Hi all I am behind the times as usual. GD has finally done her GCSE "food tech" (why do they call it that) exam today it seemed to go well so we can finally get back some normality as Grandma can curtail the cooking lessons for a while at least. Hosta I am in sympathy with your aches & pains as I have been barrowing council green waste compost for days now. Having been told some months ago we would not get any more as the site is to be re-developed, they "found" 100 tons of it in a corner of the yard they were clearing we have had more deliveries in the past week than we got in the last 3 years!
Cookery or Domestic Science are too girly/gender biased so infradig. Maybe calling it food technology attracts more boys or makes it sound professional rather than future wifely.
In Belgium it is called HORECA (HOtels, REstaurants and CAtering) and is a recognised path to a career and can be studied as a specialist subject from 14 or so yrs old. I have recently become involved with the catering section of a large secondary school here which has its own restaurant so they can practise on a willing public.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Evening. I rebelled against “domestic science” in school (even though I really loved the cookery classes) and decided not to take it to exam level as I thought it wouldn’t be taken seriously for a modern teen. A practical class in cooking, DIY, finances, first aid and car maintenance etc would actually be a useful ‘domestic science’ course - I wonder if anything like that exists?? Hope everyone doing ok. Lovely to hear of the pond/lake birds. I am hoping to spot frogspawn in mine anytime, but it’s not big enough for any waterfowl! Just doing some schnitzel for tea - a midweek fave here.
It was called Domestic science when I was at school. The first thing we had to do was learn how to wash and iron a tea towel, then progressed to a man’s shirt, making sure it was folded like it had just come out of the bag, minus the pins, yeah right, who does that?
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Ah - ironing tea towels! I say life is too short for that. I did iron one once when we were selling our house. I do love freshly ironed pyjamas and bedding but I rarely do that either. My argument is, if you fold stuff neatly than you can substantially reduce your ironing pile.
Domestic science in my two grammar schools - the first all girls in Manchester which considered it essential for all well-rounded girls and the 2nd mixed in north Cheshire which decreed that the boys and girls in the Latin and German streams did neither Domestic Science nor wood and metalwork. I'd have enjoyed woodwork and maybe metalwork but they weren't open to girls, even if you weren't doing Latin.
We hang shirts when ironed. Folding them just puts creases in again.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
I went to a comprehensive school in an old secondary modern building. Everyone did a bit of needlework, home ec, metalwork, woodwork and tech drawing - just half a term of each, boys and girls, in first year. Second year if you did alright in French you had to German, if not you got to chose to do car maintenance, gardening or more of one of the first year subjects. And third year you had to do Latin if you were good at both German and maths. Whoever timetabled it all must have been a GCHQ code-breaker in a former life
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
I still have recurring nightmare that I miss a lesson or exam because I lost my timetable! I also have one that I forget to pack something important in my bag or suitcase (mind you that is quite likely).
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Hosta I am in sympathy with your aches & pains as I have been barrowing council green waste compost for days now. Having been told some months ago we would not get any more as the site is to be re-developed, they "found" 100 tons of it in a corner of the yard they were clearing we have had more deliveries in the past week than we got in the last 3 years!
In Belgium it is called HORECA (HOtels, REstaurants and CAtering) and is a recognised path to a career and can be studied as a specialist subject from 14 or so yrs old. I have recently become involved with the catering section of a large secondary school here which has its own restaurant so they can practise on a willing public.
I rebelled against “domestic science” in school (even though I really loved the cookery classes) and decided not to take it to exam level as I thought it wouldn’t be taken seriously for a modern teen. A practical class in cooking, DIY, finances, first aid and car maintenance etc would actually be a useful ‘domestic science’ course - I wonder if anything like that exists??
Hope everyone doing ok. Lovely to hear of the pond/lake birds. I am hoping to spot frogspawn in mine anytime, but it’s not big enough for any waterfowl!
Just doing some schnitzel for tea - a midweek fave here.
We hang shirts when ironed. Folding them just puts creases in again.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
I also have one that I forget to pack something important in my bag or suitcase (mind you that is quite likely).