Bones has informed us he wants to go to Culinary School and be a chef. We are not telling him no. As a matter of fact, we've been telling him he could be the SINGING chef. He rolls his eyes.
First, college is not for everyone. If he wants to be a chef, we'll gladly help him go the route he needs to go. He may change his mind and decide to go to college, but if this is the route he still wants to take after getting out of high school, so be it.
Second, if he wants to go to culinary school, as he gets older he'll probably start cooking at the house and I'm not going to say no to that. I could very well not have to cook in the next couple years.
I'm always thinking ahead.
And last, funnily enough, I've been looking into cooking classes for him and I have a couple girlfriends who have volunteered to go with him and be his partner if I can't go. "Bou, I love that kid! Let ME go with him..." I'm not sure they want to go to learn to cook, but for the sheer entertainment factor of being with Bones.
Bones is completely addicted to the Cooking channel. I think he's seen every episode of Chopped.... multiple times. He has favorites (Alton Brown?) and those he does not like so much (Paula Dean), and some in between. There is some young chicky girl he likes to watch, but I think it's more of a case of he thinks she's hot.
He watches all the competition shows. I forget their names. It's crazy. I think he gets caught up in the drama as much as he does what they are cooking.
In the last week we now have a fridge full of some sort of cinnamon honey butter and a pitcher of Italian lemonade has been made. It has basil in it. My fridge smells like basil.
Tonight he asked to cook dinner or rather to learn to cook one of his favorite dishes I make, Chicken Divan. I sauteed the chicken and steamed the broccoli, but he made the cheese sauce.
I'm thinking if I play my cards right, I could very well get out of cooking in the next couple years... and that's not a bad thing. We could also end up having to order a lot of pizza as well... this could be interesting.
Posted by Boudicca at January 24, 2012 10:33 PMI'll take any leftovers!!! Make sure he cooks enough for 9. ;-)
Posted by: vwbug at January 25, 2012 05:50 AMThat may be just the thing for a kid like bones... he would NOT do well sitting behind a desk.
Good chefs make a lot of money, need to be creative and constantly on the move.
Don't let him go work in a restaurant until he's at least 17... that way he won't change his mind until he has done several years of cooking for you. ;-)
Posted by: Teresa at January 25, 2012 11:48 AMHowdy Bou,
Take it from me, even if he drops out of C-school; if he can cook he won't need to find a woman to do it for him and can focus on character. Not to mention how well he'll do at finding women in the first place.
Posted by: Gus Bailey at January 25, 2012 04:27 PMAh yes, Alton Brown.. For Good Eats think Mr. Wizard makes a cooking show. I really like how technical he gets rather than just reciting a recipe, he tells you why ... The chocolate chip cookie show is a prime example. (they used lots of puppet and props to explain too, which was fun to watch) Really good show.
Not so much a fan of his more recent work on the various competition shows like iron chef though.
Posted by: Brian at January 25, 2012 06:28 PMA show hosted by a chicky girl? Is that Nadia G. for Bitchin' Kitchen? That's not a cooking show, that's a comedy show where they happen to make food
Posted by: desquared at January 25, 2012 08:18 PMMy youmgest sister is a chef. She used to drive my Dad nuts as a teenager by coming home from school and having a 2 hour nap everyday between 4 and 6. I still remember my Dad yelling "Knock that off Ames - you won't be able to do that when you get a job". Fast forward 15 years and she now runs the most succesful restaurant in the district my parents live in and every day between lunch and dinner service she comes home for a 2 hour nap! Guess who's laughing now.
Her husband says he gets tired of people telling him what wonderful meals they must have at home - as after cooking all day the best he gets from her is a can of reheated baked beans! Make the most of his apprenticeship time - that's when you'll get the good cooking at home. :-)
Posted by: Shaz at January 26, 2012 06:03 PMI think that's absolutely wonderful! With his personality, he could have a show of his own on the Cooking channel one day! Cheers!
Posted by: pam at January 28, 2012 08:27 AM