ChattyCathy wrote:
> Tracy wrote:
>
>> I'll take it a step further and say that depending on what we finally
>> decide to eat also determines who cooks. DH does certain things and I
>> do others.
>
> Yes - there is that aspect to it, too.
>> I am surprised no one here plans their meals in advance.
>> I had a friend in high schools whose mom planned every aspect of
>> dinner. She even planned out the chores to go with each meal, like who
>> would shred the cheese on Monday and who would set the table on
>> Wednesday to who would wipe off the dinner table on Friday.
>
> I think it also depends on the size of the family. If there's 6 kids +
> spouse/SO to cook for every day, I guess meal planning makes a lot of
> sense.
>> It seemed so incredibly anal to me at the time, but I came from a
>> completely different world where mom did everything. We were not
>> spoiled either....she just made dinner and we ate. I am sure we all
>> helped clean up and do dishes, but nothing was assigned.
>
> Know what you mean. My Mom was the same - but she was a good cook (still
> is) and she always made tasty meals for us. Except for the 'tripe
> episode' <lol> I don't think I ever had cause to complain about what
> she put on the table at dinner time. And her apple pie was 'to die
> for'. ;-)


I think in this case it was a single mom who really needed to keep a
hold of things. Her kids had,if I recall correctly, about a year between
each one. My friend was the oldest - so the kids were something like
17,16,15,14 and 13. (Irish Quintuplets!!) Maybe not exactly a year, but
they were very close in age.

A lot of teenagers. They fought over everything so order at dinner had
to be maintained.

Tracy