[Magdalen] Mike & Everett face a demon.

[Jay Weigel]

Mine did dishes on a rotating basis until we moved to a house with a
dishwasher. Then I didn't mind it so much. I did make sure, by the time
they were in middle school (11-12-13), that they learned how to cook the
basics (burgers, eggs, pasta, etc.) without setting the kitchen on fire.
Sam became a fairly good basic cook and Betsy a fairly creative one. Adam
didn't do much with his knowledge until he married a woman who couldn't
cook, and then he became, out of necessity, a pretty decent one. In the
Guard, he and his buddies operated what they referred to as Cafe Wrench.
The food was so good guys from other units came by to eat; they charged
them by the plate.

On Sunday, January 10, 2016, Sally Davies <sally.davies at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sigh...my kids don't do washing up routinely either. They do more or less
> know how to stack the dishwasher and Evan, lately, has shown interest in
> cooking more than the occasional egg or instant noodles.
>
> But I comfort myself that I, too, was hopeless in the kitchen and knew
> nothing of housework when I went to university aged 18. And eventually I
> did learn, though not with any great enthusiasm!!
>
> Sally D
>
>
>
> On Sunday, 10 January 2016, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>
> > >>>I have to ask: how old is he?<<<
> >
> > 18 on the 27th.
> >
>