Reply #9: Focusing more on techniques than recipes

[Duer 157099]

Although the one recipe that I taught my son (and only because he really wanted to know it) was for salsa.

I'm trying to make sure that he knows all the basics of fending for himself in the kitchen. How to boil water (lol) and make coffee or hot chocolate, make scrambled eggs and toast, pasta, steamed veggies, steak, chips and salsa.

How to care for my cast iron pan (! this is a critical one), how to reheat leftovers properly, use of the blender to make smoothies, knife skills.

He's no chef but he's probably way ahead of many males his age.