Fortunately I and the fellow bloggers in this community know how to cook (although Robert is maybe overly reliant on the use of his pie-maker).
We've got a reasonably stocked pantry, fridge and freezer so making a different and interesting meal each night is easy. We're fortunate though in not having a household full of children which, no doubt is a problem for families who have been, prior to lockdown, used to indulging their kids in takeaways like KFC, McDonalds and Pizza Hut. Often in these cases good home-cooked food isn't liked or wanted by the kids.
On Neighbourly recently I saw an interesting idea from a couple who have three kids. To bribe the kids to behave they promised them one of their favourite takeaway meals.
Fortunately these parents own and run a design business so they downloaded images and logos off the McDonald's website and created cartons, place mats and other items to hold the home-made burgers and chips that they cooked while they sent the kids out of the house. The result was 'Big Mac' type burgers and shoe-string chips that the kids absolutely loved. This was clever and fun.
Thinking of this I went over the types of food we cook at home and, among the more 'serious' meals we make are some nice simple, wholesome and completely home-made versions of fish and chips, tacos, pizzas, pies and other 'meals' that can be bought at fast food outlets. Fried chicken isn't included in our menus as we can't stand that KFC rubbish but I'm sure that others could do so.
Again on Neighbourly I read that some guy had experimented and perfected the 'Colonel's secret coating' for Kentucky Fried chicken and was making it at home.
