mum they call me names

[jimtheworzel]

could the high cost of food, and the credit crunch help towards reducing  the obestity problem in our children

[jimtheworzel]

[Pesky Wabbit]

Arn't they even more likely to eat crap food ?

Good quality unprocessed food requires preparing. Isn't it this that draws people/children down the pre-processed route.

Whilst there are good quality pre-processed foods they tend to be at the more expensive end.

[manicscousers]

mcdonalds do a promotion..double cheeseburger with bacon for 1.00
should be a tenner, healthy food should be less

[Reetnproper]

Sadly the credit crunch is unlikely to have any effect on obese children as parents will still buy ready produced food, they'll just buy the really, really cheap value brands now.

I don't think it's the cost so much as the time it takes to prep and cook good meals from fresh. Also many people CAN'T cook. Many of my friends couldn't cook fresh produce to save their lives (never mind their bank balances) and they don't understand how I can be bothered to cook home made soups, pies, bread (without a machine), cakes etc. It wouldn't be so bad but most of them are stay at home mums like me and really have no excuse. I gave some surplus Runner Beans to a friend and she asked me how to cook them!!!!!!

Regards
Reet

[Borlotti]

I had to do cookery classes at school, which I hated, but some of it sunk in.  I think they stopped them but will probably now restart them.  It was domestic science, only for girls.  Learnt how to light the gas oven, and also had to make an apron in needlework.  Also had to wash up whilst the food was in the oven or wasn't allowed to take it out.  Thought this was really stupid at the time as I was slow at washing up, but now I am the fastest washing upper in the world and wash up as I go along.  Still remember the voice of the cookery teacher telling me off. Now I can see the sense in what she was teaching.  Then we took home what we had cooked, if it hadn't got split on the bus on the way home and Mum and Dad had to eat it and so how clever I was.  I cook much more now as if I have grown it, picked it, do not what to waste it and even eat it if I don't like it.  I showed children peas, they thought they came in packets, not in pods and loved helping me pod them.  People are not really poor if you look at their loaded trolleys in supermarkets.  We were brought up on rationing after the war and learnt to make soup, make a joint last all week etc. etc.  We weren't fat as never had two cars per family, had to walk, cycle.  My favourite food was bone stew, and corned beef hash and dear old mum could produce many different apple dishes, baked, stewed, pies etc which we all enjoyed.  We also used to pick blackberries, my friend said I was common because she would be too embarrassed to pick them.  Vegetables weren't rationed so we had more, less meat and butter so we were probably more healthy, less heart disease, apart from smoking.  Does anyone remember what the rations were, an old lady did a talk at the school and the children didn't believe that 2 oz of butter was for a week not on one piece of bread and that eggs were dried powder.  I think sugar was also rationed and we didn't have chocolate or sweets.

[betula]

I remember cookery at school,wicker basket with a cover and taking the awful results home to mum.

Mum used to moan about the cost of the ingredients. :)

Once to my shame,and because I was not concentrating I put chocolate straight into hot water,rather than a bowl in hot water to melt.

My Christmas cake icing was so hard,my dad got a toffee hammer to break it. :)

My parents were very sensitive to my feelings...........not ;D

Learnt much more from my mum.She learnt a lot from her domestic science days.Lots of cleaning tips as well.

Mum taught me how for eg when cleaning stainless steel,dry it straight away and you have a great shine. :)