Cooking...Basic Skill Set #1

Why is it that young females these days don’t seem to have the basic cooking skills for when they leave the nest?

It is a conundrum to say the least. I use for example one radio dj of a popular morning radio show in San Diego. She has learned to cook somewhat now, but when she first came to the station, she basically didn’t have cooking skills, except to microwave stuff... WTFH?

Now this is something I didn’t understand. Maybe it was cultural? But it couldn’t be as her ethnicity should have guaranteed cooking skills. I was in shock over this. As she was in her 20’s I thought it was an awful tragedy. How can a female not know how to cook?

Now this is not about being that kind of woman who wants to set women’s rights back to the dark ages, but shouldn’t a woman learn this as a basic skill set?

Because of this, and I know there are probably more females like that out in the world, I’ve taken it upon myself to make sure my boys know how to cook. My oldest is quite skilled and I advised he should go to cooking school as he just a natural affinity for food, but that is not happening.

My youngest is learning though he is mostly a microwave cook at this moment.

But as I’m writing this, I’ve realized this should be a basic skill set for anybody after leaving the nest. And parents should be teaching this right along with teaching their kids right from wrong as well as to be a productive citizen.

Ramen noodles be damned! When my son is away in college he will be the guy who can cook up a complete meal and then some. And that is one skill I am glad to have taught him, especially as his efforts are damn good!