Someone didnt take home ec hahaha
2026-06-18 22:30 UTC
Replies (13)
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@SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world 2026-06-18 23:48
I was excited to take home ec, but little did I realize it was basically for people who had never been in a kitchen before. If you were a kid who had parents/grandparents who cooked and let you help out, you were miles ahead of the game. We made brownies. From a box. Taco salad. Forget what else but it was all box food type stuff. If you're a kid in the US who doesn't have a home cooking tradition Home Ec isn't going to teach you shit.
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@Dogiedog64@lemmy.world 2026-06-19 03:52
Let’s put a positive spin on this, since people in the comments are dogging on him enough. Guy’s 20, living on his own, clearly inexperienced in the ways of living on his own, and he had the courage to do what so many fail to: ask for help. If he keeps that going, he’ll be fine.
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@Wataba@sh.itjust.works 2026-06-19 04:07
Not all ovens come with a proper grill. I know, i had to pay more for one that did when it was time to replace the family one. Mistakes happen.
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@rekabis@lemmy.ca 2026-06-19 02:40
The dopamine generation is having some pretty serious problems…
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@macaw_dean_settle@lemmy.world 2026-06-19 01:38
Definitely an idiot. The word is yeah, not yea or nay. It isn’t a vote.
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@BigDiction@lemmy.world 2026-06-19 01:34
Such an odd juxtaposition between recognizing the oven needed to be cleaned and not thinking of a way to prevent the mess lol. Hope the young chef is still in the kitchen and better than ever.
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@FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 2026-06-19 00:17
Americans/anyone who had “home economics” class: how long did you have that class for? I only had about 1.5 hours of cookery class every 2 weeks as an 11-12 year old, and while i think it was a good idea, it wasn’t where i learned abt cooking in a way that sticked. That was from my parents, and getting old enough to have autonomy over making myself food (15 yo or thereabouts). So home ec for me was just too short and hassled to pick up meaningful knowledge.
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@Event_Horizon@lemmy.world 2026-06-19 07:38
I once shared an apartment with a guy who just moved out of home and had literally zero life skills. One day he almost burnt down the kitchen by heating about 500ml of oil in a frypan till it was smoking and then proceeded to drop in a kilo of fully frozen chicken pieces.
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@Landless2029@lemmy.world 2026-06-20 02:39
They need to bring back home ec (economics). Basic cooking, nutrition and finance. How taxes work, voting, credit, bills and even dealing with cops (be respectful, no sudden movements, know your rights, shut the fuck up). How to adult for kids who don’t get taught at home.
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@LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2026-06-19 17:56
My sister once had a roommate who asked her what goes into a grilled cheese sandwich. She said just two pieces of bread and a slice of cheese. A few minutes later she found the roommate in the kitchen staring at a plain cheese sandwich on a plate. “Something wrong?” she asked. Roommate replied (I shit you not), “How is this supposed to melt the cheese?”
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@Avicenna@programming.dev 2026-06-19 22:41
“I wonder what this flat sheet of metal that fits perfectly into my oven is for”
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@VelvetPinkOtter123@lemmy.world 2026-06-19 16:55
I use cook my ramen noodles in the bowl I would eat them out of Looking back that’s incredibly stupid but my thought at the time was, “I got to put the noodles in something, how about a bowl?” So I’d put the noodles in a bowl (glass or porcelin or whatever they’re made out of these days), pour water in, put it on the stove Lucky the bowl never exploded on me Why a pot wasn’t the first thing that came to my mind I’ll never know… Weirdly, I don’t know when I realized I was being stupid. Just one day I was like, “I should put my noodles in a pot”
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@JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 2026-06-20 23:11
We all start from zero; help them; don’t make them feel embarrassed about trying.