General Chat

Like making your own dinners etc, would the younger ones know how to do that instead of opening a tin or having a takeaway.
I ask because I saw a squeezy jelly at the super market yesterday and realised you can buy all the ingredients ready made/cooked so you just need to assemble heat and eat, not heat salads though. :-D

Containers of ready-made mashed potato are the things that get me.
Not that difficult to cook and mash them oneself at a fraction of the price.

Ready meals do have their place, but some people are too reliant on them, when a bit of effort could save them pounds.

Gwyn

My three Grandsons ages 19, 21 and 23 all cook meals from scratch.

Good for them Ann. I think it's important for lads to learn to cook for themselves.
Grandson 16,doesn't often cook whole meals, but he can do so and used to cook in inter-school competiions.

Gwyn

i think lots of younger people can and do cook from scratch,

i also think a lot of old people rely on ready meals as they are not strong enough to cook from scratch no more, so altho it seems lazy some people need them to live,

i think its important for all children to be taught to cook from scratch, as i was, but i see no wrong in using convenience foods now and again, that what there there for


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My Mum buys mash from the supermarket but she does not have the strength in her wrists to do the mashing herself.

She still makea her own soup etc

Yuk really hate supermarket mash

A couple of things I can't quite come to terms with are pancake mix and frozen bubble and squeak

I buy frozen Yorkshire puddings because I just cannot make a decent one. Please don't give me any tips that never fail because they sure as Hell's a waiting for you will fail for me.

Branston Pickle and brown sauce are impossible to replicate it would seem.

There are always a couple of ready meals in my freezer in case I am late back when I can escape.

I taught my three to cook right from being young, I believe in boys being able to make a proper cooked meal. My eldest son taught me how to make a proper curry when I had struggled for ages to make a decent one, no problems now. Like Sharron I keep a couple of ready meals in the freezer for emergencies.

Caz

My eldest can cook and is great at cake making.
Im teaching the youngest and will also get him ironing once he is tall enough to practice!

I buy yorkies ready made like Sharron as mine are always pancake like, and I keep frozen fish and a couple of ready meals just in case.

Teresa

young mums? if you look round the supermarket, you will see a variety of different people of different ages buying conveince foods,

Christmas present list from live-away son - 30 min recipe book by a celebrity chef, and............a food processor!

Ready meals do have their place, but are sooo salty. :-0

we have the ready mash in caravan as mine love sausgae mash and beans and cant do the mash.

eldest can cook and could survive on what she makes but does use packets as well for her quick lunches.
Laddo not sure would trust cooking without supervision but he does love scrambled egg on toast for tea so makes that and as for tiddler well she love smaking cakes but thats it so far.

Most of our meals hubby makes from scratch so when we do use ready meals its a break for him.

I usually cook my meals but I never make yorkshire puddings, I really prefer the ready prepared ones, only takes 4 minutes in the oven.
Something else I have started buying (which I scoffed at the first time I saw it) is a packet of ready made crumble so that I can go in the garden, get some rhubarb, and have a pudding with my main meal. I feel extremely full, but I don't care.-jl

I do try and cook my meals from scratch, but to be honest I'm not a good cook.....lol

Get the odd ready meal or sometimes a take-away, but much prefer fresh cooked grub.

I think the youngsters are very capable to cook meals, and I expect many do.
I know one old person who cant even boil water....lol but wont say who he is on here...lolol


George :-D :-D :-D :-D

My daughter has a 12 hr day and just can't be bothered to cook. Anything that can be unwrapped and zapped is for her and I can't say I blame her. How today's young women working with children cope, I don't know.

I love T****s ready made mash. Haven't got the hands for all that peeling, chopping and mashing.

Vera

ive allways cooked from scratch(having four kids it was the cheaper option,but not always the easier option.)my daughter always makes her 10m old daughters dinners her self.her daughter loves home made roast dinners(with baby gravy) also loves cauliflower cheese,macoroni cheese,eggs,(boiled and scrambled)lovesto snack on cucumber,cheese,toms,and every fruit you can imagine.shes not allowed chocolate,biscuits,or any processed foods,and shes thriving.x

Oh how I love the idea of getting the boy to do the ironing.......when he can reach the board!

I am looking in to ways to get the ironing board across the wheelchair.

My dad can do a meal for himself if I leave it ready. He can peel spuds and, on one occasion when we left him alone for the day, a friend came in and found him mashing them. He can grill chops and does have an electric can opener so he won't starve.