Bon appetit!
Posted: March 14, 2006 Filed under: Uncategorized 7 Comments »
disclaimer: that is not my kid! That is some kid from the Kraft website! Davis, my 10-year-old loves to cook. When he got toaster-oven privileges several years back, you’d have thought he won the lottery. But before I tell you about our what’s happening now on the cooking front, I want to tell you this….
Andrew cooks. I know I’ve written about it before. He’s the cook. And I get to “order” what I want to eat. It’s a tough job, but someone has to do it. When Davis was about 6 years old, he had dinner at a friend’s house. He came home and incredulously announced that his friend’s mom cooked dinner. How could that be? A mom who cooks? (The only thing funnier was at the local Doc-In-The-Box when he was in kindergarten when the male doctor came in and Davis asked him when the doctor was coming. Weren’t doctors all women? The doc said that he, in fact, was the doctor. Davis laughed and laughed. I patiently explained that boys can be doctors, too. If they worked really hard in school.)
So Davis wants to cook. And now Reed, who is 8, wants to be his sous-chef. So they’ve asked (and we’ve agreed) that they can make dinner every Sunday night. They need to submit 2 choices (in case 1 is disgusting) and the shopping list by Friday. Then, they need to take a parent to the grocery store to purchase what is needed.
Last Sunday, we had Pasta Carbonera. Though the mess was indescribable, the food was pretty good. I can’t wait to find out what this Sunday has in store for us…
I found out that Cafe de Paris has cooking classes for kids. I think I’ll sign the boys up! I can’t stand the stress of watching them with knives and such – maybe a real pro can teach them. And besides, my gasping can’t be helping.
And while I’m thrilled that my kids will know how to cook when they’re out on their own, I’m just a teensy bit disappointed that part of the motivation is something that they learned from their dad. “Girls like guys who cook.” Evidently, he went on to tell them that I married him for his food.
Among other reasons. (wink, wink)
What an excellent idea, a meal a week for the kids to plan and cook! Toaster oven privileges, that’s so cute! What do they have to do to graduate to the real oven!?
Hi Junebee! They get toaster oven priveleges at around 6 years old in my house – real oven & stove by 8 or 9 (with supervision!). You should have seen how much cinammon toast we had when Davis was 6 or so!
This made me smile. I’m glad to see the boys following in Andrew’s kitchen footsteps. I think that Tim and I will need to make a reservation for a Sunday night dinner at Chez Scherer…
miz liz – maybe if you & Tim are really, really lucky, we can get the guest chefs to prepare some appetizers for this weekend.
When they’re ready to learn how to make a lamb’s tongue and fennel salad give me a shout!
Okay Webley – you might want to sit tight – it might be a while.
Wendy, first of all, I love that your son was amazed that a man could be a doctor too!!!
I think it’s great that they want to cook…and personally, I think that their dad’s lesson about motivation is a good one.