Thanx for posting this, you are correct, our children do not know the half of what it took to live back when!!! I make home made buns about 3 times a week, and kids from all over come in and ask for a bun! I cheat just a little, cause I have arthritus and let the bread machine do the hard work. My hands could not take it. But my home made buns go to church and everyone loves them. Hugs, Judy

mmmmmmmmmm... i love home made anything! My teenagers are always asking me to bake and yes they eat it all in less then one day, But i'd rather see them eat the home made then the garbage they buy at the store.
hugs lee

Oh I also cheat when I make bread, I use my Bread making machine. I also sometimes pre-set it and when we get up in the morning, it is ready to eat.
Hugs Yvonne

Yes I do remember my mom baking bread from scratch and OHHH do I love homemade bread!!! I do not eat bread unless it is hot out of the oven to this day, just doesn't taste the same. My mom said as children we would complain about all her homemade goodies because other people would by them and we thought purchased cookies and such, were a treat, now I miss those baked goods.

My mom worked so we didn't have home made stuff often. BUT... When we did it was gone quickly. I have always enjoyed making bread and did it with my daughter as often as I could (single working mom here). I now bake most of our bread and rolls. I don't eat sweets much so hubby doesn't get them as often as he would like. What you say is so true though and it is up to us to get our kids/grandkids involved as much as possible.

I do my homebaked bread in the machine. but only in the weekend,on a working day it's too much work .but I always love the smell of fresh baked bread!

My Mom worked all the time and was not a very good cook when she did cook. She went to Appleton's church home to live when she was 5 and did not learn much about the kitchen. She did not leave until a year after she got out of school. She went to work with Southern Bell straight from High School and never had another public job. She also retired from Bell South(changed their name over the years). She had very little social graces because she was extremely shy until she got married and had me. VERY SHY! When she first went to Appleton, she had 2 older sisters there with her but as soon as they got old enough to work in the field, their older married sister took them in to live with her family so they could help her. both of them married young and died young. Mom's oldest, a sister and the youngest, a brother, has just passed away in the last 6 years. Mama would have been 90 on March 30th if she had lived to make it. The 8 of those children had a very hard life! My Mom was next to the baby. I think with my Mom being so terribly shy, she had the hardest time of all of the children. She did not do well standing up for herself in any situation.
I learned how to sew and cook from my Daddy's Mom. I had to learn the hard way to stand up for myself but after about the 5th grade, I quit being timid.
Strange, but I can hardly ever remember my Mom acting like she was happy. It was on rare ocasions that she would turn loose and have a good time. Bowling was her passion and my Dad had a bowling ball in my hands before I could hardly pick it up. I was bowling in the leagues with adults by the time I was 12. I threw 7 strikes in a row in my first tournment and everyone was standing and cheering. # 8 was a gutter ball. I guess the pressure was just to much at that age! I got my 1st trophy that night....but it was a little one for "Most Improved Bowler". Hey, it was better than nothing. That was 51 yrs ago and I could not throw a ball now because of my arthritis.

It is true. No one knows how to cook or sew. They eat take out and marvel that anyone makes a home made meal. They are missing out on a lot that way. I learned to cook and sew in 4H. It has served me well. But lots of times I feel as if I'm the last one who knows how to do these things. None of my friends know how to sew or care to learn. It's pretty sad really.

I grew up in Germany and learned crochet, knitting, and sewing in school. It was part of our curriculum. I haven’t stopped since. In the years after the war it was my job to mend the socks of the family. (Never did it again once I left home, but I still knit new ones today). I used to be able to save money by sewing and knitting etc. Today I do it for enjoyment and to keep the psychiatrist away. It is difficult to convince young people to take up these Hobbies when the material alone is more expensive then the ready made item on a rack in the store. I love baking and after almost 50 years in the States I still miss the breads from Europe. My Kitchen Aid and Bread Machine help but recently I found a Book “Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day” and I am happily baking my Rye Bread. Two of my children love cooking and the other two don’t. Now I am trying with the grandchildren to teach them. Question is “would I have learned if it wasn’t part of the School curriculum?”

I can not agree with you, sorry.
My mom did not do anything hand made. I have in my possession hand crocheted doilies and hand embroidered hankies from my great grandmother.
My grandmother (mom's side) was a bootlegger in the '20's and had no "maternal or home made bones" in her body.
My mother did do some baking. I have memories of the ironing board being set up, but little recollection of her ironing.
My most vivid memory of my mom is her standing in the doorway between the kitchen and living room, drying dishes and "dancing" to Tom Jones or Englebert Humperdink.
We need a scientific study of genetics because I love embroidery, cooking, baking, and dancing.
My daughter has no interest in sewing, dancing or crocheting. I can only hope I live long enough to see if my grand daughters have an interest in any of the above.

Eleen, what a wonderful mother you are - keep it up - they will continue to adore it - they might even join in - someday.

I was brought up to bake, sew, knit and crochet and did the same for my own daughter. She made her first embroidery sampler when she was three and still dabbles although her major craft is now origami. I still bake bread regularly (breadmaker too slow - prefer the traditional method) but have had to give up on cakes due to a high cholesterol problem. When my mum was at school, she was only taught domestic stuff and left school more or less illiterate. I am a Science graduate and Kate has a degree in philosophy but we still maintain the family traditions. I can't imagine doing anything else!

Being a farmers daughter I learned to cook, bake, sew and do farm chores at an early age. I always made home baked cookies and bread when my kids were growing up. But it never failed I also was feeding half of the neighborhood kids. They would come knocking on the door to play and then ask for cookies. How could I refuse they were always so polite. I taught my 2 boys and daughter to bake, cook meals, and do laundry. My kids love to bake and cook and now they bake most of the holiday goodies.Cindy B.

I bought all the ingredients for home bread , I am going to do the started today( the recipe calls for this and wait 24 hours) and do the dough tomorrow morning and baked in the afternoon, I'll tell you how it comes out.

Very true...however if you need to have someone fix your computer or program your VCR/DVD player, find yourself a 13 year old! :-)

I still bake bread when the family gets togeter. My grandkids think that they have to have "gramma's bread" every holiday. They are getting so big that I have to make triple the amount so that there is some for the dinner, and some for them to take home.

My son will say what no biscutts so I have to I want to make some loaf bread soon got the makings going for friend ship cakes every one wanted them and no one will take the time to make them as it takes 30 days to get it ready.
Lena Mae

This was really refreshing and brought back alot of memoied Thanks. Lena mae