Like I said in one of the messages the drop test itself doesn't concern me. Getting the amount of the mix to do the test with does concern me. I have uncontrolled shaking in my hands and arms, even when I could see that has caused me to touch hot surfaces by accident. Being around such surfaces when I am not 100% certain of their location makes me pretty nervous. On 1/4/10, Debby Franson <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi again Soronel! > > I forgot to mention in my last message that I'm proofreading "CookWise: The > Hows & Whys of Successful Cooking with over 230 Great-Tasting Recipes" by > Shirley O. Corriher. I'm in the section on candy making and she talks > about different kinds of candy making in the chapter I'm in and so many > other things about all kinds of cooking from bread, dessert and everymajor > category in between. It's like going to cooking school when reading her > book. > > Debby > > At 11:36 AM 1/1/2010, Soronel Haetir wrote >>Water is easy but there are other fluids in cooking that can be even >>worse, candy mixes as just one example. Not only do they reach higher >>temperatures they stick to the skin. >> >>I haven't figured out how to do it safely since going blind. :( Was >>barely safe for me even when I could see. >> >>On 1/1/10, Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > Hi all, >> > >> > Jamey, >> > >> > Your question is a good one. Depends on what you're boiling. If it's >> > a teakettle, then the thing should whistle. If it's a pot, like a >> > pasta pot, you wait till you hear the change in the bubbling, and then >> > you put your hand above the pot about six inches so you can feel the >> > steam and not get burned. Does that help? >> > >> > Happy New Year, >> > Ann P. >> > >> > -- >> > Ann K. Parsons >> > Portal Tutoring >> > EMAIL: akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx >> > web site: http://www.portaltutoring.info >> > blog: >> > http://www.samobile.net/users/akp/blog >> > Skype: Putertutor >> > >> > "All that is gold does not glitter, >> > Not all those who wander are lost." >> > >> > Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit >> > www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere. >> > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >> > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list >> > of >> > available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. >> > >> > >> >> >>-- >>Soronel Haetir >>soronel.haetir@xxxxxxxxx >> To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >>bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list >>of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. >> >>No virus found in this incoming message. >>Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>Version: 9.0.725 / Virus Database: 270.14.124/2598 - Release Date: >>01/03/10 03:41:00 > > > -- > mailto:<the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxx> > -- > Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don't have. Just dreaming > about nice things is meaningless; it is like chasing the > wind.--Ecclesiastes 6:9 NLT > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of > available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > -- Soronel Haetir soronel.haetir@xxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.