We forget how simple things like, making brownies or oatmeal out of the box, can be so challenging to a child - even if they have tried it SO many times, they still struggle and need guidance. If all I teach my kids while they are little is to make these things, and make them well, then I have trained them for feeding themselves through college. Because let's face it, unless we went to culinary school, most of us lived on bagels, brownies & oatmeal in the dorms and apartments through the college years.
Actually, cooking oatmeal the right way is a science. My brother-in-law poors in barely enough water and cooks the hell out of it & considers it ready to serve. My husband does the same, then wonders why it tastes so gross. It takes more love than that to make it good. As a lover of oatmeal, I am really good at cooking it, instant or not, and don't mean to toot my own horn, but it's sodelicious when I cook it, the right way. Quick oats into the bowl, cover with water, microwave 1 1/2 minutes, make a well, add milk to thickness desired, 2 spoons sugar and mix. Perfect texture, consistancy and oh so good!
Cooking brownies as well - you can't just follow the box, you have to add some love! Chocolate chips or chocolate sauce! Caramel or butterscotch chips make it worth it. Wrap them individually while warm and you are a master of baking.
Now if I could only be as good at on the spot marketing.
That is as well a learned skill; how to talk to someone you haven't met, introduce the product & walk away having had a nice conversation, without feeling like you are selling something. Still learning!
