Learning To Cook At School.

 Another way to help food wastage?

Austrian parliament has been having many a televised sitting and I must say, some of it is rather insightful and worth listening to. Take today when I listened to two speeches by first a Green Party parliamentarian and then the Environmental Minister, who happens to be of the Green Party.

Often it tends to be those bits of information which appeal to us that we remember. Same for me. Part  of this speech focused on a new way to reduce waste, food waste in that instance and suggested the  reintroduction of  Home-Economics into each and every school child's curriculum. Brilliant and so simple that one wonders why the subject had been taken out of the curriculum to begin with. When the parliamentarian mentioned it she got a huge round of applause!

Imagine that each child who then grew up to be an adult, would know how to cook basic meals. Cooking, the simplest and most relaxing thing to do,  yet so many don't know how. Instead of having to rely on cheap buffet of fried fast foods, junk foods and being inundated with added chemicals, fats and salts, everyone would know how to make scrambled eggs, toast ( well that's easy ), porridge, homemade sandwiches for lunch ( you'd be surprised how many don't know how to do those ) and a stew, boiled potatoes or pasta for supper.     

 

Would this also help in stopping the morbid obesity of so many young people?

Home cooked meals most equate to less packaging and plastics used. Have you ever noticed how much wrapping and packaging is on frozen and ready made meals? Ghastly.

 Having Home-Economics at school could also be another way to teach children how to grow their own vegetables. Once the mystery is solved the barrier to growing one's own food is lifted and more importantly, by knowing how much tender love and care went into a carrot, broccoli or tomato it wouldn't be wasted or thrown away.

Small changes could mean big results, but of course the best way to stop wastage of food or anything else is to stop buying so much. Yes, I can do better too...

Biggi