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How confident you are when the time comes to rustle up something to feed your hungry brood depends entirely on how much time you have spent cracking eggs, peeling potatoes and playing with the electric whisk. No, not in that way…

I remember sharing a flat in college where we took it in turns to cook a big communal meal at the weekends. Apart from separating those who could cook while drunk from those who couldn’t, what really showed up was who had had some previous cooking experience at home and who hadn’t. Those who had were able to rustle up something edible and tasty out of the typical student ingredients on offer with no trouble at all. Those who hadn’t were terrified of the chopping, peeling, stirring and frying and ended up serving something that even slightly-the-worse-for-wear students couldn’t swallow.

If you didn’t have much practice as a child, don’t worry—there is plenty of time to catch up, and the more you get your hands dirty and stop being afraid to try new combinations and techniques, the easier it will be for you, and the more you will pass on to your kids.