Posted by: revk | 15 August, 2007

Question For The Day

Should someone who can’t cook - and I really mean can’t cook not just someone who doesn’t like cooking or has a limited range of things they can cook - should someone who can’t cook be teaching our children about healthy eating, as witnessed on last night’s BBC2 programme ‘Kitchen Criminals’?

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I think that ANYONE can cook if they can follow directions. The key element is taking an interest in what you are cooking whether it be for family enjoyment/health. = Paul

By: Paul on 15 August, 2007
at 1:40 pm

I do tend to agree with you Paul, although it would appear that some people even struggle when it comes to the simplest of things!

By: revk on 15 August, 2007
at 1:55 pm

My gut reaction is to say that of course they shouldn’t, but then I think that there are all sorts of things in which I have no practical skill or experience and yet I have clear, reasonable and informed opinions which I formed through reading, listening and observing. I have no doubt that most people could say the same. To use the old adage, ‘you don’t have to be a carpenter to criticise a chair’.

Equally, I am sure that there are plenty of excellent cooks who have no real idea of the nutritional value of the different dishes they cook and only know that they taste good.

And yes, Paul’s right, anyone who can read should be able to cook, or make a dress, or put up a shelf, or do almost anything to a reasonable basic level given the right tools and clear instructions . . . and the will to do it in the first place.

By: Lissa T on 15 August, 2007
at 3:11 pm

Yeah, I really suck and have no ability to cook, but with a book, I can manage–barely.

I’m sure that if someone is completely studied in the art (not really) of nutrition, that they would be able to cook somewhat
Otherwise, they don’t have much right saying what to do to someone that can, just because they lack the skill.

By: Lady on 16 August, 2007
at 1:52 am

Lissa I can started off thinking the same as you and then changed in a similar vein but it didn’t sit comfortably with me at all. I think Lady had hit the nail on the head.

Lady - thank you for dropping by. I do tend to agree with you if they have supposedly read up on their subject surely they must have even the most basic of knowledge about cooking, after all the person in question served pasta that wasn’t far off being raw and didn’t know how to tell when egg was cooked! Surely knowing how to cook food properly so that it wont do you any harm, regardless of it’s nutritional value, is a must for someone teaching healthy eating.

By: revk on 16 August, 2007
at 7:04 am

From what you say about the programme, I think one must come to the conclusion that these people probably shouldn’t talk about healthy eating, not so much because they can’t cook as because their inability to cook suggests an inability to follow what they have read/been told and their views are therefore suspect. Maybe I should watch the programme, but is life long enough?

By: Lissa T on 16 August, 2007
at 11:17 am

I don’t think it is Lissa i have stopped watching it myself.

By: revk on 16 August, 2007
at 12:12 pm

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