Curly Sue wrote:
>
> On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 08:05:15 -0500, ~patches~
> > wrote:
>
> >Curly Sue wrote:
>
> >> Eating habits are learned at home. Kids who are not impressed with
> >> the importance of health at home are not going to seek it outside the
> >> home.
> >>
> >> One thing about cooking per se, is that it has become a hobby that
> >> some people will learn because they like to do it rather than because
> >> it's their function in life. Most of the people lamenting the loss of
> >> cooking skills are talking about loss of cooking skills of women.
> >> Apparently women many women today would rather get an education and
> >> have a career than agonize over "dredging." Good for us. In
> >> addition, there still are parents who need to work long and hard to
> >> keep up and cooking is the least of their worries.
> >
> >You'd be surprised at how many women have educations, have careers, and
> >have kids yet still find the time to cook.
>
> I'm very familiar with what educated women do. In the past women who
> disliked cooking would have been stuck at home (or in a menial job)
> with the expectation that their function in life was cooking (etc.)
> and passing down that knowledge to their daughters. Now, such women
> have other options. The well-off women you speak of who do cook, have
> careers, buy exotic ingredients, etc. are doing it because they enjoy
> cooking rather than because they have to. And they are probably doing
> a better job of it than someone who dislikes cooking.
>
> Sue(tm)
> Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

True, however before the (sad) advent of the "home meal replacement"
type fast food chains, the fact was that someone had to cook, or you
would starve - it's that simple. Now it's quite common and acceptable to
the man to cook, though oddly in the pro chef world it's been just the
opposite.

My theory is that there are seven days in a week, so assuming a two head
family unit, you each cook three days a week and eat out one day.

Pete C.