millennials can cook!

[Zoe Girl]

I saw this article which rang true for me and was exciting to see something good about the millennial generation. My son lives at home with me and his girlfriend and he is a great cook. Actually I am very happy that all my kids are in long term relationships and that gender based assumptions around cooking or housework are simply not an issue. What a wonderful generational shifte. My kids all know how to cook from scratch, and last night my son and his 16 yo friend were having deep discussions on how to cook lots of foods. His friend is part Phillipino and learned from his grandmother to cook very well. They spend their own money on good food, sometimes some junk food but I haven't seen a McDonalds wrapper in years. Anyway here is the article

http://www.forbes.com/sites/michelinemaynard/2016/06/02/the-silver-lining-in-millennials-living-at-home-they-may-start-cooking/#22ff68e011ff

[ToomuchStuff]

Gender based assumptions around cooking and housework? Sounds like they are your assumptions!!!!!!!!
The two chef's I know, are both male. One friend did all the cooking in his house, until a recent split with his wife. Every homeowner, or person that lives on their own, learns to do housework or live like a slob.

[Zoe Girl]

They are assumptions I think of a lot of people around me, that I am very aware of. Mostly my parents and my ex (well when we were married, he really changed after the divorce). I am just glad that now they are antiquated assumptions rather than 'the way things are'.

[ToomuchStuff]

They are assumptions I think of a lot of people around me,.
So, your assuming, they are assuming?

[Zoe Girl]

It is just based on what I saw when I was raised and even in my marriage,

The point was that it is not just a couple people who understand everyone can and should cook but that I am seeing it as not an issue with my kids and their friends. Maybe assumption isn't it, I am just appreciating that the way I raised my kids is paying off, despite their dad treating cooking dinner on a regular basis as a huge negative issue and something that was beneath him. So yeah!

[iris lilies]

Sorry to bash the gender assumption train, but do ya know who I learned to cook from? DH! I am a lot older than you, Zoe.

In my family of origin my mother didnt thnk she was a very good cook and looking back um yep, she was not, bless her heart! DH knows how to cook many kinds of basic things and he is a decent baker as well. I took our household cookng off in the direction of some ethnic cuisines because thats what I like, but I learned basics from him. That was after a multi-week course on Asian cooking that I took more than 30 years ago now. The teacher was inspirational.

So, I got inspiration and confidence from the cookng teacher and day to day practical technique from DH.

[Zoe Girl]

I think we are having a glitch here in the conversation. I really did not buy into gender assumptions long before anyone else. But then the lovely world out there just was crappy. I struggled to teach my kids something different, but felt very alone when I went to other families and with my ex that my way of seeing things was some 'hippy liberal BS'. People told me that to my face, Pretty lonely at times. So now I am excited about this and maybe I didn't say it very well,

[JaneV2.0]

In my circle, there's a wide range of cooking ability. My mother was never enthusiastic about cooking, but felt it was her job, so we enjoyed a rotation of about five meals over and over. My father, who was enthusiastic about cooking, took some classes in retirement, but left the day to day stuff to his wife. My aging SO has cooked since he could handle a stove. My nephew and his partner are avid and creative cooks. I'm lukewarm on cooking as an art form, but I like to eat, so...I do know some men who consider outdoor grilling the only acceptable form of meal preparation, but they seem to be a dwindling breed. I'm happy for you that all your offspring like to cook--it's a great life skill to have.