Teach them how to read a recipe -- read it all the way through once, then read it again as you go, so you don't get the end of the line syndrome (where the line continues and has a different context or meaning, such as:
Brown the meat only when the sauce is finished )
And so they'll know if they have to do anything quickly, or make sure they have boiling water, or don't get to the end of the recipe where it says "bake in a 400 degree preheated oven".
Also teach them how to change a recipe -- double or halve it -- and have them write next to the recipe (or on a different piece of paper) the proper ingredients instead of doing the math "as they go".
A conversion thingy is useful, 16 tbsp in a cup has always been one of the more useful pieces of information I know.
That way, you can teach them that if they don't like so much garlic or want more chocolate, they can play with the recipe.
Have the girls bring in some recipes from the internet that they would like to make -- then spend some time in the 8th or 9th week going through them and showing them why or why not that recipe would be practical (ie, rolled cookies take a long time, nobody wants to stand that long. This recipe states you need a double-boiler and we don't have that).
Also, have them write a short paragraph or 2 about their favorite and least-favorite food and why that is. Teach them that texture can be as important as flavor. Or maybe that's a good icebreaker.
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Date: 2007-01-31 12:39 am (UTC)Brown the meat
only when the sauce is finished
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And so they'll know if they have to do anything quickly, or make sure they have boiling water, or don't get to the end of the recipe where it says "bake in a 400 degree preheated oven".
Also teach them how to change a recipe -- double or halve it -- and have them write next to the recipe (or on a different piece of paper) the proper ingredients instead of doing the math "as they go".
A conversion thingy is useful, 16 tbsp in a cup has always been one of the more useful pieces of information I know.
That way, you can teach them that if they don't like so much garlic or want more chocolate, they can play with the recipe.
Have the girls bring in some recipes from the internet that they would like to make -- then spend some time in the 8th or 9th week going through them and showing them why or why not that recipe would be practical (ie, rolled cookies take a long time, nobody wants to stand that long. This recipe states you need a double-boiler and we don't have that).
Also, have them write a short paragraph or 2 about their favorite and least-favorite food and why that is. Teach them that texture can be as important as flavor. Or maybe that's a good icebreaker.