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Originally Posted by Paloma
They still have home ec class? I wish I would have had it, I would have owned that class  |
I don't know if they still have mandatory home-ec class in middle school, Paloma, but back in MY ancient day, we had a mandatory sewing class
and a mandatory cooking class. The cooking class was pretty depressing, looking back at it (and trying to relate this post to depression), because the vegetarian in me cringes now at what they had us make.
For example, we had a whole section on jello, and lucky me, I got put in a group that had to make...tuna fish jello. Yes. I will repeat that. Tuna fish jello! It still boggles my mind that anyone ever thought of combining tuna and jello, and thought that this dubious cooking skill should be passed on to the next generation.
However, I did also learn (1) to wash eggs before use, which is good advice, IF I ATE EGGS, and (2) to turn pot handles IN toward the stove so you can't knock the pots off. That really is very good advice that I use to this day.
And if you give me an orange, I can cut it into a little basket with a handle, hollow it out, and fill it with fruit co
cktail. Thank you, oh midwestern home-ec class, for teaching me the important life skill of turning fruit into baskets!
Now...back to depression and suicide...