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Huh. I used to be 12 years old kid who was cooking his lunch and dinner while a 3 years old brother and 5 years old sister were in the room, with zero problems.

Huh. I used to be 12 years old kid who was cooking his lunch and dinner while a 3 years old brother and 5 years old sister were in the room, with zero problems. Do you have a really tiny kitchen or what's the problem?

themoat 7y ago
There are a lot of people talking in this thread about the dangers of cooking in a kitchen that make it sound like a cheesy infomercial... "Scalding your loved ones? Tired of shutting the oven door on your cat? Isn't there a better way? Closed floor plans!" I've got kids. My number one complaint about my house is that I am shut off from everyone when I try to cook.
derefr 7y ago
I’m imagining something to do with frying bacon, tossing things in a wok, or transferring a cast-iron pan to the broiler. Or maybe even torching creme brûlée! Not every cooking task is a nice, safe, contained-in-an-appliance chore. Sometimes you’re playing with open flames, hot oil, red-hot metal, and other delights that you wouldn’t generally imagine in the proximity of an infant. Of course, only some cuisines have cooking tasks that look like that; this whole thread is people from different cultural culinary traditions talking past one-another because they have totally different ideas of what goes on in the kitchen.
- TomMarius 7y ago
  Yes but the GP has wrote that they even prefer different floor plans because of this very issue, pointing at its generality Or do you think their regular everyday kitchen tasks are that different? I was also using frying pans to make steaks, fries, schnitzels, ... baking oven for strudels or chicken...
the_af 7y ago
I wouldn't trust 12-year old me with a knife or a frying pan. And 40+ year old me has cut and burnt himself enough times. And I know of enough terrifying accidents to be wary. Also, yes, those of us living in apartments often have small kitchens.
- TomMarius 7y ago
  I also lived in a small-ish apartment (65 sqm for a family)
  - the_af 7y ago
    You were more skillful than me then, or less prone to accidents, or knew of fewer kitchen related accidents (I know a woman who had her face scarred for life when her mother accidentally splashed her with scalding water). I know I wouldn't let 12 year old me handle a sharp knife or a frying pan.

themoat 7y ago

There are a lot of people talking in this thread about the dangers of cooking in a kitchen that make it sound like a cheesy infomercial... "Scalding your loved ones? Tired of shutting the oven door on your cat? Isn't there a better way? Closed floor plans!" I've got kids. My number one complaint about my house is that I am shut off from everyone when I try to cook.

derefr 7y ago

I’m imagining something to do with frying bacon, tossing things in a wok, or transferring a cast-iron pan to the broiler. Or maybe even torching creme brûlée! Not every cooking task is a nice, safe, contained-in-an-appliance chore. Sometimes you’re playing with open flames, hot oil, red-hot metal, and other delights that you wouldn’t generally imagine in the proximity of an infant. Of course, only some cuisines have cooking tasks that look like that; this whole thread is people from different cultural culinary traditions talking past one-another because they have totally different ideas of what goes on in the kitchen.

TomMarius 7y ago
Yes but the GP has wrote that they even prefer different floor plans because of this very issue, pointing at its generality Or do you think their regular everyday kitchen tasks are that different? I was also using frying pans to make steaks, fries, schnitzels, ... baking oven for strudels or chicken...

the_af 7y ago

I wouldn't trust 12-year old me with a knife or a frying pan. And 40+ year old me has cut and burnt himself enough times. And I know of enough terrifying accidents to be wary. Also, yes, those of us living in apartments often have small kitchens.

TomMarius 7y ago
I also lived in a small-ish apartment (65 sqm for a family)
- the_af 7y ago
  You were more skillful than me then, or less prone to accidents, or knew of fewer kitchen related accidents (I know a woman who had her face scarred for life when her mother accidentally splashed her with scalding water). I know I wouldn't let 12 year old me handle a sharp knife or a frying pan.