I'm a big fan of making marks with a triangle file. It can be filed as deep or as shallow as you need it, and it won't melt if everything gets hot.
Just file a V shaped marking every so many degrees and then you can figure the difference between marks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2010 8:35 PM Subject: Re: [CnD] Labeling an Electric Skillet Hi. No extra uttons; it's just a simple dial; my sighted husband and I are trying to figure out how to label it. :) Jane On Dec 19, 2010, at 8:19 PM, Jennifer Chambers wrote: > Jane, you may want to have someone look at the control, for it may be > the kind of control that has buttons that cycle through various > temperatures. For instance, you may press a button that takes you to > temperature 225, degrees; press it a second time, and it goes to 350, > etc. You may just need to write on a card what the temperatures are > for each push of the button, and refer to the card until you have it > memorized. I don't know if this helps or not. Recently, I bout an > electric skillet that was recommended by someone in this group, and I > discovered that labeling it wasn't practical, due to the fact that the > buttons cycled through temperatures. > > On 12/19/10, Jude DaShiell <[email protected]> wrote: >> If you can use a talking thermometer I'd set the pan dial at a certain >> spot of your choosing then wait for a while. Then get a temperature >> reading off the pan. If it's an interesting temperature put a glue dot >> in >> front of the pointer.On Sun, 19 Dec 2010, Jane wrote: >> >>> Yesterday I received an electric skillet from KMart as a Christmas >>> present. It's 12-by-12 I think, and it has a built-in temperature >>> control >>> thing in the dial. It clicks when I turn it on, but I don't have a way >>> to >>> figure out temperatures. How do you all do this? Will glue dots do it? >>> Do you use labels in Braille? Need suggestions. I want to experiment >>> with cooking more, especially once I get the table of all the temps for >>> different foods in an accessible format. >>> >>> Jane >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Cookinginthedark mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Cookinginthedark mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >> > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
