Can you cook?
This boy can and his family is very happy with him.
Mick is like all the other boys I know. He goes to school every day, he does his homework and plays basketball with his friends twice a week.
But there is something special about him. Every day from Mondays to Fridays between half past 5 and half past 6 Mick doesn’t do what all his friends do. Most of them watch tv or play games until they have dinner. But Mick doesn’t do those things. You can find him in the kitchen then, he cooks dinner for the family: his mum, dad and younger brother Ben and older sister Kimberly.
Mick’s mum says: It think it is very good for teenagers, kids at secondary school, to learn how to prepare food. Of course school subjects like Maths and Geography are important, but they can surely use other skills to help them in today’s world. So I started teaching him how to fry or boil an egg, then we started on pizzas and chips. After that he got so interested that he started asking me for recipes from my cookery books. Yesterday he made fresh tomato soup. It was delicious! At the moment, he is cooking lasagna. It smells good!
Mick himself says: I like cooking very much and I think I am really good at it. All the plates are always empty after dinner and they always ask if there is more :) . None of my friends cook for their family. I don’t understand, it is not difficult and great fun. I am really glad that my mum asked me to help and started showing me how to cook myself. And there is another great thing about cooking dinner. The one who prepares dinner in our house doesn’t have to do the dishes. :)