Are you a kitchen whiz of a food failure? Find out below...
Apparently we're all losing the ability to cook food from scratch. A new survey of 2,000 UK households found that a number of key cooking skills - such as making a cheese sauce that’s not from a packet, ‘proper’ stuffing and batter - are dying out.
Unsurprisingly, the research - which was commissioned by Ulster Weavers, a home textiles company based in Northern Ireland - found that the main reason people weren't cooking from scratch any more, was lack of time.
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HOW MANY OF THESE 30 DECLINING KITCHEN SKILLS CAN YOU DO?
Lost cooking skills
1 of 6bechamel sauce
1 - Béchamel sauce from scratch 2 - Homemade stuffing3 - Short crust pastry 4 - Stock5 - Cheese sauce
2 of 6tomato sauce
6 - A tomato sauce from scratch7 - Yorkshire puddings8 - Gravy9 - Braising steak10 - Salad dressing
3 of 6batter
11 - Batter12 - The perfect steak13 - Chillies14 - Pancake mix15 - Stuff and roast a chicken
4 of 6knead dough
16 - Knead dough17 - Pound/tenderise meat18 - Brown (cook) meat (excluding beef mince)19 - Cream butter and sugar20 - Poach an egg
5 of 6omelette
21 - Omelettes22 - Roast potatoes23 - Brown (cook) beef mince24 - Melt chocolate properly25 - Crush garlic
6 of 6separate an egg
26 - Separate an egg27 - Chop garlic28 - Cook rice29 - Boil an egg30 - Bake a potato
The research also found that while many top chefs are men, in the home, it's women who tend to take control and pass down skills in the kitchen; while 67 per cent of people said they were taught to cook by their mum, just 16 per cent said it was their dad who showed them how to make a meal.
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