If I am putting on spice, I pinch some between thumb and index finger
and then rub the fingers together moving around the thing to be
seasoned. Over the top of it, not touching it, necessarily, just over
it. But not too high; for then it will tend to spread around.
Don't be gun shy, please. Sighted people cook all the time and have rip
roaring disasters. We have accidents, but everyone says it is the
blindness that caused it. Nonsense. We will learn new ways to do
things. I am not a cook; I like to eat, and hence, I have to make
something.
I am a premature baby, too; only I'll be 70 this year. (Smiles.)
You've come to the right place.
Jon is a marvel; and some of these gals on here do things I'd never attempt.
But if the goal is to eat, why, you'll learn things to make that happen
for you, and perhaps for others whom you are cooking for.
Best, Penny
On 6/8/2017 10:54 PM, David Mehler wrote:
Hello,
I'm 40, was born premature.
My experience at cooking, I'm very gunshy about it.
One thing I can ask right off the bat, how does everyone handle
spreading seasonings/spices? What I mean if you want to season some
meat to go in a crockpot or season a hamburger prior to grilling it.
I've been told to put some in my hand then do it, but that doesn't
work, I either get globs in one area and none in the other or it never
hits the target at all.
Thanks.
Dave.
On 6/8/17, Penny Golden <pengold2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi. I learned a trick that I think is invaluable. I never thought of
it, but read it in a book. If you're needing to pour something, maybe
dry ingredients, of course, we know it can be done over the sink. But
you can also work inside of a jelly-roll pan, which is, perhaps, a 10
inch by 15 inch pan with a little one-inch side around it. Why, when
something spills, it's in the pan, not running around my counter. I
thought that was a brilliant little trick.
I'll talk food in a moment or in a few days.
Dani already knows that what i construe to be a meal is something to
raise one's eyebrows.
(Smiles.)
Penny
On 6/8/2017 10:21 PM, Jonathan Rawlings wrote:
Hi Dave, and welcome to the list. Would you mind telling us more--
about yourself, especially as it relates to your vision loss and also
to the kitchen? I'd like to know your age if you're willing to share
that information, how long you've been without your sight, and how it
was lost. Again, if you're willing. I will turn 41 in a couple
months, and I lost most of my sight at 21 months when a rare virus
infected my nervous system and cut off the oxygen supply to the visual
cortex in the brain, killing most of the nerves. My eyes work as they
should, but the signal isn't properly received in the brain. Nothing
can be done to correct the problem. I do not need a cane most of the
time, and I don't have a dog either. I can't drive a car, recognize
people visually, or read standard print. Yet somehow, I managed to
make it through an intense culinary program 12 years ago. I am
married for 5 and a half years, with a little girl that turned three
last month, and a new arrival that's about 10 weeks now. I'm a
stay-at-home Dad while my wife runs a small business providing music
therapy for those with special needs, mostly children. So...there's
just a bit about me.
Jon
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Mehler" <dave.mehler@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <blindcooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2017 6:28 PM
Subject: [blindcooks] a new cook
Hello,
I'm a new member to this list. I'm blind. I'm a new cook, actually I
have tried to learn several times in my life to no avail. I am trying
again.
I hope to learn much from this list.
Thanks.
Dave.
Penny (Golden)
pengold2@xxxxxxxxx
