"Horry" > wrote in message
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>
> Is anyone able to suggest recipes suitable for a 12-year-old to cook/
> prepare?
>
> At the moment, he's basically limited himself to baking cakes -- and I'd
> like to expand his repertoire.
>
> Dishes suited to a 12yo's palate would be best -- as he'd be reluctant to
> cook things he doesn't like to eat
>
> Obviously, no naked flames, hot liquids, sharp knives (unless it'd be
> possible for an adult to pre-prepare the parts of the recipe requiring
> those things).
>
> Thanks!

I call bullshit.
Baking a decent cake requires skills that should have been acquired after
learning ones way around a kitchen, where hot liquids, sharp knives, and
open flames are a given. My kids could boil water for tea, use a
pocketknife, and were safe with a campfire at age eight or so.