"I wonder what this flat sheet of metal that fits perfectly into my oven is for"
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Did their parents always take them out to eat or order food, because, more than not taking home ec, they would have had to be completely blind to any cooking going on in the house their whole lifetime?
Mom cooks while he games in his room
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Is this going never looked inside an oven before? I've never understood people be that useless at life, like how cuddled were they?
When I moved into my house the things that trip me up was apparently I don't own a corkscrew or I don't actually know what wattage my microwave is. Not how do you use this extremely common piece of technology that was invented in 1834 (invention of gas stove) and is commonly depicted in media with proper use.
Definitely could be different for OP but I grew up in a place where almost no one had an oven in the kitchen so I did have to learn how (admittedly not difficult to learn)
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One of my former coworkers was like this. I was warming up my lunch in the break room microwave, and he comes in with basically a whole styrofoam take out container of spaghetti and meat sauce.
He just starts dumping it all down the garbage disposal. I'm just standing there, stunned. Another coworker comes in, sees him, and asks him something in German. I can only assume it was something like "Hey, what are you doing?" First coworker replies in German, in a cheerful manner that told me he felt it was perfectly normal. Second coworker turns to me, eyes wide, shrugs, and walks away. First coworker finishes shoving two people's worth of noodles down the sink, and throws the Styrofoam in the trash as he walks away.
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Americans/anyone who had "home economics" class: how long did you have that class for? I only had about 1.5 hours of cookery class every 2 weeks as an 11-12 year old, and while i think it was a good idea, it wasn't where i learned abt cooking in a way that sticked. That was from my parents, and getting old enough to have autonomy over making myself food (15 yo or thereabouts).
So home ec for me was just too short and hassled to pick up meaningful knowledge.
every year at my middle school. I think they had it split up like home ec for the first two semesters and health for the last two, or vice versa. It's been a while, but I know we had a different main subject each year. like sixth grade was sewing and learning basic nutrition, seventh grade was basic cooking/cleaning/laundry, eighth grade a little more advanced cooking as we were trusted with more tools and techniques.
i also took another home ec style class as a senior in high school because... easy A and free food lol
i also took another home ec style class as a senior in high school because… easy A and free food lol
Just thinking about getting free food as a teenager makes me feel good inside. A lot of people at my school chose it in High School for the same reasoning as you
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Back in middle school, 1hr a day for a semester. But you had to choose between home ec. and wood shop. Most people, even the girls, picked wood shop since it wasn't much more than how to microwave & sew.
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