Baldo by Hector D. Cantú and Carlos Castellanos for July 16, 2016

Hmmmmm…

My grandmother raised her boys to all be able to cook, she saw how helpless my grandfather was every time she was in the hospital to give birth! <- her words.It came back to put my dad in a good stead down the road though, he was a short order cook in college.

ApikorosI agree and used the example of Kit Carson. He signed on the Frémont expedition shortly after his wife had died and insisted on a tipi rather than an army tent. However, the tipi was a woman’s property and responsibility and they had to bribe an Indian woman to teach him the relatively simple procedures of erecting and striking that portable house..I learned to cook from childhood; my wife taught me to sew (beyond simple stitching, and I immediately made all my bags, pack, sleeping bag, tent, and an anorak for camping); but I insisted on diapering with the corners sticking out like ears rather than risk sticking my babies with the pins (that was 1959 and 1961, things were more primitive back then).

I am attempting to teach all of my children to learn all the useful life skills that we know- basic cooking (as a child, I tried not to learn it), cleaning, lawn-mowing, basic car care, small home repair, etc. My husband somehow managed to live 12 years without knowing how to cook more than 3 or 4 things, but I don’t think that’s a good way to live. His family is very, very gender-role oriented, and I don’t want those limitations for my kids (I found them very uncomfortable, myself, in even a much less intense situation)

Gracie!!