On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 23:01:47 -0500, dejablues wrote:

> "Horry" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:28:33 -0500, dejablues wrote:
>>
>>> "Horry" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>>
>>>> Is anyone able to suggest recipes suitable for a 12-year-old to cook/
>>>> prepare?
>>>>
>>>> At the moment, he's basically limited himself to baking cakes -- and
>>>> I'd like to expand his repertoire.
>>>>
>>>> Dishes suited to a 12yo's palate would be best -- as he'd be
>>>> reluctant to cook things he doesn't like to eat
>>>>
>>>> Obviously, no naked flames, hot liquids, sharp knives (unless it'd be
>>>> possible for an adult to pre-prepare the parts of the recipe
>>>> requiring those things).
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> I call bullshit.
>>
>> My God this is a strange group...
>>
>>
>>> Baking a decent cake requires skills that should have been acquired
>>> after learning ones way around a kitchen, where hot liquids, sharp
>>> knives, and open flames are a given.
>>
>> They're not a "given" when the kitchen is being used for baking cakes.
>
> What sort of a kitchen is it, then? An Easy-Bake Oven, perhaps? A
> remedial kitchen? One that has no sink, no hot water, no cooktop, no
> utensils, no heat source?

Yes.