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Discussion Boards => Off-Topic => Topic started by: aggiebaldaino on July 23, 2011, 02:52:29 pm
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Open to your comments about the above topic.
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Haha
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Some teenagers today would not know that. Most teenagers I know personally are pretty smart and self-sufficient. If their parents have taken time with them as they grew up, I'm sure they would know. It's not always the teenager's fault.
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Im a teenager myselff .
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depends what kind of 17 year old it is, if a monkey ask me that I would see it as a scientific break through.
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...boil a frank... What? I read that correctly, right?
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I am a young person who still doesn't know how to cook much of anything. I'm in my 20s.
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assuming the 17 year old wasn't severly delayed then yeah i'd find it strange that a person that age didn't know how to boil a hotdog lol.
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I don't think it's bizarre. I don't think many 17 year olds can cook anyway. Heck I'm way past 17 and I don't know the exact time. In the rare occasion I ever cook hot dogs I prefer to fry mine as opposed to boil. Even when I did boil them I didn't know the exact time I just left it in until it split. It was probably too done by that point but I like my food cooked well done.
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Well, at least they didn't ask how to boil water! Actually, probably some teenagers would not know how to boil hotdogs, or do much of any cooking, if they were never independent enough to try to cook for themselves. Some kids take their meals for granted, and don't show an interest in how it is prepared until suddenly they have to fend for themselves and then they're stuck.
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this doesnt surprise me. I couldnt tell you how long to boil a hot dog. I just keep them in there til they boil over or they split. they still taste good.
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What is odd is someone using the word frank. I assume (going out on a limb here) you mean a hot dog.
Boiling a frank sounds like you are trying to boil a person named Frank.
Now to the question, no it is not odd. I have friends older than 17,
who come over and ask me how long do I put this in the microwave for?
Learning is power. People learn by asking questions.
The best learning is done when you need to know how to do it.
Since being online, I need to also say, stupid questions DO exist.
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My step dad just throughs the whole package in the microwave, thats how he cooks them. I am 19 and I actually can cook most anything I just made steak burritos or hamber they got to choose for my parents and my girlfriend. I make all kinds of stuff. I like pepered steak with this special seasoning I make that as well. My mom taught me how to cook as well as my grandmother. I like baked chicken with BBQ sauce. I just check to make sure its done I cut it open and make sure its not pink. I would hope most teenagers at 17 knows how to cook because life only gets harder when you are out on your own, away from home, besides my dad and I do most the cooking because my mother has health problems.
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I am guessing this is a teenage boy, I guess it could be a girl, but in any event, someone who probably has never been around the actual cooking of food, not hanging out in the kitchen, and pretty much has every thing handed to them, I have a husband who is 30 who asked me how you know if hamburger is bad. But then, I may not know certain things about cars, so to each their own talents and gifts. :wave:
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ehh really it just depends on the way the child was brought up. some kids are spoiled and have everything done for them, others have to learn the hard way and love the rough life to learn new things. so honestly i do not think it is so bizarre :peace:
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I think it is bizarre that a 17 year old do not know how to boil a frank. I have two teens and I am glad they know how to cook a little. You need for your kids to be independent, but now more kids are coming back home to live. We as parents need to stop wanting help all the time. The more they do the more they will more independent.
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Not at all bizarre. I can't even tell you the last time I boiled a hot dog. It's a thing of the past.
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It would be odd if he asked you how long to boil Frank. Otherwise it seems like a normal request.
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That doesn't really surprise me at all. I've known a lot of people that don't know things that, to me, are common knowledge/sense. I knew someone that didn't know how to cook a ramen noodle and had to ask me how. (It's not there are directions or anything on the package. -_- ) Anyhow, I don't know that there's a set time for all to follow when boiling franks. I usually just wait until the water has been boiling for a bit. :)
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My two cents worth: No it is not bizarre. What is bizarre here is that the parents never bothered to show their children how a kitchen works. How to boil water; how to HEAT hot dogs (not boil); how to make a whole meal with all the food groups. I taught all three of mine - who of which were boys - and my youngest (boy) even invented cookies from scratch that were actually good. He left out the baking powder but after I told him, the next batch was perfect. And he was only 5!!
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it's not bizarre really....most kids these days cant boil water, much less a hot dog. theres way too many fast food places to satisfy their hunger these days to worry about cooking for themselves
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I've never boiled a frank. They're better if you put them in the oven and bake them till they start to burst.
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IT'S NOT BIZARRE IF SHE HAS NEVER BEEN TAUGHT BY HER MOM HOW TO COOK. THE BLAME CAN'T BE ALL HERS. BUT THEN AGAIN AREN'T THERE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE PACKAGE ON HOW LONG TO BOIL A FRANK?
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Unfortunatly it isn't odd, it unfortunatly is how most almost adults are now. I work in a school and most of the students about 80% have what I call learned helplessness, everyone has done everything for them their whole life and they can't think for themselves.
I have a better one... 17 year old has to do his own laundry and asks what he adds to the washer so his clothes get clean. His 16 year old Autistic brother knows enough to read the label for detergent and can wash his own clothes without help.
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I don't think it's strange... And it doesn't necessarily mean that the kid is helpless or lazy. When I was in high school, I was in all sorts of activities that I never had a chance to really learn how to cook, even though our family did eat at home more often than eating out. There was sports, band, scouts, confirmation, applying for colleges, as well as all of my homework. Tack on a side-job every few days, and my days were usually packed... I'd drive home after practice and mom (or dad) would have dinner sitting out on the table so I could scarf it down before heading out to my next activity. It wasn't until I actually got to college that I started to take an interest in cooking, and so would make an effort to watch my parents when they cooked whenever I came home from school.
I remember our college swim team once tried to make a spaghetti dinner... One of the upper-classmen insisted that she knew how to properly cook the pasta using the so-called "slow boil" method, where you add the pasta to the water and then bring it up to a boil before turning down the heat and letting it simmer for the time listed on the box.... :BangHead: Yeah, usually I don't really care for clumpy, starchy pasta.... :-X
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At least the kid didn't want someone to do it for him.
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I'm pretty sure it's cooked when the water is gone. Pretty hard to ruin a frankfurter.
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Nope. I come across a lot of teens and adults that dont know basic cooking. I usually boil for 4-5 min.
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A lot of teens don't learn much about living and providing for themselves until they are out on their own. It also seems that in this period in time it is easy to forget information because you can always just look it up online later. This equals a lot of teens not knowing how to cook.
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I don't think it's an odd question at all.
I think it's excellent that they are showing an interest in learning on how to self sustain.
It starts with a frank and moves on to being a culinary chef.
It would be a shame for them to get out on their own without any interest or knowing how to cook for themselves.