How to Teach Kids To Cook Their Fourth Meal
If your kids have enjoyed learning to cook from you then it is time to take them outside.
At some point they will want to learn how to use the BBQ.
Traditionally this has been where the men cook food but we are in the 21st century and anybody can use a BBQ including older kids.
Open flame always requires adult supervision, and the owner of the BBQ may be the hardest part of the whole lesson.
For many people the BBQ is something we all love to eat off of but fearful of cooking with it.
After teaching your children some basics about cooking in the kitchen one of them will want to learn how to BBQ.
Before turning on the BBQ there are a couple matters you may need to deal with.
First if the BBQ is your partners cooking area you need to make sure he/she is willing to be helpful.
Nothing can wreck the great progress you have made than having an extremely negative experience at the BBQ.
They need to be a teacher for 20 minutes.
They need to understand that this cooking process could end up with all the food being burned to a crisp but that outcome is O.
K.
Great chefs have been known to over cook or even burn food.
Depending on the palate of the new cook in the family you maybe using condiments from a jar.
This is really easy but they may like condiments such as chopped tomato and onions.
If this is the case then you have some indoor preparation work to do before the cooking gets underway.
Now imagine if your spouse stood over your shoulder and watched you cook.
Mine would probably have an accident if they stood in the kitchen the whole time.
Let them do their thing.
My first suggestion would be to cook hot dogs.
This is one of those foods that can be done on a low heat, is simple to cook and even burnt are O.
K.
To eat.
They can graduate to hamburger patties at a later date.
Let your child do the whole process himself.
They can learn to open the package put the dogs on a plate take them to the BBQ, Turn on the BBQ, clean it, place the food on it, learn how to watch the food cook, learn to turn the dogs on the grill and remove dogs from the grill to a plate and bring inside for eating.
I would start with hot dogs rather than a rib eye steak.
The cost of burning the food will not upset the teacher and create stress.
Instead it will create more success.
This success can lead to more meals being cooked for you and confidence for your child when they enter the big world on their own.
By Rick Henderson
At some point they will want to learn how to use the BBQ.
Traditionally this has been where the men cook food but we are in the 21st century and anybody can use a BBQ including older kids.
Open flame always requires adult supervision, and the owner of the BBQ may be the hardest part of the whole lesson.
For many people the BBQ is something we all love to eat off of but fearful of cooking with it.
After teaching your children some basics about cooking in the kitchen one of them will want to learn how to BBQ.
Before turning on the BBQ there are a couple matters you may need to deal with.
First if the BBQ is your partners cooking area you need to make sure he/she is willing to be helpful.
Nothing can wreck the great progress you have made than having an extremely negative experience at the BBQ.
They need to be a teacher for 20 minutes.
They need to understand that this cooking process could end up with all the food being burned to a crisp but that outcome is O.
K.
Great chefs have been known to over cook or even burn food.
Depending on the palate of the new cook in the family you maybe using condiments from a jar.
This is really easy but they may like condiments such as chopped tomato and onions.
If this is the case then you have some indoor preparation work to do before the cooking gets underway.
Now imagine if your spouse stood over your shoulder and watched you cook.
Mine would probably have an accident if they stood in the kitchen the whole time.
Let them do their thing.
My first suggestion would be to cook hot dogs.
This is one of those foods that can be done on a low heat, is simple to cook and even burnt are O.
K.
To eat.
They can graduate to hamburger patties at a later date.
Let your child do the whole process himself.
They can learn to open the package put the dogs on a plate take them to the BBQ, Turn on the BBQ, clean it, place the food on it, learn how to watch the food cook, learn to turn the dogs on the grill and remove dogs from the grill to a plate and bring inside for eating.
I would start with hot dogs rather than a rib eye steak.
The cost of burning the food will not upset the teacher and create stress.
Instead it will create more success.
This success can lead to more meals being cooked for you and confidence for your child when they enter the big world on their own.
By Rick Henderson
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