Self Sufficiency

[dizzyde]

Originally Posted by Pro31:28

My husband often works long hours and it is so funny, because my 14 year-old son tries to step into the man role when he can. If it is cold and we need a fire, he will be bringing in wood, making kindling, carrying heavy stuff; anything that his Dad would be doing, he will do and not allow the "girls" (myself and my daughter) to help. But if it is a "kid job" like taking out the trash, or cleaning up his room, he has to be asked...

You call that work???

[Baron1710]

Originally Posted by dizzyde

You call that work???

SHHHHHHHH

[Michlow]

I think teaching your child to cook, is an important task that many parents inadvertantly neglect. I was never taught to cook, and for the first 6 years my husband and I were together, we lived on mainly processed food.

I credit poverty as my real motivation in learning. When it comes to food, you both pay for the convience of not having to make it yourself, not to mention how unhealthy it is.

I only learned 4 years ago, that mashed potatoes didn't come in a box full of flakes.

I was actually so proud of myself the other day. Trying to use up our overabudance of plums from our trees, I made two plum pies. I didn't make the crusts (baby steps, LOL), but the rest was from scratch. They were very yummy, tasted like Cherry Pies.

[DanielR]

Originally Posted by Michlow

I was actually so proud of myself the other day. Trying to use up our overabudance of plums from our trees, I made two plum pies. I didn't make the crusts (baby steps, LOL), but the rest was from scratch. They were very yummy, tasted like Cherry Pies.

Just how did you manage to get those plums to taste like cherries?

[Michlow]

Originally Posted by DanielR

Just how did you manage to get those plums to taste like cherries?

LOL, it wasn't me, it was God! We just stuck the tree's in the ground 5 years ago, he somehow made them grow and produce fruit to overflowing. They don't taste like cherries when you eat them, just in the pie. But then, I have never had plum pie before, so I can only compare it to what I've had, LOL