tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post198585381631338770..comments2024-01-05T06:16:49.932+00:00Comments on Expat Mum: Life's Too Short to Stuff a MushroomExpat mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-7803369176714402062012-04-14T03:45:17.536+01:002012-04-14T03:45:17.536+01:00Top of Miss Fishwick's Domestic Science class ...Top of Miss Fishwick's Domestic Science class me one year. Okay well 3rd but it was nearly top. And that really looked good on the same report card where Ms. Kavanagh gave me a 9/100 as a final mark in Geography!<br />I cannot cook to save my life either. <br />I was pretty crap in school really looking back.<br />Did manage to learn shorthand and typing tho'.<br />ah happy days.<br />:DClippy Mathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15922234265229327474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-8465439790643177452012-04-13T20:28:46.445+01:002012-04-13T20:28:46.445+01:00My school (private, girls', very academic, hor...My school (private, girls', very academic, horrible) didn't do typing at all, and cookery/sewing were a token gesture for the first 3 years but weren't available up to 'O' level. Only academic subjects were available! And then not even the ones I wanted to do, which were English Language (NOT lit - I don't do poetry and Shakespeare) and human biology. I so wish the internet had been around then, so that I could have found a oollege somewhere that did offer what I wanted.<br /><br />But still, I can cook reasonably well and sometimes make myself stuffed mushrooms! They're dead easy - remove stalk, fill with whatever you want, stick on a baking tray in oven for a bit, maybe drizzled with a bit of oil if needed. Job done.<br /><br />I'm not a technical cook though, so I don't do baking. Can't be arsed with all that weighing. I just make stuff up as I go along, and chuck in whatever I think will go. It usually works!<br /><br />Oh, and it is 'nous'. I didn't know it came from Greek though. You learn something new every day eh.Mrs Baumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-38532370940298346522012-04-11T15:39:01.491+01:002012-04-11T15:39:01.491+01:00I do remember deliberately not learning to type an...I do remember deliberately not learning to type and do shorthand so that I wouldn't end up with secretarial duties wherever I worked, (which happened to females a lot in every corporate field). I don't always use the right fingers to type but I'm pretty quick, so everything's OK. Cooking, however, is much more intuitive - and something I just don't possess much patience or talent for.Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-19485322873346893992012-04-10T12:11:50.490+01:002012-04-10T12:11:50.490+01:00I love cooking even though we weren't allowed ...I love cooking even though we weren't allowed to do Home Ec if we had a brain at our posh girls' school. We weren't allowed to learn typing either lest we fall into becoming somebody's secretary, and not the arse-kicking Doctor/lawyer/politician we were meant to be. Pain in the arse really when I wanted to do journalism (and PR). I studied typing and shorthand when I was at Uni and has been the most helpful thing I've ever learnt. Ever.vegemitevixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08499944412217904302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-74252325630813598722012-04-08T23:14:07.225+01:002012-04-08T23:14:07.225+01:00We did suffer from a lack of home economics at our...We did suffer from a lack of home economics at our school did we not, Toni? Did you know one of my other cousins, Anna, once cut out a huge number seven and stuck it onto a pie. The teacher had been telling the class about decorating pies with pastry leaves but Anna only heard the last part of the instructions which was, 'remember to put an odd number on the pie'.Trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00119443727504215312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-1793444708610580572012-04-08T09:01:55.069+01:002012-04-08T09:01:55.069+01:00Fabulous - I am predominantly estranged from my ki...Fabulous - I am predominantly estranged from my kitchen and tend to cook organically, i.e. anything goes! <br /><br />It's rather hit and miss as a cooking style and won't make it onto the Beeb as a bijou cookery show any time soon!<br /><br />i read Shirley Conran's Superwoman years ago and it became my bible - 'Life's too short to stuff a mushroom' has been my mantra ever since!<br /><br />Love,<br /><br />Fhina XA Woman Of No Importancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02194976046531063422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-70712131922928142272012-04-08T01:47:57.629+01:002012-04-08T01:47:57.629+01:00I never took Home Ec, either, and, as a result, ha...I never took Home Ec, either, and, as a result, had to learn to cook by trial and (mostly) error. MrL is, however, is the son of two fabulous cooks from Louisiana, and is a far better cook than I am (thank God.) Since about half of Louisiana cooking starts with, "First, you make a roux," I had no option but to learn.<br />Fortunately for me, you can now make roux in a microwave. Really.MsCarolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03623997911568143459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-48423439953099986932012-04-07T19:39:43.109+01:002012-04-07T19:39:43.109+01:00I did Music O' Level, which was looked down on...I did Music O' Level, which was looked down on as not academic, but - as you say - it was really really hard. Hard as in hard work, but also hard as in difficult to grasp. <br /><br />I think it's 'nous'. A translitteration of a Greek word. (Also did Greek O' Level). But confusingly looks like French.<br /><br />Love your definitions. I agree about 'roux'. Definitely intimidating.Iota https://www.blogger.com/profile/08507184283437057648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-56556330929082772902012-04-07T18:56:29.001+01:002012-04-07T18:56:29.001+01:00I was one of the handful of boys who took Domestic...I was one of the handful of boys who took Domestic Science at my school. As well as cookery there was lots of info on nutrition which was interesting.<br /><br />(Is it not spelled "nouse", like mouse?)Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04125096218951977368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-91582296747826242252012-04-07T18:31:43.558+01:002012-04-07T18:31:43.558+01:00I love cooking but get too impatient for half the ...I love cooking but get too impatient for half the things in the recipe books so nothing comes out as it's supposed to. I make the family eat it anyway...<br /><br />How does your lipstick smell??Mother Henhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01669942398455478155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-37033383797131513462012-04-07T17:46:27.642+01:002012-04-07T17:46:27.642+01:00Argh - I keep meaning to fix that. Thanks.Argh - I keep meaning to fix that. Thanks.Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-59045154766551545672012-04-07T17:43:25.816+01:002012-04-07T17:43:25.816+01:00I love reading cookbooks but I never make anything...I love reading cookbooks but I never make anything in them. Scalding is my favourite because that is what I mostly do..Heading over to see that other post..(BTW, I tried to click into your blog from your comment on American Resident and your blog site went nowhere because it was incorrectly spelled...I do that a lot...)About Last Weekendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04716571630418078937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-56187851066834334652012-04-07T16:05:30.929+01:002012-04-07T16:05:30.929+01:00Histerical. I quit cooking a very long time ago. ...Histerical. I quit cooking a very long time ago. Unfortunately, you do have some little mouths to feed. I did have stuffed mushrooms once. The maker, who disliked cooking as much as I did, smugly announced: A box of stuffing mix made up, and put it in the mushroom caps with your little mellon baller thingy.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834682329952369721noreply@blogger.com