In home ec in 7th grade the first thing we made was butterscotch pudding w/ toffee bits sprinkled on top. I thought I had died & gone to heaven!
The next week we made Waldorf salad. Gag!
I was in Monroe CT. Literally, the school that the kids from Sandy Hook were relocated to after the tragic shooting. That was my school.
We learned how to prepare Deer from start to finish with one of the student’s kills. We went from a whole deer to cooked meat in 3 sessions.
We learned how to clean. How to really, really clean. We learned how to sew. We learned to maintain everything for years to come. Our stoves were from the 60s and they looked new.
We learned ironing - I’m still the only person I know (male or female, really) who even knows how to iron (My own mother being the only other person). We learned so much in that class, it was ridiculous. I remember every class like it was yesterday.
I can’t remember much of anything else about school in general.. but Home-ec is what made me the man I am today.
We even learned how to sharpen knives !