[happygolucky]

  .....looking after ourself is the best and most needed skill......think I need some more training

[doganjo]

I did do cooking at school but just basic stuff. I did not even know how to fry an egg when I got married. Now I class myself as an every day cook like stews, roast, soups , pies etc. On the other hand my OH loves cooking and takes over the kitchen every weekend which for me is great. he enjoys fancy cooking and will often have a go at something he has seen on the TV. I taught my sons to cook simple meals so they could look after themselves when they went to university. I also made sure they knew how to sew on a button, work a washing machine and iron. My idea was that my boys would not need to depend on a wife to look after them.

Exactly the same as me and both my late dear husbands, although we got a bit more than just basics in home economics at our senior secondary school.  I remember coming home with mince and carrot crumble, egg mayonnaise, fish pie etc and my mum was very grateful as it supplemented what she had prepared for us.  And I taught both my son and daughter the basics too - makes sense really - they are not beholden or dependent on anyone else that way. 

[Lesley Silvester]

My head teacher had ideas of grandeur. She was very much in the mould of Miss Jean Brodie in that her gals were la creme de la creme. Whether that had anything to do with our cookery lessons, I'm not sure, but I remember learning to cook things like stuffed rolled fillets of plaice. Very useful to know when you dash in from work and have to get a meal ready in less than an hour. Especially when you are married to someone who thinks that all dinners should be smothered with tomato ketchup and Branston pickle.

[happygolucky]

  , that's me. I love a bit of sauce or pickle......off to rustle up some delights now, no enthusiasm for cooking though.....