GotGarlic
Chef Extraordinaire
Interesting take on home cooking: Home-cooked family dinners: A major burden for working mothers.
What do you think?
What do you think?
I wonder if this "research" was sponsored by Messrs "Birds Eye", etc?Interesting take on home cooking: Home-cooked family dinners: A major burden for working mothers.
What do you think?
I like your thinking AB.IMO if you do a little advance planning and preparation getting dinner on the table is no big deal. For me it would take more time and cause more aggravation to swing into the grocery store during rush hour to pick up a rotisserie chicken, salad, chips and dessert than it does to go home and put something together from a well stocked kitchen.
I also admit it depends on the people involved. If you are feeding a family then it should be all hands on deck without any fuss. Even little kids can put the napkins on the table or perform some other small chore. Delegate and let them develop their own way of doing things, don't micro manage the troops. If they screw it up they will have another chance to get it right tomorrow!
I suppose another option would be for everyone in the house to just microwave a frozen meal or fix a bowl of cereal and eat it in their rooms in front of the computer while watching a rerun of the Walton's.
Zagut, I'm an old fart too, but I see the difficulty where someone hasn't learned to cook.
Some people don't even get the basics, and then, mealtime becomes a difficult challenge, plus dinnertime whiney (tired) kids who don't feel they're getting enough attention.
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Aunt Bea, Why would they be watching the Walton's when they could be viewing reruns of Gilligans Island, McHales Navy, or Andy Griffith instead?