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Win OXO Good Grips hand-held egg beater

January 23, 2012 by Katie Bryson 163 Comments

Oxo egg beater

A vintage idea with a new look

The guys at OXO Good Grips sent me this little fella to play with – I’ve not seen a hand-held mixer like this since I did Home Economics at school!

It’s hardly a dinosaur though as this new model has a sleek and stylish design with bags of clever features. It’s much quieter and less fiddly than an electric whisk, and can stir up batters and whipped cream as well as beat eggs in next to no time.

It fits neatly in kitchen drawers – great for everyday use while saving worktop space. It’s also ideal for lefties or righties, and especially brilliant for children to use.

OXO has enclosed the fiddly workings in a white case to keep the hand mixer looking ultra modern while being extremely easy to clean – it just pops in the dishwasher. The mixer also comes with two removable stainless steel beaters, soft, non-slip handle and turning arm, and a stainless steel bridge to elevate the beaters from the bottom of the bowl as they work, taking the weight and strain out of mixing.

They cost £20 from Lakeland, or why not enter my competition to win one! I’ve got two to give away.

***THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED… NO MORE ENTRIES PLEASE***

WIN WIN WIN!

There is one main way to enter and several ways to get bonus entries.  You must leave a separate comment for each bonus entry otherwise they will not be counted.

1. Mandatory. Leave a comment below telling me a favourite memory from learning cookery at school

2. For a second chance to win tweet a link to this giveaway as follows: Win retro OXO hand-held egg beater @cookingkt http://wp.me/pU5T8-18x #win #prize
Then leave a second comment saying you’ve done so telling me your Twitter ID.

3. Follow me @cookingkt on Twitter and comment to tell me you have done so.

4. And finally you can get another bonus entry by liking the Feeding Boys and a Firefighter page on Facebook too, not forgetting to head back here and comment to tell me you have done so.

Good Luck!

***THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED… NO MORE ENTRIES PLEASE***

GIVEAWAY RULES

This giveaway is open to all readers over 18 with a UK postal address.  The winners will be chosen using an online randomiser and announced in a subsequent post.

I am running this competition on behalf of OXO who will be sending the prize out to the lucky winners. Their decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

Closing date: 10pm Tuesday 28th February 2012
***THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED… NO MORE ENTRIES PLEASE***

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Comments

  1. Jane Willis (@janesgrapevine) says

    January 23, 2012 at 8:50 am

    I don’t have a sinlge good memory of school cooking lessons! Mine were back in the 1960s and being grammar school girls, cooking was given a very low priority. We had just 2 terms of cookery lessons. One term our only pratcical was to make egg and cress sandwiches. The next term we made blancmange. Mine slid out of the bowl on the bus home and landed on the floor. I think becoming a foodie was my adt of teenage rebellion!

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  2. Jane Willis (@janesgrapevine) says

    January 23, 2012 at 8:51 am

    I’ve tweeted @janesgrapevine

    Reply
  3. Jane Willis (@janesgrapevine) says

    January 23, 2012 at 8:52 am

    I’m following you on Twitter @janesgrapevine

    PS in my first post, I meant “act” not “adt” – I don’t know how to do an adt

    Reply
  4. Jane Willis (@janesgrapevine) says

    January 23, 2012 at 8:52 am

    I’m already a fan of your facebook page

    Reply
  5. Emma Cella says

    January 23, 2012 at 9:28 am

    At this time i am not able to go to school to learn more about cooking. Most of the cooking i have done is mostly self taught.

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  6. Emma Cella says

    January 23, 2012 at 9:28 am

    I’m already a fan of your facebook page

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  7. Emma Cella says

    January 23, 2012 at 9:29 am

    I’m following you on Twitter @handbag2000

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  8. Emma Cella says

    January 23, 2012 at 9:29 am

    I’ve tweeted @handbag2000

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  9. Gillian Holmes says

    January 23, 2012 at 9:57 am

    I have a vivid memory of someone accidentally upending a casserole I had made – but it was probably inedible anyway!

    Reply
  10. Gillian Holmes says

    January 23, 2012 at 10:01 am

    I have tweeted as @00annabellee00

    https://twitter.com/#!/00AnnabelLee00/status/161372389198934017

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  11. Gillian Holmes says

    January 23, 2012 at 10:02 am

    I’m following you on Twitter as @00annabellee00

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  12. Gillian Holmes says

    January 23, 2012 at 10:03 am

    I like your Facebook page as Annabel Lee

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  13. juliette says

    January 23, 2012 at 10:22 am

    I loved cookery lessons – I remember how difficult it was as people forgot to bring ingredients and you would have to share and end up with only half of what you should have. My most memorable cookery lesson was making pineapple upside cake mine was okay but it was people who put the pineapple on the top or in the wrong place that sticks in my mind.

    tweeted as @clarateddy

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  14. HELEN says

    January 23, 2012 at 11:36 am

    well I wouldn’t say it’s my favourite memory but it’s one of the only memories of cooking at school with ‘Orrible Miss Orrell’ as we called her…..scrubbing the baking trays until we could see our faces in them…with a tiny scrap of scouring pad!

    Great prize I’ve had my eye on one of these for ages!

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  15. HELEN says

    January 23, 2012 at 11:37 am

    have tweeted
    @jessies_online

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  16. HELEN says

    January 23, 2012 at 11:37 am

    follow you on twitter
    @jessies_online

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  17. HELEN says

    January 23, 2012 at 11:38 am

    like on FB

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  18. seasiderinthecity says

    January 23, 2012 at 11:56 am

    I think my favourite moment was when we got left alone in the primary school cookery classroom and we found the tin of golden syrup. Five ten year olds and no spoon – lush!

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  19. seasiderinthecity says

    January 23, 2012 at 11:57 am

    Tweeted as @seasiderclare

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  20. seasiderinthecity says

    January 23, 2012 at 11:59 am

    Following on Twitter @seasiderclare

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  21. Maggie says

    January 23, 2012 at 12:02 pm

    Making my cookery apron!

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  22. seasiderinthecity says

    January 23, 2012 at 12:02 pm

    Liked on Facebook (Clare Anderson)

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  23. Elaine Kidd says

    January 23, 2012 at 12:06 pm

    I remember being shocked that some people didn’t know how to make something as simple as egg and toast.

    Reply
  24. Elaine Kidd says

    January 23, 2012 at 12:11 pm

    Tweeted @scampbeast

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  25. Elaine Kidd says

    January 23, 2012 at 12:12 pm

    Following on Twitter @scampbeast

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  26. Elaine Kidd says

    January 23, 2012 at 12:16 pm

    Like on Facebook

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  27. Claire says

    January 23, 2012 at 12:59 pm

    Ah! Cornflour mould. Sounds disgusting, actually tasted alright. But I’ve never made it since, which is telling. Even in the 80s when I learnt, Home Economics classes seemed stuck in the 50s. There was no connection with the classes and delicious food. Instead it was about running your finger around the inner recesses of a pan to check it was completely clean. Such a shame because it could have been inspirational rather than an “easy” subject. But now kids don’t get taught it so the delights of even cornflour mould are beyond their reach.
    And I already like you, lots and lots!

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  28. redrosemummy says

    January 23, 2012 at 4:12 pm

    I loved cookery at school and don’t remember any real disasters. I remember once making Leek and Potato Soup and creating enough to feed an army, I don’t know where it all came from!

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  29. redrosemummy says

    January 23, 2012 at 4:16 pm

    I have tweeted @RedRoseMummy

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  30. redrosemummy says

    January 23, 2012 at 4:17 pm

    I follow you on Twitter @RedRoseMummy

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  31. redrosemummy says

    January 23, 2012 at 4:18 pm

    I like you on FB (as Pippa Ainsworth)

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  32. Jan Beal says

    January 23, 2012 at 7:16 pm

    One of the first things we had to make was a baked egg custard. Something I had never eaten before …or since. It was a mile or so walk home and the contents of my shallow pyrex dish ended up slopping around the bottom of the tin, it never did set! My mum was not best pleased at the waste of good ingredients, but in the sixties cookery lessons were in a strange time warp, the only thing I’ve ever cooked again was the good ole Victoria sponge 🙂

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  33. Jan Beal says

    January 23, 2012 at 7:17 pm

    I’ve tweeted @twydalldee

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  34. Jan Beal says

    January 23, 2012 at 7:18 pm

    I’m following you on twitter @twydalldee

    Reply
  35. Jan Beal says

    January 23, 2012 at 7:18 pm

    And I like you on Facebook 🙂

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  36. Carolina J. says

    January 23, 2012 at 11:28 pm

    My favourite memory from learning cookery at school is our constant laughter, we had so much fun!

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  37. Carolina J. says

    January 23, 2012 at 11:30 pm

    Tweeted! @pandcands

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  38. Carolina J. says

    January 23, 2012 at 11:31 pm

    I follow you on Twitter (@pandcands).

    Reply
  39. Carolina J. says

    January 23, 2012 at 11:33 pm

    I like the Feeding Boys and a Firefighter page on Facebook.

    Reply
  40. amy marantino says

    January 24, 2012 at 5:56 am

    making (and eating) snickerdoodles in home ec.

    Reply
  41. Kirsty Fox says

    January 24, 2012 at 11:50 am

    Making a jacket potato, taking all the insides out and mixing it in a giant bowl with butter, cheese and onions. I was really pleased with myself because it tasted delicious

    Reply
  42. Kirsty Fox says

    January 24, 2012 at 11:51 am

    I have tweeted @bloomingfox

    Reply
  43. Kirsty Fox says

    January 24, 2012 at 11:51 am

    I am following you on Twitter @bloomingfox

    Reply
  44. Kirsty Fox says

    January 24, 2012 at 11:51 am

    I like your Facebook page – Kirsty Fox

    Reply
  45. Boo Roo and Tigger Too says

    January 24, 2012 at 8:55 pm

    Making brown bread rolls with Mrs Sheldon, these were same rolls that you could buy in the school canteen but mine didn’t taste half as good.

    @littleboo_21

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  46. Boo Roo and Tigger Too says

    January 24, 2012 at 8:59 pm

    Tweeted too

    @littleboo_21

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  47. Liz Burton says

    January 24, 2012 at 8:59 pm

    Getting an A in my GCSE Food Studies *breathes on fingers and polishes them* :0)

    Reply
  48. Boo Roo and Tigger Too says

    January 24, 2012 at 8:59 pm

    Following you via Twitter

    @littleboo_21

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  49. Liz Burton says

    January 24, 2012 at 9:00 pm

    Tweeted @missielizzieb

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  50. Boo Roo and Tigger Too says

    January 24, 2012 at 9:00 pm

    Following you via FB – Sarah Littleboo Anguish

    @littleboo_21

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  51. Liz Burton says

    January 24, 2012 at 9:00 pm

    I follow you on Twitter @missielizzieb

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  52. Liz Burton says

    January 24, 2012 at 9:01 pm

    I like you on Facebook – Missie Lizzie

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  53. baggiesbabe says

    January 25, 2012 at 12:18 am

    I had a fantastic cookery teacher who helped me to become a 13yr old regional winner! So all my memories are good.

    @baggiesbabe69

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  54. baggiesbabe says

    January 25, 2012 at 12:19 am

    Tweeted @baggiesbabe69

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  55. baggiesbabe says

    January 25, 2012 at 12:20 am

    following on twitter @baggiesbabe69

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  56. baggiesbabe says

    January 25, 2012 at 12:20 am

    Like you on FB Ness Gorton

    @baggiesbabe69

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  57. Diane Carey says

    January 25, 2012 at 10:20 pm

    I had great cookery lessons at school. We were taught a method and then would bake/cook something with that method e.g creaming method/sponge cake. At the hight school where both my daughters attended, all they seemed to learn to make was Rock Cakes in different flavours. What good is that? I seemed to cover everything at school, practical and theory

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  58. Diane Carey says

    January 25, 2012 at 10:31 pm

    Have tweeted the link
    @capodemonte

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  59. Diane Carey says

    January 25, 2012 at 10:43 pm

    already following you on Twitter
    @capodemonte

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  60. Diane Carey says

    January 25, 2012 at 10:44 pm

    Already liking you on Facebook
    Diane Lawson Arundel Carey

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  61. Sarah Rees says

    January 28, 2012 at 4:16 pm

    Mine was managing to make an apple crumble, the week before I had had a huge disaster making bread rolls which ended up doughy on the inside and solid on the outside, along with burning my hand it was not a good experience. However the following week I managed to make a fab apple crumble and will always remember all my family eating it that evening.

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  62. Sarah Rees says

    January 28, 2012 at 4:17 pm

    Just tweeted as well @jomarise xx

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  63. katherine grieve says

    January 28, 2012 at 4:34 pm

    I remember making an itialian dish, cant remember which one, but the recipe said 2 cloves of garlic and i put in 2 bulbs of garlic!! what made it worse was that the whole thing spilt in my bag all over my school books!!!!

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  64. katherine grieve says

    January 28, 2012 at 4:35 pm

    tweeted about the comp

    @norrisluvsmary

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  65. katherine grieve says

    January 28, 2012 at 4:35 pm

    I follow you on twitter

    @norrisluvsmary

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  66. katherine grieve says

    January 28, 2012 at 4:36 pm

    Im already a fan on fb

    katherine norrisluvsmary grieve

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  67. Alice Boardman says

    January 28, 2012 at 5:02 pm

    Making a giant sausage plait (yes, a strange recipe you will never make again), and getting to eat the whole thing myself – mmm mmm – best thing about cooking = eating!

    Reply
  68. Alice Boardman says

    January 28, 2012 at 5:04 pm

    p.s. also following you on twitter!

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    • Alice Boardman says

      January 28, 2012 at 5:05 pm

      @caliben7 is my id

      Reply
  69. NATALIE GOATLEY says

    January 28, 2012 at 5:04 pm

    The boy I had a massive crush on was asked by the teacher to help me make swiss roll. It came out awful but the rolling bit was fun as he had to put his arm round me to show me how to roll it :p..ill never forget him, looking back he was no oil painting but at the time, it wasn’t just the oven making me hot that day lol.

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  70. NATALIE GOATLEY says

    January 28, 2012 at 5:05 pm

    I have tweetd a link to the giveaway @nataliemay29

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  71. NATALIE GOATLEY says

    January 28, 2012 at 5:06 pm

    I am already following @cookingkt @nataliemay29

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  72. NATALIE GOATLEY says

    January 28, 2012 at 5:06 pm

    I already liked the Feeding Boys and a Firefighter page on Facebook
    natalie m goatley

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  73. ashleigh says

    January 28, 2012 at 5:10 pm

    i just remember that they didn’t really teach you to cook/make proper things – i remember us having to make “pizza” which involved putting bread on the grill with some cheese and other toppings!

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  74. ashleigh says

    January 28, 2012 at 5:11 pm

    i have tweeted as @ashlallan

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  75. ashleigh says

    January 28, 2012 at 5:11 pm

    i follow on twitter as @ashlallan

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  76. Jamie Glew (@jamie_glew) says

    January 28, 2012 at 5:37 pm

    I practically deep-fried shorbread by overgreasing the pan on my first ever cookery lesson at school! Tasted delicious, though,

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    • Jamie Glew (@jamie_glew) says

      January 28, 2012 at 5:39 pm

      followed…

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  77. Jamie Glew (@jamie_glew) says

    January 28, 2012 at 5:40 pm

    …tweeted…

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    • Jamie Glew (@jamie_glew) says

      January 28, 2012 at 5:40 pm

      …and liked :O)

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  78. vicky carter says

    January 28, 2012 at 5:58 pm

    My favourite, and most vivid, memory at school, was (accidentally) forgetting my cooking things, then Carrie, a friend at the time, told me that Stephen Gately was gay, I couldn’t believe it!

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  79. Ruth Tesdale says

    January 28, 2012 at 6:04 pm

    I remember being rather naughty at school in Domestic Science by putting my dirty pans in the cupboard and getting out clean ones to pass inspection.

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  80. Ruth Tesdale says

    January 28, 2012 at 6:05 pm

    I am now a fan on Facebook
    Ruth M Tesdale

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  81. Ruth Tesdale says

    January 28, 2012 at 6:06 pm

    I am following you on Twitter
    @RuthMarianna

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  82. Ruth Tesdale says

    January 28, 2012 at 6:06 pm

    I have Tweeted
    @RuthMarianna

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  83. Cheryll H says

    January 28, 2012 at 6:09 pm

    The time I won a prize for my iced Christmas cake 🙂 Still smile about it now…. 😀

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  84. Rhonda says

    January 28, 2012 at 6:09 pm

    I don’t just have one good memory, I used to love cooking at school with all my friends the best thing I ever made was chicken risotto, it was lovely! I went on to create the same dish in my cooking GCSE and I totally mucked it up! I forgot to put the rice in!! It’s safe to say now I’m more of a bung something in the oven kinda girl haha.

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  85. spanglisher (@spanglisher) says

    January 28, 2012 at 6:10 pm

    I remember clearly my first “cookery” lesson, getting all excited at the chance to learn to cook and being totally bewildered at why we were only making cucumber sandwiches. I couldn’t believe we were doing something so easy but now that I’ve got children of my own and having seen their attempts, I appreciate they were teaching us the knife skills of spreading butter and cutting vegetables.

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  86. Cheryll H says

    January 28, 2012 at 6:10 pm

    Tweeted @pipersky1 🙂

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  87. Rhonda says

    January 28, 2012 at 6:11 pm

    I’ve tweeted the link @snowted

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  88. Cheryll H says

    January 28, 2012 at 6:11 pm

    Following @cookingkt on Twitter @pipersky1 🙂

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  89. spanglisher (@spanglisher) says

    January 28, 2012 at 6:11 pm

    tweeted as @spanglisher

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  90. Cheryll H says

    January 28, 2012 at 6:11 pm

    Liked your FB page 🙂

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  91. Rhonda says

    January 28, 2012 at 6:11 pm

    I’ve followed you on Twitter @snowted

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  92. fiona maclean says

    January 28, 2012 at 6:12 pm

    my favourite memory is actually making something I was allowed to take home. It was called ‘a little supper’ and it was slices of buttered white bread layered with slices of tomato and a lot of cheese…then topped with cheese and breadcrumbs and baked in the oven. My mum pronounced it fabulous…though I really doubt it was!

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  93. Rhonda says

    January 28, 2012 at 6:13 pm

    I’ve liked your page on Facebook, my Facebook name is Tink Lee Mse

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  94. spanglisher (@spanglisher) says

    January 28, 2012 at 6:13 pm

    Already following @cookingkt as @spanglisher

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  95. fiona maclean says

    January 28, 2012 at 6:14 pm

    I’ve tweeted @fionamaclean

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  96. spanglisher (@spanglisher) says

    January 28, 2012 at 6:14 pm

    Already like Feeding Boys and a Firefighter on Facebook as Lynne OConnor

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  97. fiona maclean says

    January 28, 2012 at 6:14 pm

    I already follow you on twitter @fionamaclean

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  98. fiona maclean says

    January 28, 2012 at 6:15 pm

    I already like your facebook page

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  99. CAROLINE CUMMINS says

    January 28, 2012 at 6:19 pm

    For me, it wasnt about the cooking of the food. My best memory is being in the lessons AFTER cooking and really looking forward to taking home what I had prepared, walking home with a Quality street tin containing a lovingly lopsided cheese and tomato savory roll and all my family trying it.
    A real simple pleasure
    That was the sort of validation of the art and usefulness of cooking that kids dont get today!

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  100. Emma walters (@emmav6) says

    January 28, 2012 at 6:27 pm

    i remember practicing the receipes at home, spending time with my mum cooking 🙂
    @emmav6

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  101. Emma walters (@emmav6) says

    January 28, 2012 at 6:27 pm

    tweeted giveaway
    @emmav6

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  102. Emma walters (@emmav6) says

    January 28, 2012 at 6:28 pm

    follow on twitter
    @emmav6

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  103. Emma walters (@emmav6) says

    January 28, 2012 at 6:28 pm

    follow on fb
    emma walters

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  104. Carol Peace says

    January 28, 2012 at 7:06 pm

    My favorite moment had to be the Macaroni Cheese I made i have no idea why but I knocked the box of washing flakes into it and then I had to get rid of it on the way home before my mum tasted it. The horses on the field between school and my house were not the same for a couple of days.

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  105. Victoria Boland says

    January 28, 2012 at 8:11 pm

    I didn’t do much cookery at school which is a real shame. I hope my son does more because I think it is a really good thing to do.

    Reply
  106. Rebecca Dyer says

    January 28, 2012 at 8:45 pm

    My favourite memory comes from before we even turned on the oven: I was 7 when we brought different exotic fruits to class and I tasted my first ever passion fruit. I still buy them now when I want to remember how exciting and inspiring new tastes can be.

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  107. jeanette baker says

    January 28, 2012 at 8:53 pm

    I loved my ‘O’ level Cookery classes at my all girls school … the best bit was the classroom overlooked the boys school on the opposite side of the road.. I really appreciate the following: learning to run my hands under the cold tap as cold hands make better pastry and warming up a tablespoon over the hob as it will help any syrup run off it easier .. making a few jam tarts with any leftover pastry so not to waste any leftovers ..my teacher was full of so many little tips .. and always making dishes that could be frozen down .. bless her my cookery teacher was very old school I loved her values & am proud to still use them now i’ve ended up being her age and becoming her in more ways than one !! dedicated to Mrs Barron xxxx

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  108. kim dillon says

    January 28, 2012 at 9:23 pm

    My favourite memory was the Christmas cake incident…I must have been about 14 at the time. Our teacher – Mrs McCurdy (or Mrs McCurdle as she was known to us) had said we were short of eggs so what did i do, but spilled all the eggs for my Christmas cake onto the floor (not in shells you understand but beaten & ready to go!). She didn’t spot me doing this and I wasn’t about to own up, so I scooped them up in my hands and added them to my cake. I had lots of compliments about the delicious cake but I never owned up, although my best mate from school was there and she still remembers!

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  109. kim dillon says

    January 28, 2012 at 9:27 pm

    Liked you on Facebook. I was just admiring your lovely gingerbread house. My 12 year old daughter decided to make one this year – on Christmas eve- and did a pretty good job. it’s still on the windowsill – not fit to eat but can’t throw it away. She suggests that i get a glass dome to display it under…

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  110. Charlotte Kirkbride says

    January 28, 2012 at 10:21 pm

    I remember doing HOME ECONOMICS and making the most amazing dessert!! I was in year 6 so i’d of been about 10. It was a make shift cheesecake without the cheese bit, it was digestive biscuits crushed to within an inch of their lives with butter (melted) as a base and then strawberry angel delight on the top and finished off with a few srawberries and some grated chocolate!!!

    I won mini chef of the year with that!!

    Still do it now, everyone enjoys it and it just means i can recall this story at the same time!! 🙂

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  111. Azra says

    January 28, 2012 at 10:42 pm

    I loved making quiche,,, the only thing we ever made!! However i do love cooking now and have experimented loads since the days of school quiche cooking!!

    I am also running a giveaway if inerested: http://azra-time.blogspot.com/2012/01/my-first-blog-giveawaycompetition-win.html

    xx

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  112. Katie says

    January 28, 2012 at 11:34 pm

    My favourite memory would have to be….. making traffic light sandwiches!! How amazingly simple and fun were these?! Great for kids (and big kids too!!)
    A strip of red filling – tomatoes
    A strip of orange filling – carrots
    A strip of green filling – cucumber
    and then holes cut into the bread with an apple corer!

    Genius!

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  113. Louise Smith says

    January 28, 2012 at 11:35 pm

    Making a Victoria Sponge cake, it surprisingly was very nice. Due to the boys having an egg and flour fight a week later, we were banned from cooking for the rest of the year!

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  114. Katie says

    January 28, 2012 at 11:36 pm

    I’ve tweeted – @Katie_MSE

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  115. Katie says

    January 28, 2012 at 11:36 pm

    I’m following you too on twitter – @Katie_MSE

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  116. diane findlay says

    January 29, 2012 at 8:48 am

    i hated cookery at school and despised the overbearing teacher , the fondest memory i have is making cauli cheese and watching the teacher almost throw up when taste testing

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  117. diane findlay says

    January 29, 2012 at 8:52 am

    facebook fan : dee m findlay .. following and tweeted :@deefindlay1

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  118. Philip Darling says

    January 29, 2012 at 9:05 am

    My overwhelming memory of my cookery lessons, is how underwhelmed I was with my culinary results – but luckily Kathy Banham would always let you have a taste of hers. Happy days

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  119. Diane says

    January 29, 2012 at 9:08 am

    I used to love eating raw pastry and the left over sponge mix (uncooked) but the best memory was actually being warm at school. Our school was very chilly but on home ec days at least we got a warm by the oven.

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  120. liz denial says

    January 29, 2012 at 9:39 am

    I always loved getting all my ingredients together & walking to school with my wicker basket on my arm. I loved that basket & still have it now although it’s not filled with flour, it’s filled with flowers

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  121. liz denial says

    January 29, 2012 at 9:39 am

    I’m already a fan on facebook

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  122. Hazel Lemar says

    January 29, 2012 at 12:45 pm

    One of my favourite memories of cookery lessons at school was when a group of boys chose home economics as an option in GSE subjects just to get out of doing metalwork. They all made a good effort at everything they made!

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  123. Chris Fliss says

    January 29, 2012 at 12:45 pm

    We were making jam and had sterilised the jars and I was told to get them ready. I went, got them and got a tea towel, breathed on them and polished them! My teacher went ballistic and we had to start all over again. Classmates weren’t too pleased either

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  124. Chris Fliss says

    January 29, 2012 at 12:48 pm

    Have tweeted link to this page on Twitter as @sparky61

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  125. Kirsty says

    January 29, 2012 at 1:12 pm

    Looking back, I think the most vivid memory of Home Economics (H.E.), was the very first lesson at secondary school when we were taught how to wash up properly using the last lessons pots and utensils to do it. To this day I still wash up doing glasses first, cutlery next, then crockery and last but not least pots and pans. Very Sad. I don’t think that I have a favourable memory as all the lessons seemed to be ghastly as the teacher was such a dragon!! Didn’t put me off though as I love cooking and baking.

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  126. Andy D says

    January 29, 2012 at 6:01 pm

    Eating half the cake mix whilst making them

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  127. Andy D says

    January 29, 2012 at 6:02 pm

    Already following on facebook

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  128. Lorraine Foster says

    January 29, 2012 at 7:09 pm

    Unfortunately I didn’t get to do much cooking in school, but on one rare occasion we did make flapjacks which were delicious. I remember all my friends and I eating a whole tray full one lunchtime x Also will tweet off @Lkash20

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  129. Christine Ball says

    January 29, 2012 at 10:34 pm

    My favourite memory from learning cookery at school was when I first had to make scones and none of us really had any idea but we all tried our best by following the recipe supplied and to be honest they tasted quite nice especially because they were home made or should I say school made

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  130. vicky M says

    January 29, 2012 at 11:57 pm

    Putting polo’s and skittles in scones.. don’t ask!LOL

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  131. Solange says

    January 30, 2012 at 5:29 pm

    Making a birthday cake for my Mum

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  132. Emma Johnson says

    January 30, 2012 at 5:58 pm

    Making bath buns, chelsea buns, shortbread and scones. I found my old cookery book from school last year whilst clearing out from my parents house. I had great fun re-making all the recipes with my children!

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  133. Emma Johnson says

    January 30, 2012 at 6:01 pm

    Have tweeted and am following @manicmuriel

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  134. Emma Johnson says

    January 30, 2012 at 6:03 pm

    Following you on FB!

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  135. NATALIE BRADLEY says

    January 30, 2012 at 7:38 pm

    At school one of the things we had to make was beans on toast, its been one of the most valuable thing i have gained from school lol 🙂

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  136. Jay Scales (@cheekychicken24) says

    January 30, 2012 at 9:30 pm

    Because I’d always baked and cooked with my mum at home, I had a bit of a head start over most of my class, and my favourite memory is being complimented on my pastry-making technique while the rest of the class was stuck with a bowl full of sticky goo!

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  137. Jay Scales (@cheekychicken24) says

    January 30, 2012 at 9:30 pm

    I’ve tweeted the tweet @cheekychicken24

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  138. Jay Scales (@cheekychicken24) says

    January 30, 2012 at 9:31 pm

    I’m following you on Twitter @cheekychicken24

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  139. Jay Scales (@cheekychicken24) says

    January 30, 2012 at 9:32 pm

    I already like your facebook page 🙂

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  140. laura hayes says

    January 30, 2012 at 10:16 pm

    my fav memory of cooking at school was cooking welshcakes and eating them on the way home mmm yummy x

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  141. laura hayes says

    January 30, 2012 at 10:17 pm

    i have tweeted the link as @lovelylaurahaye

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  142. laura hayes says

    January 30, 2012 at 10:18 pm

    i follow you on twitter as @lovelylaurahaye

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  143. laura hayes says

    January 30, 2012 at 10:18 pm

    i have liked you on facebook as lovely laura hayes

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  144. Sarah A says

    February 1, 2012 at 1:14 pm

    My memory is being sent to school for a cookery lesson with a bag prepared by my dad for what I thought was the correct ingredients to make a spaghetti bolognese, turned out my dad bought me a jar of dolmio, “to make it easier for you” didn’t feel like a fool at all!

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  145. Kasia says

    February 2, 2012 at 1:01 pm

    I didn’t do much cooking at school. I only remember making pancakes and oil splattering everywhere.

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  146. Kasia says

    February 2, 2012 at 1:02 pm

    already follow you on Twitter @biedooness

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  147. Lorraine R says

    February 2, 2012 at 5:02 pm

    Baking bread. The smell was so good

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  148. Benji Collier says

    February 3, 2012 at 1:29 pm

    My favourite memory of Home Economics classes was baking a Victoria sponge.The entire class did’nt grease the cake tins. I always think back and laugh when making cakes today
    Liked on Facebook, but not yet Twitter proof!

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  149. Tamalyn Roberts says

    February 4, 2012 at 12:52 am

    i remember making pizza from scratch at school, the dough n everything, and i ate it all to myself as it was so scrumptious, making me sick to my stomach and it took me about 20 years to eat pizza again lol

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  150. Heather says

    February 4, 2012 at 8:13 pm

    i remember making this dish at school full of onion and on the bus on the way home everyone was moaning about the smell!

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  151. Heather says

    February 4, 2012 at 8:14 pm

    tweeted

    @kiki_725

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  152. Heather says

    February 4, 2012 at 8:15 pm

    i follow on twitter

    @kiki_725

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  153. Heather says

    February 4, 2012 at 8:17 pm

    i already like your FB page

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  154. Ashleigh says

    February 5, 2012 at 11:01 am

    My favourite memory of cooking lessons was making sausage rolls in an after school club, the puff pastry was light and fluffy on the inside and crispy on the outside and the sausage inside was divine. It was the first thing I ever made that tasted nice and started a lifelong hobby of cooking and baking.

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  155. Joanna Coleshill says

    February 6, 2012 at 6:47 pm

    I remember making pizza (with a scone dough base) and eating it all myself after the lesson, my mum was most displeased as she’d hoped to serve it to the family for dinner!

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  156. Katie Skeoch says

    February 11, 2012 at 11:03 am

    I remember cooking the best shortbread I’d ever tasted, I’ve never made it that good again! ah the memories

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  157. Katie Skeoch says

    February 11, 2012 at 11:05 am

    Tweeted @Top_cat81 https://twitter.com/#!/Top_cat81/status/168274106578501632

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  158. Katie Skeoch says

    February 11, 2012 at 11:06 am

    Following on twitter @Top_cat81

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  159. Katie Skeoch says

    February 11, 2012 at 11:06 am

    Have liked on FB as Katie Skeoch

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  160. Lorraine Bishop says

    February 27, 2012 at 3:28 pm

    I most remember the fun we had during the cookery lessons at school. We had a lovely teacher (my favourite teacher) who always seemed very approachable and normal compared to all the other teachers and it was so interesting starting with piles of ingredients and creating something so tasty to eat. I was always so proud carrying my tin home that contained my efforts. My mum always made a big fuss over everything I came home with and I felt that I had helped so much when we ate my food for tea.

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