January 30, 2011
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Shut Up and Get Back in the Kitchen
Only 51% of women under 30 can cook a roast. That number is compared to 82% of baby boomer women who can cook a roast.
This is causing some to wonder if women are losing basic skills like “cooking, ironing and sewing.” Here is the link: Link
Ladies, can you cook a roast?
Comments (168)
I most certainly can.
I can roast a chicken, a turkey, ribs, steak. Meat is where it’s at. :]
Doesn’t matter. That’s a man’s job anyway.
This is what happens when schools remove home ec from the curriculum, it deprives the next generation -male and female- of essential life knowledge.
Kinda makes one wonder what the younger generation is being taught. Apparently, it’s not cooking!
I can cook a roast, and then some!
oh cooking is fun
Baby Boomer mothers are raising heathen barbarian daughters.
No, I’m a vegetarian. Roast is disgusting.
I can cook ANYTHING if I have the ingredients needed. I can cook a deer roast, rabbit, and even bear. Along with the regular run of the mill grocery store cut meats. And my husband and kids and neighbors all agree that I am an awesome cook!
I especially like confections though, because every tooth in my head is a sweet tooth.
No I can’t but my boyfriend can and that is all that matters!
i can cook a roast only in the crock pot.
No but I can make a mean sammich
@ShimmerBodyCream - This.
Well, did you look into the statistics that men are now more independent and can cook their own roast?
If women are equally proficient in the work place, then men are just as skilled in the kitchen.
We are all equal in this new world. Accept it Dan. Like it or not.
I never thought I’d be able to call my wife a “lady”. This is a proud day for the Gravy family.
i can. i can cook fairly well. too bad i don’t have the time to cook more often.
I can cook AND sew…I can iron too but I hate it. I’d rather be wrinkled. And yes, less and less people know how to cook anything that doesnt come from a box.
Roast isn’t found in Asian cuisine; at least not Khmer cuisine.
hell no
I don’t like roast so I don’t know how to make one.
However, I am very good at sewing and other forms of cooking/baking.
I can’t wait to read all the comments on this. You certainly do enjoy provoking people but I’ve always thought that underneath it all you are a chauvanist. Want your freaking shirt irons? Iron them yourself. Don’t wait for you wife to come home after working all day, getting dinner, cleaning the kitchen, helping the kids with homework, giving them baths and into bed, straightening the house and everything else she has to do before sitting down. If women need to work to help make ends meet, men can help keep house. If you want June Cleaver, you need to be Ward.
I can, but my husband is a way better cook than I am.
I will have to refer back to this post when looking for a Xangan to date!
Some mentioned that the schools aren’t teaching it, I think it is the parents that aren’t teaching it. I took cooking classes in school, they were incredibly basic and were nothing more than simple recipes.
Who needs to learn how to cook when there’s an invention called a microwave? It’s a wonderful invention.
I don’t consider myself a lady/woman, so no, I don’t have to.
Bitches love making sammiches.
I’m sure I could if I tried. But I have no desire to do so. XP
they better not be on the PC taking polls, but in the kitchen making me a sammich!
Anyone with a crockpot can cook a roast.
I think everyone in general should at least know how to feed themselves, not just women. Times are changing.
@Rob_of_the_Sky - uhmmmm. you can’t make roast potatoes and gravy in the microwave D:
I can if I have directions.
Um…I can bake wicked ass brownies, if that counts for anything
xo’
I’ve never cooked one before, but I am sure I could. I cook plenty of other things as well as make and repair stuff too. I’m the one who does all the fixing and assembling in this house. Hubby is only good for sports knowledge, paying the bills and video games.
No, I cannot. >:P
I can shoot, dress, butcher, and roast a deer.
No. That’s what my husband is for
I CAN do some basic sewing, though.
Stop being sexist and go make me a sandwhich Dan!
if males acted more like MEN instead of BOYS, then it would be nice to come home to a cooked dinner. but i think we got rid of slaves who were black and filled that role with women.
yep….I can make a pretty wicked roast. But I also know some men who can as well. Cooking doesn’t have to be gender specific
I can cook all kinds of mean roasts! My neighbor, who is young enough to be my daughter and has little kids of her own, has never cooked a roast. They eat McDonald’s for lunch and Pizza Hut for dinner. I am NOT kidding! They do eat breakfast mostly at home, Pop Tarts and sugar cereal, but sometimes get breakfast at Mickey D’s. LOL
Kathi
I’m a very firm believer in the old “if you can read, you can cook” theory. I’ve cooked a fair few roasts, and I’m only twenty-three.
And while I’m an absolute sewing fiend (and yes, hand sewing, not machine) I’ve always hated ironing and haven’t done it and…well…a long time.
Yup Yup! i love roast and we have it at least once a month. i even buy a little bit larger one and then we get to have BBQ Roast sandwiches a few days afterwards.
I can cook a roast. I can also bake, broil, grill and deep fry things. I can sew, I can iron, I can knit and crochet. I made chicken parmigiana and oatmeal cookies just today. Whatever needs doing, I can do it.
I can cook a roast, but I can’t sew or iron …
I don’t know. Can my future husband cook a roast? I’ll learn when he does.
I can cook anything!! im a pro. cooking is one of the few things im good at. ha ha
Well, I’m vegetarian (though only for 5 months so far) and I’ve never cooked a roast…but I’m sure I could. I just never wanted to – even when I did eat meat. Not appetizing.
That’d be a big no, for me.
Damn it. Know your place woman.
I’ve never even attempted a roast but I can cook several other dishes successfully.
No sir! But I know how to work a microwave and that’s pretty much all I need!
And in the 1800s men could build lean to sheds.
Can you build a lean to?
Anyone can cook basic things as long as they follow a recipe. Even of the baby boomers only few are actually “good” cooks.
I can roast any meat you want (I just turned 27, by the way)! I can cook and bake quite a lot of things, and have no problem following a recipe and near mastering it on the first try. I can do basic sewing like stitching up a hole or a button on a piece of clothing, but I can’t take a piece of material and sew something from scratch or follow a sewing pattern (I can follow a knitting or crochet pattern though!). And I don’t even own an iron! I hang my clothes to dry and I find that if hung and folded properly, they don’t wrinkle. And many clothes are made wrinkle resistant now anyway.
There are a lot more expectations put on women now than there were in the baby boomers’ days. Back then, it was a woman’s duty to raise the kids, sew and iron the clothes, and have dinner ready and waiting for her husband who got home from working all day.
Now, the women works all day too. It’s not like we’re just slacking off.
A roast is the easiest thing to make! I didn’t start cooking until I had kids. My dad was the cook of the house and he always made me watch him cook. I guess he didn’t want me to end up like mom. She could make roast and meatloaf, the two easiest things. I hated watching him… but I’m glad I did. I love cooking and making things my ‘own’.
As for the home ec classes.. I took that and they made the easiest things. The class pretty much taught how to read a damn recipe. “Tbsp means table spoon. Tsp means teaspoon”. Stupid.
I can cook just about anything but so can my kids.
I can, I just hate cooking so much I’d rather put my head in the oven.
I can make a damn good roast in the crock pot.
I can cook, clean, and sew.
but as to a roast, i have the basic idea of how, but i have yet to try.
There are more women in the work force now than there were back in the day, which means fewer know how to cook now.
I’m Julia Child reincarnated, I can cook anything! My roast is better than my mom’s, too – hers was always on the dry side. My dad’s cooking has always actually been better than my mom’s was.
I can also check my oil, jump my car, fix the dryer, till a garden, do the taxes, direct a band and tie a tie. Single moms have to learn to do most all of it.
It’s funny…my boyfriend and I just had an argument with another couple over how our chores are broken down. I have cooking, laundry, and dishes. He has vacuuming, dusting, dogs, mowing, and shoveling snow. We may have taken a totally “traditional” gender role split for our chores, but we chose what we’re good at. I hate vacuuming, and can’t mow or shovel due to arthritis. Laundry, dishes, and cooking just happen to be “just enough” manual labor for me. The other couple thought our breakdown was horrible and chauvinistic.
Yes, I can sure as hell cook. Why? Because my grandmother taught me how to cook from both recipes and taste. Schools didn’t need to teach me…although I did learn some interesting historical recipes while in middle school and high school. I teach my students how to cook, but that’s because I teach functional special education. Gen ed students in my school also take part in a home ec. lab with a bunch of modules, which includes sewing, ironing/laundry, small engines, microwave cooking, baking, and childcare.
If the skills are so basic then why can’t men do it? lol
I can’t cook a roast, but I know how to iron and sew.
technology should get the cooking done now I suppose haha…
well, if one can read instructions then one can cook just about anything; that is, if they have the proper ingredients and tools
No.
I can cook a roast, and I am under 30. My parents made sure I learned the important household skills traditionally taught to both genders and the ones they didn’t teach me, I tried to learn on my own. I think cooking something that doesn’t come premade in the frozen food section is a good skill to have whether you are male or female because most of us don’t want to live with our parents forever, and also, if you get married or live with someone, there is no guarantee they will know how to cook. Same goes for basic repair and house maintenence skills.
As long as you want it from the crock pot, I definitely can. I can do pork roast on the grill that is delicious. I have never tried to do a roast in the oven though!
I am always learning new recipes and trying stuff out. It amazes me how many people cant cook – it really isnt that hard! I know my husband is glad that I can, though. He likes to eat… especially when someone else makes it for him!! (He can cook too… he just doesnt like to.)
No.
As to your title, I shall have to find out how to make a middle finger emoticon.
I’m pretty sure this isn’t the 50s anymore…if I don’t want to learn how to make a roast I don’t have to. However, I can bake and cook simple things. It’s whatever.
Our Home Ec class was a laugh. I learned to cook from my dad and mom. Dad is the better cook out of the two. I can do all that ironing and sewing, but I hate the iron.
I absolutely can. Nobody ever taught me, either. I watched a cooking show when I was small, and thought “I want to do that!” So over the years I’ve bought at least 20 cookbooks and clipped recipes from magazines. Working in restaurants for the past 10 years has taught me a few good techniques. I think I’ve done pretty damn well.
I also do most of the assembling and fixing of things in the house, I know how to check the oil and other fluids in the car, I’m learning to sew more than just buttons, and I’m learning how to knit without using a loom.
nope. i can learn though. i dont know how many guys want to eat a roast though…maybe steak? i can cook, but i never made a roast before
I’m not that great of a cook, but I can iron and sew fairly well :]
An African walked into his hut, leaned his spear against the wall, and threw down a dead pygmy and a snake. “Here woman,” he said, “make snake and pygmy pie.”
I don’t understand, a roast it one of the easiest things to prepare and cook…IMO
@MangoWOW - Oh don’t generalize hon, cause I can throw down in the kitchen!
I found it!
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I can sew, and I can iron, but I can’t cook for the life of me. I’m 21 and have never cooked any form of meat in my life.
But why would I want to learn if it means I’ll be forced to do it as part of some predetermined set of “womanly skills” that some man determined I must have?
That’s pretty sad, but think of how many women are single mothers, working a full time job ( or more), going to school full time. There were a lot more housewives back in those days. With all the technology in this day an age, finding out how to cook anything should be right at our fingertips, I don’t think women CAN’T cook a roast, they just lack the time, effort, energy to do so. What scares the hell out of me is how many kids these days are growing up without knowing how to spell even the most basic word because they speak in “Text” good thing everything has spell check on it. I am also concerned with kids having cell phones in class and the potential to cheat their way through school and I am VERY sure there is a lot of cheating going on. It kills me that parents are under the impression that their children NEED a cell phone for emergencies… really? There are no other phones available? Take the phones away from the kids so they concentrate on learning something until all their homework is completed, chores are done etc…. was there ever such a big emergency when we were teenagers and we didn’t have cell phones? We all survived and I think waiting until the priorities are done is a LOT more important than finding out who likes who, who broke up with who, what to wear to the mall, etc… parents these days are such pushovers, it’s pathetic and it’s going to have a serious impact on society in the near future.
Pffft, cooking a roast is easy. making it worthy of eating is the trick.
And when do that, you can get away with not ironing.
I don’t like roast, but I’m sure I could make it, and it would be awesome.
And while I’m as anti-chauvinist as the next girl, I do love cooking and baking. Actually just food in general. It’s an Italian thing, I guess . . .
I am able to cook anything, roast included.
I choose to not cook roast particularly because I don’t eat meat–but I’m very talented in the kitchen.
i cant cook a roast but i can cook plenty of other things and i lovvvve baking
Yep
and tons of other stuff. and I know how to sew and iron and clean wounds and care for kids. Plus tons of other stuff. duh.
Why make it a gender thing?
I can cook just about anything. BUT growing up we didn’t even own an iron. My mother insisted that’s what the dryer was for. And I’ve never sewn anything more than a baby blanket…..
I can cook and so can my hubbs, but we most often do not. It is almost cheaper for my hubbs and I to eat out.
I can try.
I’ve always enjoyed cooking, so it’s always a bit of a surprise to me when I meet someone who can’t even make a scrambled egg or a grilled cheese sandwich, since they seem such very basic things to me. Some of them can’t even use a microwave to cook a frozen dinner or an oven to cook a frozen pizza. I learned to cook from my mom, even though she had a full time job, she took time to teach me because she considered it a skill that everyone should know. My dad is also an excellent cook (when he decides he wants to actually cook) and I’ve learned things from him as well. So yes, I can actually cook a roast and just about anything else I feel like cooking.
I have never cooked one by myself.. but I am 100% confident I could.. I mean I can cook harder shit than that…. it’s not an accident that I am this fat.
& my boyfriend & his homemade peach cobbler are the envy of his friends.
Yes I can, and have taught my daughter and DIL how to do the same…question is to whom I’ll will my dependable cast iron drip lid pot to? oh the big decisions in life!
nooope
I’m 25 and can make a great tasting roast.
I cook Dominican food. Roast is not in my list of food to cook. But I can bake, cook, clean, sew, knit, and beat you with a stick.
I’m 17, and I can cook a turkey, chicken, roast, and a ham.
I’m moving out on my own in a year, and I need to know how to feed myself.
Sure, once I look up a recipe online.
Do men know how to cook, iron, and sew?
Oh yeah, et’s pretend feminism never happened, great way to progress as a country….
I do … thank God my bf loves to cook meat stuff and I just have to worry about vegetarian dishes =)
I rec’d this solely because of the title.
And no, I can’t cook a roast.
I’m just going to say that most women are worthless and can’t do anything. Now that they have equal rights that they BEGGED for, they’re upset that they have to work for a living. Many women can’t cook anymore, either. So that just means they’re onlu good for one thing…
I can sew, not sure about cooking beyond eggs and potatoes. Well, I could cook.
You know why it’s only 51%? Because the rest of us expect a man to know/learn these same skills. Thus we stop doing them and force you guys to start doing some household shit.
im an amazing cook. it makes me sad seeing how so many people of this generation only care about success and achievements. when really they should care about good relationships, treating people well, learning valuable skills, having a good family, making sure (this is a big one TONS of women dont have down) YOU HAVE A CLEAR MIND.
than ontop of that, is where, you would build an education. not the other way around, those areas are the most important. and from there a career can be built. (if thats what you choose)
by the way i achieve a ton, definately more than average. i just have the sense to do things right, but part of that can be chalked up to my amazing parents (the foundation of it all)
No, I’m an Amercan teenager. I just buy that shit pre-roasted and then pop it in the microwave. Hellz yeah GO AMERCA!
Ha ha ha sexism is so hilarious. Your post is so clever. I almost can’t contain myself.
Lmao. I just finished saying that to my ex. She is recently trying to learn how to cook.
@mtngirlsouth - Bear?! How’s that taste?
No, but I’m only 19 so I figure I still have time. Besides, I can cook a sick ham dinner and an awesome curry.
i ain’t no woman, but i make one helluva roast.
I’m not losing the skills! I can cook, I can sew and repair and alter clothing, and I iron my man’s shirt for work in the morning every time we wake up together! Haha.
However, I would like to clarify that I don’t do any of these things because I feel that it is the woman’s responsibility, I do it because I enjoy it. I kind of LIKE fitting the old-school housewife stereotype, because I love cooking and baking and sewing, and I love other people’s reactions when they see how good I am at it. Especially since a large portion of my generation ISN’T…
Are you kidding me? I can cook almost anything you ask me. From scratch. My mom was a chef for a while just before I was born so she’s taught me how to cook. Although I admit I can’t cook many seafoods. I don’t have the stomach for it so I never learned. But I’m not surprised many women can’t cook. Theres fast food, microwaves, and cheap quick foods you can make. No way in hell are they as good. Parents aren’t teaching anymore is what I think. It’s sad. Sewing and knitting and crocheting I learned by a friend of the family because I have angora rabbits so I shear them and spin their wool and use it.
Thanks to my grandmother, I am an excellent cook. My children, boys and girls alike, will leave my house knowing how to cook, sew on a button, and iron their clothes so as not to look as though they slept in them.
@WondersCafe - I don’t think that women being more capable in the work place should translate to fewer women cooking necessarily. Men didn’t stop working because women started working. I can cook, and so can all four of my brothers. I will teach my son AND my daughter how to cook, clean, sew, and iron, because these are important life skills. I think everyone should know how to take care of themselves, and that means cooking a meal if one needs to, as well as being able to hold down a decent job.
I wouldn’t because I don’t eat meat. I’m sure if I wanted to I could learn, though.
haha
Cooking a roast is a nigger thing for a women to do anyway. We don’t treat women fair. Probably never will.
I’m 25 years old and I can cook a roast. It’s not hard… Just takes attention to timing. I’ve only been brave enough to tackle roasts and whole turkeys and from-scratch chicken soup in the last three years, though. Confidence and all that.
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I sure can’t! 8D My grandma can, though. I’m sure all she’d say to do is get a roast, stab it a few times, stick it in a crock pot with some chopped veggies with salt and pepper, and wait 6 hours. Once I asked her for recipes and she handed me a cookbook, so…..I’m pretty sure there’s not much to any of it. xD
My sister is 24 and can, I, on the other hand, do not eat meat.
But I can still cook!
Honestly though, who eats home cooked meals anymore? With the invention of instant ANYTHING, it’s almost unnecessary at this point. I dislike it, I feel gross eating fast, processed foods all the time.
this generation of men are being deprived of the wives we long for and deserve. god damn empowerment campaigns, making women think it’s okay to stop doing their job.
@LoBornlytesThoughtPalace - Rawr
Nope… lol.
“Get your bitch ass back in the kitchen and make me a pie!” LOL! Making a roast is easy – just toss it in a crock pot for a few hours! Bonus: it makes your domicile smell amazing!
No, but my husband can.
I lied. I actually can cook a roast. I’d just rather let my husband do it because he’s a better cook than I am.
Yeah, I can. I can cook pretty much anything given the recipe.
Nope.
well, one rump roast feeds alot of people-we had 8 kids when I growed up and 2 adults
I can’t really cook anything at all.
I do agree that taking home ec out of curriculum is negative. Not in a sense that only females should take it, both sexes should. I didn’t have the option of that class in high school, and since I’ve taken learning how to cook upon myself – especially since getting married. I actually made a roast last night, so, I feel pretty good.
How hard is it to follow a recipe? Seriously.
Wow, seriously? I’ve known how to cook a roast since I was 11. I do the best roast potatoes ever
Cooking Sunday roast with my mum was the highlight of my week when I was younger.
yep. so can my boyfriend. gender roles are stupid.
I most certainly can cook a roast! I’m in that 51%. I also know how to iron a shirt, but hemming a skirt? You lost me there.
Make your own damn roast, and amicably shove it up your ass. ^_^
I call bullshit, since no one asked me.
A smart person would always think twice about statistics.
I don’t cook. That’s women’s work.
@WondersCafe - Well said!
I can cook anything with a recipe. Following directions ftw.
I “can” but I’m not going to anytime soon b/c I’d much rather make a chickpea roast stuffed with pesto ricotta (vegetarian, baby). My husband can also cook a roast. In fact, I think a monkey could cook a roast. You shove it in the oven until it’s hot enough to kill the salmonella, what’s so hard about that.
@TheEmeraldPixie - right on. If you want a woman to cook you roast for dinner, you better make enough money for her to stay at home all day long (or if you’re a woman and want your man to cook you a roast for dinner, then you need to make enough money for him to stay at home all day long). Otherwise, just shove the damn thing in the crock pot so when you both come home from work there’s no need to cook.
I can cook and iron. I can do some decent sewing but I’d prefer not to. I don’t know how to do these things b/c I’m a woman. I know how to do them b/c I’m an adult and no one else is going to do them for me. (not for free anyway.) I feel as though these skills are equally important for men to learn. Also, who cares if less women can cook a roast? I’m sure more of us can do algebra.
this is the reason why men now go further to eastern europe for a dream wife because women in the u.s. no longer slave in the kitchen
hahahahaha
The rest of us will be waiting for you in the twenty first century.
I’m still waiting on the feminist outrage of comments.
The only thing I can’t do is a cook a roast… Then again, I don’t like roast so there would be no point. I’m quite talented at cooking multiple other things, though.
I’m not a woman but I can. The other half can barely boil water so yeah I want meat it’s my thing.
I can’t even cook rice let along make a roast.
But I can sew, knit, iron and change light bulbs??
More of the women in the kitchen jokes, eh?
How about women AND men in the kitchen working together to make a roast =)
I don’t eat roast, so I don’t cook it. However, I can make a killer “Chicken in Coca-Cola Sauce.” It’s ridiculously good.
I hate that there are gender specific roles, even in this day. It’s kind of sad that many people didn’t learn the domestics: cooking, cleaning, etc before we become adults. Of course, I had to learn a lot of it on my own. I do not see anything wrong for both men and women to learn the basics, though. Knowing how to shop for and prepare simple meals, balance and manage their checkbook/financials, clean/wash/vacuum/mop, basic car maintanance, fix a small hole on clothing and sew buttons aren’t bad skills to know. I do most of the cooking, cleaning and laundry, but I would never complain if the husband helped out with the chores. I have yet to cook a roast, but I have cooked ham and roasted chickens/turkey before. I’d have to disagree with some commenters who noted that anyone who can read a recipe can cook something. Not true. Just because someone can read the recipe doesn’t mean that that person can perform the task, i.e. not understanding a term (action) to make the dish.
I can cook that and much more, however I think cooking should go both ways as well as housework and such. Yes, women were the housewives back then however now times have changed any many women work out in the work force just as men. If any man believes women should be the one to do all this versus sharing the responsibilities than they’re pigs.
roasts are nasty.
give me my simple baked chicken any day. in my family, it’s always my dad who cooks the meat anyway
i’m sure he’d pass it along if, god forbid, i ever showed an interest in ‘manly meat’, as he likes to call it.
I cannot cook a roast because its fucking disgusting and I refuse to handle dead animal flesh.
@TheEmeraldPixie - EXACTLY! I totally agree. Baby boomer women cooked because their men brought home the money. Nowadays, men say they are fine with their women making more money but they still expect the women to put in 8+ hours at work and come home to do more work…so makes you wonder, what’s the point of having men around?
I can cook but it’s only for me. If a man wants me to do the household chores, he better be making enough money so that I don’t have to worry about working to make ends meet.
im kitchen retarded. cereal an sammiches. all day!
Yep. I can. ‘Cause my mama is the best cook and teacher out there.
Thanks, Mom.
Goodness, I need to go and thank my working mother for teaching me the basics of how to cook in my teen-years. I am no chef, I don’t easily wing it & make up my own culinary creations, but give me a recipe to follow and I will cook it. And I have two young daughters that will leave this house some day with the same basic skills…and to be honest, if I had two young sons, I’d probably do the same!
I cook almost all our meals exclusively; my husband doesn’t cook, we don’t eat out a lot, and we don’t buy dinners from the store except an occasional pizza or chicken nuggets. I was raised Amish, and taught to bake bread and fry chicken by the age of 12, make pie by the age of 16, and completing entire 3 or 4 course meals for guests by the age of 18. It’s just what women did.
I’m an old-fashioned housewife.
I’m not Amish anymore, but I love knowing how to cook. My husband loves it, too.
Btw, why is a roast used as a measure of a woman’s cooking skills? That’s one of the easiest things in the world to make. And in my cooking experience, they were always lightly fried and then slow-baked. Is the cook part just a generalization or am I missing some method of preparation here?
I can cook a roast, but I don’t like being in the kitchen. My husband enjoys cooking much more than I do.
You know what you call a guy who makes jokes about women in the kitchen making sandwiches? Single (:
but, I am 19 years old and am an excellent cook. I am always making food for myself and my boyfriend and am rather good at it (thanks to a few cooking classes in high school)
I am also a state certified mechanic. Something else I happen to be very good at.
Maybe I’m just awesome, but I think people should have a variety of things they are able to do, including men. Cooking is a necessity for all and therefor is something you should know how to do.
I went to culinary school, so I can cook much, much more than just roasts. But here’s the thing… there are all kinds of cookbooks out there. Seriously, even if you don’t have a “talent” for throwing things together, you can still cook just by reading and measuring. So really, whatever portion of the female (and male) population is literate, should be the percentage that can cook. Everyone should be taught basic cooking skills, I shudder to think what these people’s kids will have to eat.
How hard is it to cook a roast? I learned how to do that when I was in high school!
Nope, cannot cook, sew, or iron. Its what house-husbands are for.
I’ve been a vegetarian for 14yrs, but I could probably still cook a
roast if I really needed to. In a crock pot at least. I’m 28yrs old.
@Sunrise_Hope_Joy - Agreed.
@WondersCafe - Amen.
I love cooking a roast! It’s the easiest meals to make! In fact – I just made one yesterday. I made beef and noodles with the left overs for today! Hint- ya have to hide part of the beef from the family to do that
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But my most favorite thing to slow roast in an oven is turkey! It’s a rule in our family that you have to make what you make better then anyone else in the family, for Thanksgiving dinner. My daughter makes the mashed potatoes, my son: the pies. I “have to” cook the turkey. I’m happy- I get the easiest job! LOL
Sewing- I have a 2yr vocational degree in it. I designed and made my sister’s wedding gown for my senior project and got an A. My husband says I do “dead art forms” because I like to do crewel embroidery and glass bead sewing. Somebody’s got to keep the Arts alive! LOL! Sorry to all you youngn’s out there but I love being Old Fashioned Lady! You don’t even know what you are missing!
So, old fashion…lol… they used to cook Beef and Lamb in the Temple of the Lord!