You don't need us to tell you there's a general election coming.

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Every day on newscast we dissect the big talking points,

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we'll untangle the stories that matter to you. Join me, Laura Kunsberg. the Listen on BBC Science. The government for some reason will invest in crap pot schemes, but will not invest in the young people of today making them understand what good foods all about. We have no domestic

science in schools anymore. People are not taught to look at themselves and to cook.

Strong words from Chef Brian Turner at last year's BBC Food and Farming Awards.

But are they true?

When you're putting ingredients into the pan, think about it.

Think about the width of the pan in relation to how you're doing it.

So that it doesn't go all over the sides.

Fizzling, just move it around with your spoon A spoon.

I know there's always this great to do with tomatoes

because tomatoes are fruit.

But really we don't eat tomatoes like we eat a banana or an apple. A food technology class at a Milton Keynes secondary school just a few days ago.

We've been teaching cooking in schools in some form or other, mainly to girls, for nearly two centuries.

But the decision January 20th by the Coalition Government to review the entire curriculum might bring all that history to an end as it mothball's plans

by the last government to ensure all children between 11 and 14 learn to cook.

Louise Davis of the Design and Technology Association spelled out what

that decision means.

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