"Horry" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:28:33 -0500, dejablues wrote:
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>> "Horry" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>
>>> 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.
>
> My God this is a strange group...
>
>
>> 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.
>
> They're not a "given" when the kitchen is being used for baking cakes.

What sort of a kitchen is it, then? An Easy-Bake Oven, perhaps? A remedial
kitchen? One that has no sink, no hot water, no cooktop, no utensils, no
heat source?