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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 693380" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>Learning to cook is actually quite educational too, especially baking; with the cups and fractions of cups and how many teaspoons in a tablespoon. They say that cooking is an art, but baking is a science. (A fantastic science experiment where you get to eat the result! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> )</p><p></p><p>Realistically, all parts of cooking involve math and problem solving:</p><p></p><p>You have a jar of pasta sauce that says it serves 5. You have a box of pasta, 16 oz., that serves 8. You have a bag of frozen meatballs that contained 12 servings of 6 meatballs each. Put that together in the proper proportions to make a meal...so you don't run out of sauce and you don't have too many meatballs! A yummy word problem. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>When you're baking from scratch, maybe you don't want to make 4 dozen cookies the recipe makes; maybe you want to make 2 dozen (or visa versa). So you have to learn how to add and subtract fractions. If it calls for 1 1/2 cups of sugar, you need 3/4 cup instead to halve it...3 cups to double, etc. If it calls for a Tablespoon, most spoon sets don't have 1/2 T's...so you need to know how many tsp. in a Tbsp. so you do that math.</p><p></p><p>Then there's chemistry. Baking soda is alkaline. Every mix it with vinegar to watch it bubble? That's what makes it work to make things raise! Baking powder is baking soda that has a dry acid (cream of tarter) mixed in. So if you are cooking something doesn't have anything acidic in it, but you want it fluffy, you have to use baking powder, not soda.</p><p></p><p>What if you don't have eggs? Can you substitute something? Sure! But to find out what, you have to do some research. What if the recipe calls for self-raising flour but you only have regular...what's the difference? Get on the internet to find the answer! Research skills learned right there!</p><p></p><p>Make your kids learn how to cook! I wish I'd have been more strict with mine about learning this stuff!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 693380, member: 17309"] Learning to cook is actually quite educational too, especially baking; with the cups and fractions of cups and how many teaspoons in a tablespoon. They say that cooking is an art, but baking is a science. (A fantastic science experiment where you get to eat the result! :) ) Realistically, all parts of cooking involve math and problem solving: You have a jar of pasta sauce that says it serves 5. You have a box of pasta, 16 oz., that serves 8. You have a bag of frozen meatballs that contained 12 servings of 6 meatballs each. Put that together in the proper proportions to make a meal...so you don't run out of sauce and you don't have too many meatballs! A yummy word problem. :) When you're baking from scratch, maybe you don't want to make 4 dozen cookies the recipe makes; maybe you want to make 2 dozen (or visa versa). So you have to learn how to add and subtract fractions. If it calls for 1 1/2 cups of sugar, you need 3/4 cup instead to halve it...3 cups to double, etc. If it calls for a Tablespoon, most spoon sets don't have 1/2 T's...so you need to know how many tsp. in a Tbsp. so you do that math. Then there's chemistry. Baking soda is alkaline. Every mix it with vinegar to watch it bubble? That's what makes it work to make things raise! Baking powder is baking soda that has a dry acid (cream of tarter) mixed in. So if you are cooking something doesn't have anything acidic in it, but you want it fluffy, you have to use baking powder, not soda. What if you don't have eggs? Can you substitute something? Sure! But to find out what, you have to do some research. What if the recipe calls for self-raising flour but you only have regular...what's the difference? Get on the internet to find the answer! Research skills learned right there! Make your kids learn how to cook! I wish I'd have been more strict with mine about learning this stuff! [/QUOTE]
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