Generations that never learnt to cook

By Birthe Linddal Hansen

Once upon a time, not many decades ago, making soup, baking bread, serving up a suitable cheeseboard and at least three types of biscuits was well within the capability of most housewives. Back then, there weren’t many cookery books. Thickening, making white sauce, stewing, proofing dough, baking, preserving and other techniques were at the fingertips of every housewife, so there was no need to read up about them. Being able to bake and cook was just normal – everyone could do it, so it wasn’t worth boasting about. Of course, some were better at it than others. But if you couldn’t cook, well, that was a real stigma. Being a bad housewife/cook was about the worst name any woman could get for herself.
 

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