I agree, thank you Dale! and as for putting your hands into food, yes, I worked in restaurant kitchens for years and hands are always used for mixing food ... If that is still too disgusting for anyone, rubber gloves are always used in these situations but you can use them at home as well ... Just get the kind made for food preparation, I believe they can be found at culinary shops. Sometimes they have talcum powder so you obviously don't want those.
Heidi -----Original Message----- From: cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org [mailto:cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org] On Behalf Of o...@rogers.com Sent: 31 January 2012 01:56 To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Subject: Re: [CnD] Everyone Read! Purpose Of Cooking In The Dark Dale, this message is both extremely inspiring and informative. And a big _amen!_ to checking texture of food when preparing it with the use of your hands. I'll wager that even sighted cooks do use their hands for things like making meat loaf. Just mixing the ingredients with a fork or a wooden spoon won't provide the even distribution that your hands will. Of course, cleanliness is the key here. Don't come in from the barn and plunge your hands directly into the cookie dough to test for thorough blending! (a sample of Leather Bat Humour) Anyway, Dale, your gem of a message is a keeper for me. Thank you for addressing this subject so ably. CB: The Old Leather Bat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale" <cookinginthed...@att.net> To: <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org> Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 8:54 PM Subject: [CnD] Everyone Read! Purpose Of Cooking In The Dark > Howdy All, > When this list started, it was to be used as an aid and teaching tool > dealing with cooking. > This covers a huge range of topics...a lot larger than just trading > recipes back and forth. > They include everything from getting the food to cleaning up afterwards. > Tips, Ideas, Strategies, how to questions are all welcome and encouraged. > I remember what it was like when I first lost my sight... > The unknown scared the hell out of me. > Getting information on how to cook and be independent in the kitchen was > hard to come by...I had lots of questions and no where to find the > answers. > This list is intended to change all that. > Topics about grocery shopping, labeling food items, cookware, and > products, food storage and prep, how do I do something...cleaning up > afterwards...are all welcome here. > As long as it can be related to cooking the topics are welcome. > Now how to download a file on a computer or how to wash clothes, vacuum a > floor, etc are not for this list. > Jessica, the questions you want to ask, > She wrote: "I was going to ask other questions like how to load and unload > a dishwasher and how to make food look good when you are going to be > serving it to a bunch of people and how to tell wen all of the ingredients > are mixed in to the food properly and lots of other stuff as well. > These are perfectly fine here...Everyone on this list should stop and put > themselves in > the other person's shoes and just think about what that person is really > needing help...it is hard enough to get up off the couch and start living > life as a blind person. > We should applaud everyone that does this and wants to learn how to do > things in the kitchen as a blind person. > Everyone on this list has different skill levels in the kitchen and I love > it when we help each other! > Now, how about getting Jessica some answers to her questions? > How to load a dishwasher? > How to present food to a large group of people? > How to know when the ingredients are mixed in...I get my hands in it! > Feeling around in the mixed ingredients ill tell you allot. > I fell around the edges of the bowl above the mixed portion when doing > whet ingredients, feeling for dry mix that is not in the wet mix part... > Get your hands in it and feel around! > food presentable when serving? > Great information and awesome support...and fabulous recipes. > Not to mention the wonderful cast of characters we have on this list... > it all equals Cooking In The Dark! > Let's not lose sight of what this list is here to do...no pun intended! > Now, If anyone has a question or a problem about what someone else is > posting, contact me or steve off list. > Forward us the message and your concerns about why you don't think it > should be posted to our list. > My address: > cookinginthed...@att.net > Steve's Address: > stev...@suddenlink.net > (And ya'll might want to congratulate Steve on his upcoming wedding in > April, off list please, and also thank him for the work he does for all of > us on this list.) > We will handle the matter discreetly and privately. > Keep on Cooking, > Dale Campbell > List Owner > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
