Hey I like the tray idea. I've never thought of that. I've been known to lay down sheets of news paper or wax paper, but using a tray would work too. Usually I do the paper thing if I'm going to be baking a lot in one day. I've found that trying to clean flour off the counter is a real pain in the you know what. Flour goes everywhere!
Jeri -----Original Message----- From: Cookinginthedark [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dena Polston Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 11:01 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CnD] Cooking Frustrations On 1/11/13, Jeri Milton <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok, so I'm having kitchen frustrations. I love to cook, but sometimes > doing it without vision can be aggravating. Do any of you get > aggravated in the kitchen? I put a beef stew on to cook all day in the > slow cooker. It's a cold day here in Phoenix and a great day to smell beef stew all day long. > Anyway, I was chopping vegetables and meat and washing my hands repeatedly. > Ran out of paper towels so grabbed a dish towel from the drawer. Went > to lay down my knife and knocked the dish towel into the dirty sink > water. It was my only towel! Went to set a pan of brownies on the > table because they were in my way on my small counter top and knocked > over my daughters glass of apple juice. Had sticky apple juice all > over the place mats on the table and under paper work, that of course > shouldn't have been on the kitchen table anyway. > > > > Anyway, I'm frustrated! I'm not the type to woh is me, but.ug! > > > > Jeri > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > Jeri, Even those of us who have been blind all of our lives have frustration in the kitchen! Sometimes, we just have to remember to feel around where we're getting ready to put stuff to make sure there's nothing in the way before we set down the pan or pot. Some folks use a tray as a work surface to measure, mix, etc. That can minimize the messy component. Just have to feel around more to see what's there. Beef stew sounds delicious! I made a vegetable soup on Saturday evening. I put in chopped potatoes and carrots in the pot. Then I added a large can of diced tomatoes with garlic and onion and beef broth. Simmered that for a long, long, time waiting on the carrots to get softer. I should've partially cooked the carrots in the Microwave before adding them. Then I added corn, peas and some chopped onion. Put in salt, pepper and chili powder. Then I added the light red kidney beans and some cooked macaroni. Had to add more beef broth as I went along. It was delicious!!!!!!!! I usually have to go exactly by a recipe. But I have a friend who can create just about anything from things she has in her kitchen. So I was inspired to try this. Money isn't stretching that far. Well, hope your frustrations are few today. Take care. _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
