Thank you again. I have done what has been suggested, and I find it does work. God bless
Leigh > On May 30, 2020, at 8:42 PM, david pearson via Cookinginthedark > <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org> wrote: > > Put your finger in the cup where you want the liquid to stop. You will know > when you hit that spot. > > At 07:00 PM 5/30/2020, you wrote: >> Ah thank you.. Yes, I am leraning a lot. Leigh On 5/30/2020 2:40 PM, Pamela >> Fairchild via Cookinginthedark wrote: > I don't know how to help you learn >> to pour hot liquids. I hope you can work with a teacher to help you learn >> some of these things after the quarantine is lifted. It sounds like people >> around you are trying to teach you what they can. When you have questions >> about how to do something, you can ask, and people will tell you what they >> do, if they can describe it in words. I am not a coffee drinker so don't >> pour hot liquids into cups. > > Pamela Fairchild > >> <pamelafairch...@comcast.net> > > -----Original Message----- > From: >> Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of Leigh via Cookinginthedark > Sent: Saturday, >> May 30, 2020 2:03 PM > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > Cc: Leigh >> <dreamsparkl...@aol.com> > Subject: Re: [CnD] microwave eggs > > yes I am in >> assisted living because I need ot be for th etime being right now they are >> on quarantine cuz of the virus, and most of al I have never lived in an >> apartment on my own > > mainly I know basic cooking but I am neverous when >> it comes to poruing hot water etc. But I am leraning that here. I have a >> thermous that I use to pour coffee in. > > and as a matter of fact, I know >> this is not anactual cooking topic, but i want to be able to hold the cup >> with one hand up to the thurmus and pour it into the thurmus cup.. Is there >> a way to do that for a blind person? I am 40, and I was not born blind but >> was blind dew to too much oxygen. god bless but > > > Leigh > > On 5/30/2020 >> 1:19 PM, Pamela Fairchild via Cookinginthedark wrote: >> Leigh, We can >> probably help you learn more about cooking if we knew what you had to cook >> with and if you have storage space in a refrigerator or a kitchen to work >> with. It would also be helpful to know if you are new to blindness, and your >> age range, and what sorts of things you want to cook for yourself. Most of >> us here either like to collect recipes or do cooking in our own homes. We >> collect recipes that interest us whether we can cook them now or at a later >> date. If you are a beginner cook with truly no experience, you need a >> teacher to come teach you basic safety techniques and get you started. >> >> >> Pamela Fairchild >> <pamelafairch...@comcast.net> >> >> -----Original >> Message----- >> From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of Leigh via >> Cookinginthedark >> Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2020 12:36 PM >> To: >> cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >> Cc: Leigh <dreamsparkl...@aol.com> >> >> Subject: Re: [CnD] microwave eggs >> >> Hi there Pamela. >> >> I am >> interested in cooking. however, I am in a place where they cook meals. Can >> someoneemail me off list, I would like to talk about the methods of cooking >> for a blind person. >> >> send me email >> >> dreamsparkl...@aol.com >> >> >> kindest regards, >> >> >> Leigh >> >> On 5/30/2020 9:45 AM, Pamela Fairchild >> via Cookinginthedark wrote: >>> As those of you know who purchase new >> microwave ovens, no model works >>> exactly like any other. You have to >> tweak your loved recipes to fit >>> each new oven. >>> >>> I tried something >> new and it worked perfectly. >>> >>> I have a set of four silicone cups >> designed to make mug cakes, which >>> are ok, but … >>> >>> These silicone >> mugs have just become my new best friends. I dug them >>> out of the >> cupboard to make perpetual muffins for breakfast. As my >>> one muffin was >> cooking, lightning struck in the form of an idea. Why >>> not poach an egg >> in this other cup? >>> >>> I cracked my egg into the cup, no oiling of cup >> was necessary. >>> >>> I pricked the yolk with a fork, not so much that it >> deformed and >>> scrambled, but enough to release the pressure inside while >> cooking. >>> >>> I put a soup spoon full of water on top, and waited for the >> muffin to >>> stop cooking. >>> >>> I removed the muffin cup from the >> microwave, replaced it with the egg >>> cup, covered it with a folded paper >> towel, set it to defrost and >>> pressed 1, this is the shortest defrost >> setting on the Panasonic, then pressed start. >>> >>> When it finished, the >> egg was cooked perfectly. I dumped it with what >>> was left of its water, >> into a bowl with a small pat of butter on the >>> bottom, added an >> appropriate amount of salt and pepper, and enjoyed >>> the egg with my >> muffin, which being sort of large, I cooked for 2 >>> presses of the 30 >> second cook time setting. I just pressed that >>> button twice then pressed >> the start button. By the time the egg was >>> cooked the muffin was cool >> enough to cut and add butter to, although I didn’t add the butter this >> time but ate it plain. >>> Perpetual muffins are good enough to eat without >> anything else. I >>> adapt my recipe from an old book, “The Art of >> Microwave Cooking†by Thelma Pressman. >>> The cooking times need adapting >> because they are for 800 watt >>> microwave ovens. But in this recipe I >> adapt almost everything, >>> depending on what I have in the house. The good >> part is that the >>> recipe is very forgiving, and lasts as long as you need >> it to in the >>> refrigerator so you can cook a few each day instead of all >> at once, and they work well cooked in the microwave. >>> They are bran >> muffins, using only ready-to-eat bran cereals off the >>> shelf, such as >> bran-flakes or All-bran. The downside is that if you >>> overindulge they >> act as a laxative. >>> >>> Perpetual Muffins >>> >>> The dough lasts up to 6 >> weeks in the refrigerator. >>> >>> >>> >>> 2 cups Kellogg’s all-bran >> cereal >>> >>> 1 cup Post 100 percent bran, I have not been able to find >> this for years. >>> Substitute any other bran cereal you have, or other >> choices such as >>> shredded wheat, if you don’t need more action, or >> cinnamon life if >>> you do. Raisin bran is a good choice if you want to >> stick with a bran >>> choice. Honestly, almost anything you like will do. >> >>> >>> 1 cup boiling water >>> >>> 2 eggs, beaten >>> >>> 2 cups >> buttermilk, I substitute other things for this sometimes >>> depending on >> what needs to be used. Choices I have used equally well, >>> powdered >> buttermilk with the appropriate amount of water, regular >>> milk, almond >> milk, sour milk, sour cream, yogurt plain, vanilla or >>> fruit flavored, >> and powdered milk. I would not hesitate to substitute >>> lemonade or orange >> juice either. In any case, if I want a bit more >>> flavor or pungency, I >> add lemon or lime juice to the plain milk product. >>> >>> ½ cup salad oil, >> I have substituted olive oil, but most often just >>> melt a stick of butter >> and toss that in. >>> >>> 1 cup chopped nuts, raisins or chopped dried >> fruit. I often add a cup >>> of chopped nuts, usually walnuts but sometimes >> pecans, and sometimes >>> mixed nuts. I often extend this to a cup and a >> half and add sunflower >>> seeds and chopped peanuts to the mix, or whatever >> I feel like. I have >>> added chocolate chips and skipped the nuts and seeds >> altogether. I >>> almost always add the fruit in addition to the nuts. This >> time it was >>> two snack packs of craisins and 2 little boxes of raisins. >> >>> >>> 1 cup sugar >>> >>> ½ cup brown sugar >>> >>> 1 tablespoon baking >> soda >>> >>> 1 teaspoon baking powder >>> >>> 1 teaspoon salt >>> >>> 2 and >> ½ cups flour, I usually use whole wheat. >>> >>> >>> >>> Instructions: >> >>> >>> In large bowl, combine cereals with boiling water and let stand 5 >> minutes. >>> Since I also sometimes add as much as 2 extra cups of cereal, I >> >>> generally add extra water to compensate. You want the cereal to >>> >> resemble pudding by the time you mix it all up and stir it around. >>> The >> longer it sits the more of the water absorbs into it. I don’t >>> hesitate >> to dump in 2 cups of boiling water. >>> >>> Stir in eggs, buttermilk, oil >> and fruit. If using melted butter I >>> stir this in while the water is >> still hot and stir it well so it >>> combines with all the cereal evenly. >> >>> >>> Combine all other ingredients into another bowl, mix well and spoon >> >>> into bran batter a little at a time until it is all combined and >>> >> mixed. Pour into storage container and refrigerate until needed. >>> >>> To >> cook, put enough into cupcake papers to fill half way. Place in >>> cupcake >> ring and microwave and cook about 3 minutes for 6 small >>> muffins. With >> the new ovens I would check after each minute until I >>> knew my oven, >> checking after every 30 seconds after the first 2 >>> minutes. I have not >> tried this but am guessing 2 minutes might be >>> enough cooking in my new >> microwave. I cook my mug cake version 1 >>> minute and sometimes add 30 more >> seconds if necessary. I have not >>> tried the small muffins. Let stand 3 >> minutes or more before >>> unwrapping and eating. Enjoy, but most of all, >> play with this one and have fun with it. 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