"Curly Sue" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 02:47:46 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>"Curly Sue" > wrote in message
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>>> On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 21:30:27 -0500, Goomba38 >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Old Mother Ashby wrote:
>>>>> Donald Martinich wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Cooking 101: Add 1 Cup of Simplicity
>>>>>> As Kitchen Skills Dwindle, Recipes Become Easy as Pie
>>>>>> By Candy Sagon
>>>>>> Washington Post Staff Writer
>>>>>> Saturday, March 18, 2006; A01
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> <snip article about loss of cooking skills>
>>>>>
>>>>> Haven't you been reading the Food Snob thread? GO AWAY!!!
>>>>>
>>>>> Christine
>>>>
>>>>I haven't... and I'm disheartened by the article in The Post. :/
>>>>Goomba
>>>
>>> I'm not so much concerned about the loss of cooking skills due to
>>> women having other options, but instead the disregard for teaching
>>> good eating habits (nutrition) to children.
>>
>>Kids can learn good nutrition, and go outside the home to find it. But, to
>>get it at home, it usually requires the ability and willingness to put
>>some
>>time into preparing decent food.
>>
>
> Eating habits are learned at home. Kids who are not impressed with
> the importance of health at home are not going to seek it outside the
> home.
>
> One thing about cooking per se, is that it has become a hobby that
> some people will learn because they like to do it rather than because
> it's their function in life.

A hobby can be set aside for a while and it won't negatively affect your
life in a big way. Eating is not a hobby.


> Most of the people lamenting the loss of
> cooking skills are talking about loss of cooking skills of women.
> Apparently women many women today would rather get an education and
> have a career than agonize over "dredging." Good for us. In
> addition, there still are parents who need to work long and hard to
> keep up and cooking is the least of their worries.

Correct - some people envision women when they think of this subject. But,
not all people.