There's something really sad about spending all your time at home, but only just now learning the basics of cooking, to the point where she has to rely upon others even to cook her food...
NWSiaCB said: ... to the point where she has to rely upon others even to cook her food...
You have to rely upon others when learning how to cook. It's actually a good start for Neeko, even if it is just now. She isn't that hopeless, she needs certain "push" to right direction. For example my first dishes was supervised and helped by grandmother, while I write li'l memo on them. My second attempt was just supervised until I get enough skill to do some parts myself.
P.S.:And yeah, for a total shut-in starting to learn how to cook in early-mid twenties is indeed sad.
Is it really that hard? Cooking and baking are more science than art. If you follow the "experimental procedure" (read:recipe) you should get fairly consistent results. At least in my experience. You're not going to be cooking 5-star meals right off the bat, but it should be at least decent food.
There's something really sad about spending all your time at home, but only just now learning the basics of cooking, to the point where she has to rely upon others even to cook her food...
Well, maybe she only learnt how to specifically make a omurice now? Maybe it was somewhat fancier than usual [stuffed in with some things, like garlic and chicken or something]?
Though I didn't know how to make an omurice up to recently merely because I didn't know what was mixed in to make the rice red and was too lazy to search it up. When I discovered people used ketchup it was... Well. "Are you serious, it's ketchup on rice?"
Also, I find it a bit of a silly cute thing that her father's so happy about the whole thing.
P.S.:And yeah, for a total shut-in starting to learn how to cook in early-mid twenties is indeed sad.
She learn to cook to please her dad and that is really lovely, else cooking (especially for those who NEVER experiencing cooking at all) can be extremely hard task and often those will give up midway and decide to order take out as usual.
She learn to cook to please her dad and that is really lovely, else cooking (especially for those who NEVER experiencing cooking at all) can be extremely hard task and often those will give up midway and decide to order take out as usual.
DeadWanderer: It's actually a good start for Neeko, even if it is just now. She isn't that hopeless, she needs certain "push" to right direction.
Well, maybe she only learnt how to specifically make a omurice now? Maybe it was somewhat fancier than usual [stuffed in with some things, like garlic and chicken or something]?
Though I didn't know how to make an omurice up to recently merely because I didn't know what was mixed in to make the rice red and was too lazy to search it up. When I discovered people used ketchup it was... Well. "Are you serious, it's ketchup on rice?"
Also, I find it a bit of a silly cute thing that her father's so happy about the whole thing.
But she didn't ask for omurice, she just asked for food, and seemed to be resigned to starving if she couldn't bum it off someone who was already cooking. I mean, she didn't even try to make a sandwich or anything...
Garrus said:
Is it really that hard? Cooking and baking are more science than art. If you follow the "experimental procedure" (read:recipe) you should get fairly consistent results. At least in my experience. You're not going to be cooking 5-star meals right off the bat, but it should be at least decent food.
Baking is science, but several forms of cooking are more art. Making a black roux without setting fire to something is art.
Is it really that hard? Cooking and baking are more science than art. If you follow the "experimental procedure" (read:recipe) you should get fairly consistent results. At least in my experience. You're not going to be cooking 5-star meals right off the bat, but it should be at least decent food.
Laziness and just being intimidated by what you see on the Food Network channel has made most Americans and even modern day teenagers scared to make food at all other than instant instant ramen or any Frozen dinner they can pop in the microwave even to their Adult years after they move out of their parents house for years to come.
You can easily see this attitude the most in the Americas. Where Things like "children Food Network Stars" makes parents surprised that other parents would "be so brave" to let children be allowed to cook in the kitchen and trust them to not burn the house.
I've seen that attitude in my own family. My 2 cousins were not allowed to even touch the oven until they turned 21. They were only allowed to use the microwave and even then, they weren't allowed too till they were 13 years old.
People also get high expectations of those 5 star meals that they are afraid of even trying to cook. Not to mention that fear also made them not by any cooking ware either. Meaning you would be asking them to spend money on pots and pans and such that they never thought to buy when they moved out of thier parent's house.
Laziness and just being intimidated by what you see on the Food Network channel has made most Americans and even modern day teenagers scared to make food at all other than instant instant ramen or any Frozen dinner they can pop in the microwave even to their Adult years after they move out of their parents house for years to come.
You can easily see this attitude the most in the Americas. Where Things like "children Food Network Stars" makes parents surprised that other parents would "be so brave" to let children be allowed to cook in the kitchen and trust them to not burn the house.
I've seen that attitude in my own family. My 2 cousins were not allowed to even touch the oven until they turned 21. They were only allowed to use the microwave and even then, they weren't allowed too till they were 13 years old.
People also get high expectations of those 5 star meals that they are afraid of even trying to cook. Not to mention that fear also made them not by any cooking ware either. Meaning you would be asking them to spend money on pots and pans and such that they never thought to buy when they moved out of thier parent's house.
Speaking as an American, I have never heard of this, and I can't even remember when I was considered too young to use the microwave (which my father showed me how to make a scrambled egg in when I was probably only 6 or so...) which basically just amounted to "trusted not to put spoons or other metal in there just to watch sparks fly". I stayed away from things like knives and the stove on my own until I was a teenager, though, just because I'd burned myself on the stove. (Not while cooking, just grabbing a hot pan while someone else was cooking, and learned "HOT! Don' Tush!")
Beyond that, both my parents worked and had a seriously limited repertoire of things they were willing to cook (especially my mother, who was slave to recipes, and refused to add any variance whatsoever to what was in a cookbook), so after my Grandmother died, I learned to cook because that was the only way I was getting anything decent.
For that matter, none of us watched cooking shows, because why would we, they're boring...
Speaking as an American, I have never heard of this, and I can't even remember when I was considered too young to use the microwave (which my father showed me how to make a scrambled egg in when I was probably only 6 or so...) which basically just amounted to "trusted not to put spoons or other metal in there just to watch sparks fly". I stayed away from things like knives and the stove on my own until I was a teenager, though, just because I'd burned myself on the stove. (Not while cooking, just grabbing a hot pan while someone else was cooking, and learned "HOT! Don' Tush!")
Beyond that, both my parents worked and had a seriously limited repertoire of things they were willing to cook (especially my mother, who was slave to recipes, and refused to add any variance whatsoever to what was in a cookbook), so after my Grandmother died, I learned to cook because that was the only way I was getting anything decent.
For that matter, none of us watched cooking shows, because why would we, they're boring...
Just cuz it didn't happen to you, doesn't mean it's not the case for other people. Then again, Tetsa's assessment might be bit of an over-generalization.
Just cuz it didn't happen to you, doesn't mean it's not the case for other people. Then again, Tetsa's assessment might be bit of an over-generalization.
This kind of attitude does indeed exist in the United States and is becoming more and more prevalent in modern times. I've legitamitely met and visted plenty of my college friend's houses and apartments and was surprised/horrified to learn they did not have a single pot or pan or even spatula in their cabinet drawers at all. Even after we've had conversations that I would come over to cook for them (mostly to show off my new recipes), none of my classmates thought to even mention they never bought or have any kitchen wares.
When I asked them why don't have any and how they survive. My usual answer is "My parents never taught me how to cook" and "I can buy cooked food at the grocery store and it's too much work to cook".
Neeko is (probably) his first child, Imoko came 7-8 years later. As cute as children are as infants, to parents, they become even more so a couple of years later. ^_^
Manager's really pounding it out, hunh?It's really unusual for you to wake up so late ...... sorry.Recently,
I've been staying up late too much...You'll be late if you don't get up soon, you know?She said "Hooow abooout we use this as today's lunch box?"......*Clickity-clack of keyboard keys*Ahh...Ah, by the way, dad.(Mom told me to, so)
I tried making omelette rice... but...Well then, I have to go on an errand now.