Cooking & Baking

cbayer

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57. What a great story and tribute to Mrs. Girtman.

Mon Aug 25, 2014, 02:58 AM

Aug 2014

She sounds like such a treasure. I wonder if schools even have the opportunity to employ someone like here anymore.

I am ambivalent about the home ec requirement. It should never have been a hindrance in terms of higher education, but wouldn't it be great if both boys and girls were taught to do the basic things one needs to do to keep a home.

I'm a big IKEA fan, but that is as far as I have gotten in terms of furniture building. Maybe someday, I will have a shop and teach myself some of these things.

I recently saw a documentary on tiny houses which really sparked my interest in building something. Even without the early education, you have done a remarkable job.

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For those who took home economics, what are the first things you made? [View all] cbayer Aug 2014 OP

I only had 6 weeks of home ec - 2theleft Aug 2014 #1

Applesauce in kindergarten! cbayer Aug 2014 #4

It was more the teacher...Mrs. Adams. She was wonderful. 2theleft Aug 2014 #48

Amazing that you remember the teacher. cbayer Aug 2014 #51

I took home ec in 7th grade Galileo126 Aug 2014 #2

Looking back, I think i loved home ec because I approached it cbayer Aug 2014 #5

yes, the girls needed shop classes NJCher Aug 2014 #3

Love your screwdriver. cbayer Aug 2014 #6

Not sure if it was a first thing, but I remember making Baked Alaska and Eggs a la Goldenrod and livetohike Aug 2014 #7

Baked Alaska and Eggs a la Goldenrod? Wow! cbayer Aug 2014 #8

I went to Monroeville Jr. High (suburb of Pgh.). livetohike Aug 2014 #21

It was fun. I felt very nostalgic today when I was making applesauce. cbayer Aug 2014 #22

Didn't take it, was/is sexist, elleng Aug 2014 #9

It was very sexist. We even recognized that at the time and cbayer Aug 2014 #11

Yes, worked 'in' Cook County Jail,' elleng Aug 2014 #13

My father was the minister of University church and was very politically active. cbayer Aug 2014 #15

Yes, dear cbayer, small world! elleng Aug 2014 #17

What a wonderful experience you must have had. cbayer Aug 2014 #18

Yes, lets meet, and elleng Aug 2014 #34

What an amazing case. cbayer Aug 2014 #61

The 'work' I did on the case was nil, elleng Aug 2014 #65

I spent that week in Door County. greatauntoftriplets Aug 2014 #38

Probably a wise move on your part. cbayer Aug 2014 #40

My sister had just been married. greatauntoftriplets Aug 2014 #43

I do remember Chicago Today. cbayer Aug 2014 #44

I worked there through college. greatauntoftriplets Aug 2014 #45

Ours was pathetic. noamnety Aug 2014 #10

Pudding from a box? That is pathetic. cbayer Aug 2014 #12

I like the skin on pudding too. Worried senior Aug 2014 #26

Well, that makes two of you! is that a Bijon Frise as you avatar? cbayer Aug 2014 #30

No, Worried senior Aug 2014 #33

Well that should tell you a lot about my eyesight, lol. cbayer Aug 2014 #35

I was the only boy in Home Ec. flamin lib Aug 2014 #14

You were brave! Nowdays, I think lots of boys would be eager to sign up, cbayer Aug 2014 #16

As a boy in 7th grade, school year 1960-61 Fortinbras Armstrong Aug 2014 #19

Lol. Girls should have had shop and boys should have had home ec. cbayer Aug 2014 #20

My wife wishes that she had been taught to use hand tools. Fortinbras Armstrong Aug 2014 #23

I wish I had been taught to use hand tools as well. cbayer Aug 2014 #27

we had to to six weeks of both home economy and shop in 7th grade fizzgig Aug 2014 #24

Things sure did change between the 70's and the 90's. cbayer Aug 2014 #28

i haven't made a pizza in years fizzgig Aug 2014 #36

I have been getting better and better at it. cbayer Aug 2014 #39

Ours was gender neutral. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #25

So that would be the 80's, right. I am glad that things became gender neutral, but sorry cbayer Aug 2014 #29

Poorly constructed? I beg to differ, I made a first class windbreaker. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #31

I did not mean yours in particular, more like mine would cbayer Aug 2014 #32

Never took it. Can't remember any of my friends taking it, either. greatauntoftriplets Aug 2014 #37

I took it at Kenwood High School on the South Side. cbayer Aug 2014 #41

Mine was St. Scholastica, just south of Evanston. greatauntoftriplets Aug 2014 #42

I made a homemade apple pie Texasgal Aug 2014 #46

But how did it taste? cbayer Aug 2014 #52

We made a cake and icing from scratch csziggy Aug 2014 #47

That planning a meal part is a great lesson. cbayer Aug 2014 #53

Every one of us had the same teacher for Home Ec csziggy Aug 2014 #56

What a great story and tribute to Mrs. Girtman. cbayer Aug 2014 #57

I think everyone should get education in home management csziggy Aug 2014 #58

My kids got virtually nothing practical from their educations. cbayer Aug 2014 #59

My nieces and nephews are clueless on everyday things csziggy Aug 2014 #60

I actively searched for a trade school for one of my children. cbayer Aug 2014 #62

Here is what is really nice about IKEA cabinets csziggy Aug 2014 #63

That is really great. cbayer Aug 2014 #64

Orange-glazed carrots. GoCubsGo Aug 2014 #49

I wanted to take shop as well, but I remember home ec pretty fondly. cbayer Aug 2014 #54

I think that was the only time I ever made them. GoCubsGo Aug 2014 #69

Last week I made some carrots that I braised for about 2 hours. cbayer Aug 2014 #70

How did you braise the carrots? GoCubsGo Aug 2014 #72

Here is the recipe I used. Try it out and tell me what you think. cbayer Aug 2014 #73

Thank you! I actually have that cookbook! GoCubsGo Aug 2014 #74

I just got it and I think it is a really great cookbook. cbayer Aug 2014 #75

our PE teacher was nasty too lululu Aug 2014 #85

I had a rain barrel-shaped PE teacher in high school. GoCubsGo Aug 2014 #86

I graduated from high school in 1963. Lugnut Aug 2014 #50

Chocolate covered banana slices like you put in the freezer? cbayer Aug 2014 #55

Yep on the banana slices! Lugnut Aug 2014 #66

Say what? The boy ate them! cbayer Aug 2014 #68

The boys were frequent visitors. Lugnut Aug 2014 #78

I took home ec and shop. My school was just starting an intro to vocational training program. pinto Aug 2014 #67

They let you take home ec!! cbayer Aug 2014 #71

LOL, yeah. Guys were a definite minority yet there were a few girls in my shop class. pinto Aug 2014 #76

Muffins, cocoa, and a skirt. winter is coming Aug 2014 #77

true waldorf salad and a sleeveless blouse grasswire Aug 2014 #79

The first thing we did was make mayo. Glassunion Aug 2014 #80

Well, welcome back you scoundrel. cbayer Aug 2014 #81

On the rare occasion I use it. Glassunion Aug 2014 #82

Hellman's = Best Foods lululu Sep 2014 #89

I had 3 years of home ec. When my family moved to Utah, I was in 7th grade which was Jr. High, and japple Aug 2014 #83

girls had to take home ec, boys had to take shop lululu Aug 2014 #84

eggs. followed by quick breads, from there mopinko Aug 2014 #87

I can recall this one pretty well, cbayer... MrMickeysMom Aug 2014 #88