Young Chef Gifts

'We were playing Doctor and I was sterilizing the gloves.'

'Another neat trick is to cut regular spaghetti into little pieces, and next thing you know you've got yourself a bowl of spaghetti-i-s.'

'Strained carrots again! What am I being punished for this time?'

'As a surprise I thought I'd give the new cookbook a try tonight.'

"....And then chuck the whole lot in the dustbin and phone for a take-away."

"Still haven't quite figured out the pressure cooker, huh dad?"

Jeff's Smorgasbord

Little chef.

"Keep in mind, this dish is best served in a restaurant cooked by anyone other than you."

'Bless this food we are about to receive, all except the broccoli. Bless the apple pie twice.'

"Dad fixed you a balanced breakfast - the runny eggs are balanced with burnt toast!"

Sushi Train Set.

Boys Cooking

Boy baking a cake.

'Step 5. Call the Fire Department.'

French bread

"I want you to be well in life, son...."

'This soufle is hard.' - 'No it isn't, your teeth are soft.'

A family gets ready for their microwave meal on the patio.

'Haven't you heard that hypernutrition in the first years can lead to obesity in later life.'

'Just call me Delia...'

'It really is nice to eat out once in a while!'

'I could beat these eggs a lot easier if it weren't for all the shells.'

"I'm making Thanksgiving dinner this year. Do you have Turkey Helper?"

Boy who has eaten oysters and grown fat

"This can't be soup....where are all the little letters that usually float in it?"

'Manners are the noises you don't make while you eat.'

Beth realized she wasn't such a great cook the night she tried to make an apple pie. 'Wow! Now that is good meatloaf!'

'What do you mean you're not hungry?'

"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom or night will stop Ed from overcooking the fish."

"Daddy tries to cook, but all his meals begin in a can and end up in one."

'Son, do you think I'm ready for my own cooking show?'

"There's something wrong with your dinner."

"No, dear. This meal isn't undercooked, you just haven't burnt it, for a change."

Jo Jo Was Anything But a Quitter.