I'm afraid I've been doing that since I was a kid, though I admit
it's getting worse. A friend of mine said that if you retrace your steps
and go back to where you started, you'll remember what you meant to do.
I find that does help, and it's one way to get a little exercise. LOL!
I also get exercise walking around the house, trying to figure out
where I left my glass of tea. :)
On 1/31/2015 2:05 AM, Sandy wrote:
Another thing that happens is going into the kitchen, or any other room, and
knowing what you want there, but once you get there, you do not have a clue
why you came to this particular room. isn't being a senior fun?! you young
ones have a lot to anticipate, grins! hehehhahahahahahah!!
Fear is just excitement in need of an attitude adjustment!
-----Original Message-----
From: Cookinginthedark [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Paula and James Muysenberg via Cookinginthedark
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 1:54 PM
To: [email protected]; John Diakogeorgiou
Subject: Re: [CnD] Frustrations in the kitchen sometimes
I've always been bad about forgetting where I put stuff, whether for
cooking or anything else. Someone once suggested that I make mental notes to
myself, e.g.: "I'm setting the lid to this bottle just to the right of this
saucer, near the top edge."
I don't always remember to do that, but when I do, it helps. Also, as
Nicole mentioned, preparing before you start can really lower your stress. I
like to gather all my ingredients in one place. As I use them, I move them
to another predetermined spot. I'm a real slowpoke in the kitchen, but
getting things ready beforehand makes meal prep go more smoothly.
Another time-saver I sometimes use is to fill one sink with soapy water
before I start on a recipe. For utensils that can't go in the dishwasher, or
that are not very dirty, I just rinse them a little and drop them into my
water to soap. I can then wash them up quickly, when I have a minute, and
clean up the counters with my soapy rag.
Paula
On 1/30/2015 1:11 PM, John Diakogeorgiou via Cookinginthedark wrote:
This happens to my wife and she can see.
On 1/30/15, John Kolwick via Cookinginthedark
<[email protected]> wrote:
Yes, you also might try getting one of those trays you see in fast
food restaurants to carry your food on. Place your cooking things on
it or your
entire meal prep.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeri Milton via Cookinginthedark
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 1:48 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [CnD] Frustrations in the kitchen sometimes
Hi all.
So sometimes when Im cooking, I forget where I set things down like
the garlic or a bottle of sauce. The other day I was frying some corn
taco shells and kept losing the tongs. Sometimes...or most of the
time the kids will need me for something and I get distracted. Does
this happen to any of
you?
Jeri
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