The nanny-staters in Britain have struck again:
Teenagers will be given compulsory cooking lessons at school, under government plans to ensure that all pupils know how to make eight different healthy meals.
From this September, every 11 to 14-year-old in the 85 per cent of schools offering food technology classes will be taught practical cookery.
The emphasis will be on making sure that pupils can master simple, healthy recipes using fresh ingredients, the Department for Children, Schools and Families said.
I guess it’s a stupid question to ask what concern it is of the government’s whether kids can cook meals for themselves. It shouldn’t be, of course, but once you socialize healthcare, Hillary-style, it becomes the government’s business how healthy you are. And not just in some 1950’s newsreel sort of way, but with the full police power of the state behind the call for a healthy regimen. Sort of like this:
