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Kindergarten home economics, 1934, Sweden.

Home Ec

I.... I'm a little...

The GM as I walk over to her: these boys need a class of some sort I think.

Me, trying not to laugh cause obvs she's kidding...: yeah?

GM: yeah, like a class that will teach them basic etiquette, some manners....

Me, confused and befuddled: like... Home Ec?

She looks at me: what?

Me, terror dawning: Home Ec? (She tilts her head to the side like puppies do when they are lost) Home Economics? (Im a little frantic now, she's kidding?!)

She shakes her head: I don't...

Me: oh, I'm that old? The class that teaches you basic cooking? It's an electoral? Like shop class? Electronics? Y'know? How to balance a check book? Monitor your accounts? Home repairs?

Her: you had to pay for it?

Me, nearly losing my shit: no?! They taught it in middle school, some high schools? You learned how to do your laundry? Care after smaller siblings? They taught you how to be civilized? Host? Sewing? Basic medical?

She shakes her head: they taught that in school?!

Me: this is why this generation is fucked. They canceled all the important shit and expect working parents (waving maniacally as my hair turns grey, and I develop a hunch back muttering about darn kids and somehow ends up with a newspaper/cane in my hand....) no more music, no more shop class, no home ec....

Maybe this is a hot take, or maybe this is a super cold take, but

Home ec & Cooking classes are infinitely more valuable than any of the so called "core" high school classes.

Students learning to make pie in Lakeview, Arkansas. Photographed 1938 by Russell Lee.

Who remembers baking coffee cake in Home Economics Class? It was one of the first things I learned to bake in class.

HOME ECONOMICS COFFEE CAKE 1970's

This recipe is for a 8 ' cake pan Bake time is 375 for 30 minutes

1 stick butter, softened 1 cup packed Brown Sugar 1 1/2 cups flour 1 1/2 tsp Baking powder 1 tsp salt 1 tsp ground cinnamon 1 egg 1/2 cup milk

In Large mixing bowl add soften stick of butter and brown sugar, set aside

In a sifter add the flour baking powder salt cinnamon

Sift this over the top of the butter /brown sugar and Mix till slightly crumbly.

Now scoop out 1/2 cup of this mixture and set aside Into remaining mix add a well beaten egg and 1/2 cup milk . Mix well . Pour batter into a well greased pan, smooth out and then take that 1/2 cup flaky mixture & sprinkle evenly over the top

Bake 375 for 30 minutes

Honey, put the Maxwell House on!

Home economics at work.

I love how the home ec teacher is a massive buff wall of a man. Who wears pink. And loves cooking. And appliques cute mons to his apron. I love this man so much. He's perfect. I'm only a little ways into the game. But amusingly, I see him as 100% straight and cis. He's just a big buff hetcis dude who respects the ladies and makes a damn fine sammich.

actually all i want in life is a free 9-month long class that happens for 50 minutes every weekday and teaches me how to cook, sew, do finances, make beautiful living spaces, and hold a newborn without killing it. does anyone know if this exists

⚘☽☽☽ 𝕄𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕔 𝕄𝕒𝕘𝕚𝕔 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝟛 ☾☾☾⚘

⚘☽ Divination ☾⚘

One of the things that you can do with music is divination. The most commonly known form involving music is known as shufflemancy. Shufflemancy in this context is divination by use of songs, melodies, etc., in the form of a playlist. It is not a widely used form of divination, and it is also not an ancient form either, as it uses technology. So how do you do shufflemancy? Well first, you will need a playlist - keep in mind that you control this playlist, it is yours and you control what goes in and out of it. Once you get your playlist, you will want to choose a question (best to stay away from yes/no questions). Then you will want to pick a number. This can be a number between 1 and 10, 1 and 100, really any number between 1 and x number. For this scenario let's go with the number 6. Keeping in mind the question you want answered, you shuffle the number of times you picked, in this case I chose 6, so I would shuffle the playlist 6 times. Whatever song it lands on in the last shuffle will be the song that you will need to interpret for your question. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to listen to the entire song for the answer to your question - the title of the song might not be the whole message. Sometimes it’s not the entire song, but certain parts of the lyrics, like the main chorus of a song. It’s not just the song that needs to be interpreted, but also the feelings that the song invokes as well - if it makes you happy, upset, frustrated, etc.

⚘☽ Cleansing & Banishing ☾⚘

Music can be used to cleanse and banish anything unwanted from your space. This can be done in a number of ways, keeping in mind that banishing is a more aggressive side of cleansing. For either one you can use just about any music you wish, the goal is to annoy the unwanted so much it drives them nuts and out of your house. For example, playing a 10 hour long youtube video of baby shark at top volume with your phone hooked to some speakers, or better yet your tv if you're able. You want to play something that the entity won’t like, so if the entity happens to like baby sharks then I guess you’ll want to consider something else. Another thing to maybe try here is bells. Bells are an amazing way of banishing an entity, whether you are just ringing the bell back and forth with no rhyme or reason, or you are playing a song on the bells. No matter the method you use, you want to make it as loud and as obnoxious as possible.

⚘☽ Meditation ☾⚘

Meditation helps with the lowering of blood pressure, heart rate, etc. In order to peacefully meditate, you have to be able to lower your blood pressure and heart rate, and even out your breathing, along with easing your muscles. Music has been proven in studies to help with this! Well, what kind of music is best for mediation? It really depends on the person, but usually you would want something on the calmer side - maybe something instrumental, or with a slower tune in the background to help calm the mind. Keep in mind that your idea of what music is calming is NOT going to be the same as another person's idea of what is calming music. A side note here: When you type in youtube for relaxation music, most of those videos claiming to help sleep, and relax, and meditate are a load of crap - but not all of them are, and there are some really good ones out there! You have to find what is right for you.

⚘☽ Offerings ☾⚘

Music can be used as an offering to Gods or other beings. You can make the music yourself, or pick a song that you feel fits the situation. There are a few popular examples of music as offerings. Priests in Catholic churches often sing their prayers when they can. Anytime a congregation sings a hymn, it can be seen as a form of prayer. In reference to the intro to music, The Hurrian Hymns were made as an offering to the Goddess Nikkal-wa-lb. You can offer music to any God or other being.

⚘☽ Manifestation ☾⚘

This was a particularly fun wormhole to fall down, but according to what I have read so far, music can help with manifesting. This is because music amplifies our feelings and moods, and strengthens our vibrations and energies. This higher energies help to attract things you are wanting to attract. Certain songs can attract different things. For example, affirming songs can manifest positivity, luck, etc.

⚘☽ Mood & Motivation ☾⚘

Many people use music to boost or lower their mood, or motivate themselves. This applies to the youngest children still in the womb to grown adults to elderly people on their deathbed. We see little kids in daycare, singing the “clean up” song to motivate them to clean up the room they are in. We see people using music to motivate themselves out of bad moods, whether it helps them to be more productive at work, or drag themselves out of a depressive episode. We see people playing their loved one’s favorite music before they pass away, as the sense of hearing is many times the last one to go, and it makes the ill patient happy to hear their songs. Music calms the nervous system and lower cortisol levels which helps reduce stress and calm the mind. Listening to music that gives you chills or that you really, really enjoy releases dopamine. Listening to music that is sad can help to elevate mood, but some say it can be counteractive because it can also trigger depressive episodes.

When I was in high school I formed a really special relationship with my home ec teacher who was basically a grandma to everyone, she was short and chubby with cherub cheeks and a contagious laugh. I was going through a lot emotionally my senior year and one day was just breaking down and she said “I know I’m not supposed to do this but come here,” and she hugged me so tight I just cried harder. Our advanced textiles class was very small, so we were lucky enough to all form inside jokes and really learn about one another. I think about her often and wonder how she’s doing. Teachers like that are so rare and I loved her so much.

I'm not going to post the video but I've seen so many horrifying examples of people cutting, chopping, slicing food in a very bad way. I just saw a tiktok of a person slicing onions in a manner I legitimately worried the video was going to end with blood.

So I'm here to beg you all to PLEASE work on bettering your knife skills in the kitchen. You don't need high end $200+ knives (but you do need a basic sharp chef knife - a dull knife is extremely dangerous. Get a decent diy sharpener to keep on hand)

There's plenty of great how to videos out there like ones from American Test Kitchen and Alton Brown's Good Eats.

You can practice slicing, dicing, etc on apples, onions, carrots, zucchini. Hell make a loaded vegetable soup to practice different cutting methods! (probably leave the apple out of that though) if you take your time every time you cook to work on at least one knife skill you'll have perfected it in no time, trust me. And then not only will your food look good, you'll have uniformed cooking times, be less likely to slip and cut yourself, but will also be far quicker in the kitchen then you realize.

What Was Home Economics?

It was:

“Child Development”

“Consumer Services”

“Cooking”

“Health & Hygiene”

Housing

“Money Management”

“Nutrition”

Damian has been partnered up with Daniel in their Home Ec final.

And Daniel...is putting no effort at all into cooking.

Damian keeps trying to convince him to help, but Daniel keeps wriggling his way out of the responsibility.

Damian ends up having to handle the Turkey! Unacceptable! He does not condone the death of animals for food unless it is for survival! This part must be handled by Daniel.

He shoves the turkey in Daniels' hands.

There's a soft green glow.

He hears Daniel whisper a horrified "oh shit no".

And the very dead turkey that they were supposed to be cooking comes to life.

It is very, very angry.

i think it would’ve been funny if he actually turned around if you picked this answer