for you. Lesson length 1 hour 10 minutes.

No wonder we used to sit hunched together pissing about, laughing at Miss Slocombe's striper trouers.

I think scones are a good thing to learn

they are absolutely piss easy so even someone who is complete duffer at cooking can take something edible

and the rubbing in method is basic cooking skill, for many kinds of baking

plus you can make a good scone base pizza - better than a packet mix

I took home economics as a GCSE option, so yr 9-11 and spent two years making novelty cakes, I kid you not.

This was about 7 years ago

other than that and the other good suggestions on thread, I would do a mixed salad (sounds too easy to need teaching but believe me when I went to uni many people did NOT know how to prep salad veg)

and I would try to concentrate on adapting recipes to fit whatever you have available

I mean if you learn to make basic stew, you can make stew with anything

All I learnt to cook at school (left 1995)
chicken liver pate
feta cheese and beetroot salad
chocolate rice krispie easter nest things
That's it.

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