While chatting over the garden fence with one of my neighbour’s school aged children, whilst retrieving my washing (as most of it had ended up scattered around Ammanford as a result of 80 MPH winds) the conversation turned to “which is your favourite lesson in school?”

Imagine my surprise to learn that he quite enjoyed cookery lessons.

I didn’t think they still taught cookery in schools!

I was quite disappointed to learn that pizza and apple crumble seemed to be the most adventurous creations these days.

Apparently, the apple filling for the apple crumble didn’t have to be prepared as it “was already like a lump of apple sauce in the bottom of the silver tray” that they had to cook it in!

No peeling, coring and chopping like the good old days… it just appeared!

My gran would turn in her grave had she heard this. Gran was a firm believer that children should be taught to cook from scratch. In these days of ready meals and fast foods I’m sure children would love to be let lose in the kitchen. What do you think?