tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post6340223830957488806..comments2024-03-28T17:44:17.403-07:00Comments on The Weaver of Grass: Bottle or basin?The Weaver of Grasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-88228460446005407552013-02-16T02:36:37.229-08:002013-02-16T02:36:37.229-08:00In my schooldays it was Home economics too. I als...In my schooldays it was Home economics too. I also saw those plastic bottles of pancake mix and sighed deeply. As you say, making a pancake batter is hardly challenging, and all that plastic, yet more plastic, to be (hopefully) recycled, but more likely than not will end up in landfill. <br /><br />Leanne xLeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09573431221299174647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-25016645689795982982013-02-14T06:47:09.361-08:002013-02-14T06:47:09.361-08:00My computer man has been this morning and he is su...My computer man has been this morning and he is sure it is a faulty hub so I have written a stern letter to BT asking for a new one.<br />Watch this space.<br />Thanks for calling.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-25619453266111382012013-02-14T02:23:20.927-08:002013-02-14T02:23:20.927-08:00I think I sometimes have problems because they ins...I think I sometimes have problems because they installed the 'wrong' kind of wire under the street - they said they couldn't get any fibre optic - perhaps it's all going to China or India or someplace - but I have an 'hp stick' to bypass the problem when it arises. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-89892340237729285112013-02-14T01:48:25.114-08:002013-02-14T01:48:25.114-08:00I had problems with internet going up and down for...I had problems with internet going up and down for several weeks, and then I rang BT in Mumbai and she arranged for the BT man to come out to me from four miles up the road from here and he gave me a new hub and I have not looked back. So dont hesitate. BT up date the hubs but don't tell anyone and until you experience problems you dont know that yours is considered an old one and more or less out of date.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-38240363701281419842013-02-13T19:37:07.257-08:002013-02-13T19:37:07.257-08:00I had home Ec classes over here in Michigan. Along...I had home Ec classes over here in Michigan. Along with typing, and sewing. And glad I did, some of what I learned I still use today, cumputers have keyboards, I know how to make Tuna cassarole, and I can thread a sewng machine and sew a button on a shirt. These classes taught you basic skills that I am thankfull for. Wood working was a elective, and pointless and unless you were going to be a carpenter. As for the pancake mix, welcome to the world of packaging. Home-ec is still taught in some schools here to both boys and girls. A new fan of your blogEddie E. Cummingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01536353913567542571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-71135052328805593782013-02-13T12:28:46.263-08:002013-02-13T12:28:46.263-08:00I love your new header. When I was growing up, if...I love your new header. When I was growing up, if we had a wet Sunday my mother always made pancakes - and there was no way she could shirk as we children were all urging. We always has lemonjuice and sugar on them too.<br />When my boys went to high school, during the first year everyone, boys and girls, did both domestic science and woodworking. All the boys had to learn to mend and knit and crochet as well as the girls. I think that has been changed now unfortunately, as I think it was a good life skill for all of them. CheersRobin Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14306137274084617478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-40135036819737078762013-02-13T11:24:29.027-08:002013-02-13T11:24:29.027-08:00We make our own pancakes... but not just on Pancak...We make our own pancakes... but not just on Pancake Day... every couple of weeks!<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-28181182798266539822013-02-13T08:47:02.434-08:002013-02-13T08:47:02.434-08:00When I went to Junior High School we all took art ...When I went to Junior High School we all took art class and music. Then the girls took Home Ec and the boy took woodshop or auto mechanics. This was Junior High not even High School. <br />What a great education system we had back when I was growing up in the 50's. <br />We learned everything. Yes some what simple in that the girls took cooking boys woodworking but it was taught along with PE classes, track, volleyball, football, gym and even dancing, from folk to the foxtrot !<br />We now live in a fragmented silly world now.<br /><br />cheers, parsnipangryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-58816001933515276272013-02-13T08:11:28.761-08:002013-02-13T08:11:28.761-08:00I loved Home Ec class in school. It's more fu...I loved Home Ec class in school. It's more fun to cook with a dozen giggling girls! We also learned to sew and that stood me well for my entire life. I made all my own clothes throughout high school. But, we did had a great teacher. As far as the prepackaged pancake mix,I think folks just want the convenience because many simply do not like to cook and then WASH up the extra bowls and spoons.<br /> PS> This weeks soup is "Leftover Soup" Using whatever you have in fridge that mixes nicely.jerilandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07418564262425621746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-87451912293757489932013-02-13T07:58:06.504-08:002013-02-13T07:58:06.504-08:00Your lovely new header is just what we need - a li...Your lovely new header is just what we need - a little cheerfulness in the greyness of late winter. <br />I can't think why anyone buys these mixes, but there do seem to be so many women nowadays who can't or won't cook. Perhaps dropping Domestic Science from the curriculum has led a generation to assume that cooking is beneath them.<br />Keep warm and hope to have you back soon.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826501916623305535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-78034921491754797682013-02-13T06:37:51.471-08:002013-02-13T06:37:51.471-08:00Same here in our Jr.High School and High School......Same here in our Jr.High School and High School...my grandaughter can do all the higher complicated maths but didn't know how to sign and cash her first after school job pay check. I did get her a small sewing machine a few years ago so she could practice the basics. When I was in school we did learn to sew an outfit(skirt and sleeveless blouse) and also how to figure the costs of a meal,purchase what was needed and cook and serve the the meal at a correctly set table. Pancake mix? Nope not here. Linda Metcalfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14706004604567190617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-80990620811947844492013-02-13T06:00:57.359-08:002013-02-13T06:00:57.359-08:00surely the most difficult thing about pancakes is ...surely the most difficult thing about pancakes is the tossing of them? And I'd guess those squeezy bottles of suspicious stuff don't have a built in toss...<br /><br />At my school we all had DS for the first two years and then anyone could continue with it if they wanted. Though mostly those with good grades in academic subjects were encouraged not to. Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-21170324925928921542013-02-13T05:51:10.640-08:002013-02-13T05:51:10.640-08:00In high school over here it was called Home Ec (fo...In high school over here it was called Home Ec (for Home Economics) and we were taught by an old, cranky woman who had learned to cook in the Boston Cooking School - which would be about 75 years ago that she was learning to cook. We had to copy the recipe of the day into our little note books every morning (the result of the Boston Cooking School teaching girls to read and write as well as cook, though we all knew very well how to read and write), then gather all ingredients and begin cooking. We learned basic things like biscuits (I'm not sure what they call them there, but here biscuits are somewhat like a scone, with no additions, but cut with round cookie cutters and served with butter and jam or honey). They are served with breakfast sometimes - and instead of butter and jam, topped with a sausage milk gravy (my favorite way). They are also served for dinner as a bread, especially with chicken dinner.<br /><br />Back to Home Ec - all girls were required to take it for two years (in the 60s), half the semester was cooking and half was sewing. Since I had been making my own clothes since I was about 10, and cooking entire meals for my family since I was 11, I found the classes simplistic and slow. But I was still required to follow each little step - first we learned to hem, then to run a machine, then made a potholder - oh my word it was hard to wait for some who didn't sew - most of my friends already did, but we plugged on through the simple tasks given us, when we would have preferred to run up a pretty prom dress.<br /><br />I wonder if Home Ec is even taught in schools over here these days - it has been a long time since I've been associated with a High School.<br /><br />I love your pancake story and today I shall have pancakes for breakfast - I like them with butter and a little maple syrup, or with peanut butter and honey - isn't it funny how differently we all prepare our foods?JoAnn ( Scene Through My Eyes)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12621061028973446378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-74426329991261468782013-02-13T05:33:50.023-08:002013-02-13T05:33:50.023-08:00I needed to use up some leftover ham, soft cheese ...I needed to use up some leftover ham, soft cheese and half a tin of sweetcorn yesterday. I offered K pasta to go with it but gave him the alternative of savoury pancakes. No contest! And we had enough left to finish off the last two with some apricots (also leftovers) and a splash of cream. (You guessed - also leftover!)<br /><br />It wasn't even called DS in my school - it was cookery! And we all did it for two years. (Learned more from my mum at home though.)MorningAJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04719744167307369768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-10387264399109103302013-02-13T05:08:00.221-08:002013-02-13T05:08:00.221-08:00What a silly world we live in now. What a silly world we live in now. Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-25526742318313587822013-02-13T03:30:47.416-08:002013-02-13T03:30:47.416-08:00Yes, in my day only girls did D.S., boys did woodw...Yes, in my day only girls did D.S., boys did woodwork. Then everyone did D.S., and then the government scrapped that requirement. And now they're bringing it back again.<br />'Twas ever thus!Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-61259831482056715142013-02-13T02:12:03.612-08:002013-02-13T02:12:03.612-08:00These days, we are expected to make our own tomato...These days, we are expected to make our own tomato ketchup by celebrity chefs.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.com