We do take for granted the conveniences we have, even in low-income housing. Thank you for sharing your experiences.
With Warm Regards: Regina Brink President, ACB Capital Chapter of California Council of the Blind Find me at: https://facebook.com/reginamarie Follow me on: https//:www.twitter.com/mamaraquel -----Original Message----- From: Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org> On Behalf Of meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2020 5:58 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: meward1...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [CnD] Matches and irrational fears OMG! My washboard was actually stone, a shallow stone basin with places for the water to come out and a drain in the middle. There was a bigger basin to the side where you could soak the clothes. We had those gas things, too. I lived with another woman for a while in a set of rooms, not connected, on the top floor of a building. It was not really safe. I should have told her no. Anyway, one night, somebody came up all those stairs and stole my gas tank. I tried to make coffee in the morning and could not light the stove. No gas. Literally no gas. I cried, cursed, and moaned multilingually. I had electricity most of the time, though it sometimes went off. Same with the water. Sometimes during the summer, there was not enough water pressure to get the water up to our apartment, this was another roommate. So we had to carry jugs and buckets up those uneven stairs. I couldn't do it now. I am such a chicken now. I was lucky living in the mountains. It was cold enough that I could safely keep cooked food for a couple of days. But if it had meat, it had to be boiled every twelve hours or else thrown away. I never ever cooked chicken at home. I didn't trust it. That is what restaurants were for. Yes, we had restaurants. Those were definitely the days. -----Original Message----- From: Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org> On Behalf Of Linda S. via Cookinginthedark Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2020 7:30 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Linda S. <lindahoney...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [CnD] Matches and irrational fears Wow, this brings back a memory. When I lived in Mexico, I learned to wash my clothes with a wash board. The gas stove was also different because you had to buy the gas in tanks and connect them to the stove. I ex in-laws would do that thank God. There were people who would go through the colonia and yell out what they had, for example, gas, water, yams, the postman with the mail etc. We went to the store every day to buy meat and veges as there wasn't a refrigerator in the house. If there wasn't money to pay for electricity, well it just plain got turned off, no compromising until it was paid. Those were the days, but I wouldn't trade them for anything, or the lessons I learned. On 8/5/2020 4:23 PM, meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark wrote: > Regarding getting the match to the gas flame, my burner was a very > cheap little thing. It is possible that the reason I didn't have much > trouble with that part is that it was not what I was afraid of. But I > know these gas things come in lots of configurations. Actually, it > had a disturbing history. I bought it from another Peace Corps > Volunteer who had been killed in a bus accident. His brother came to > take care of his things and visit with us. > > I had an electric range top before the gas one, but it had died. That > electric burner was actually quite a bit more dangerous than the gas > one was. As I found out when it died on me. Nearly caught the table > on fire. > I was actually too scared to react. So I had to buy a gas one no > matter what. > > When I moved back here to Texas, it was as though I had never been > through any of that. > > There are still so many parts of the world where most people don't > have access to the conveniences we take for granted here. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org> On > Behalf Of Immigrant via Cookinginthedark > Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2020 3:07 PM > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > Cc: Immigrant <immigrant...@verizon.net> > Subject: Re: [CnD] Matches and irrational fears > > As far as matches - for me it was not a fear of matches themselves, it > was simple inability to work with them. I would start a gas burner, > strike a match away from the stove so I wouldn't cause a gas > explosion, and when I tried to bring the match to the burner to light > the flame, the match would burn in my fingers faster than I was able > to bring it to the burner, and I would instinctively drop it onto the > stove surface between burners. That was before I came to America. I am glad my stove now has electric ignition. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org> On > Behalf Of > meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark > Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2020 10:12 AM > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > Cc: meward1...@gmail.com > Subject: [CnD] Matches and irrational fears > > I used to have to light my burners with a match back when I lived in > Ecuador. I had to work with a friend to light them because I was so > afraid of them. She spent several hours with me getting me over my > fear. I'll never forget it. > > I had to light the match and then light the stove with the lit match, > which all my sighted friends said was more scary than lighting the > match itself. > I had to do this or go hungry. It was that simple. > > But guess what? Now that I am back in Texas, I am just as much afraid > of lighting matches as I was before. I am also afraid of my Instant > Pot. Even though I used a regular pressure cooker in Ecuador almost > every day. In fact, I may have used the regular pressure cooker two > or three times on some days. But now, I am terrified of even my very > safe Instant Pot. I guess I am going to have to make myself use it a > few times to get over this. And I will have to keep using it. > -----Original Message----- > From: Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org> On > Behalf Of Ron Kolesar via Cookinginthedark > Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2020 10:08 PM > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > Cc: Ron Kolesar <kolesar16...@roadrunner.com> > Subject: Re: [CnD] Preferred cooking methods > > I don't use the oven top as well. > With the island that came with the house. > The gas admitter burned out. > So, to use the oven these days you need to strike the stove with a match. > So, that's out for me and the toaster oven and microwave is over used. > SMILES. > Ron > > -----Original Message----- > From: Immigrant via Cookinginthedark > Sent: Monday, August 3, 2020 17:02 > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > Cc: Immigrant > Subject: [CnD] Preferred cooking methods > > I use the oven and the microwave for my cooking, trying to avoid > stovetop cooking as I don't trust myself boiling and especially > frying. And I cannot think of any foods that I would prefer boiled anyway. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org> On > Behalf Of Karen Delzer via Cookinginthedark > Sent: Monday, August 3, 2020 3:48 PM > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > Cc: Karen Delzer <catwa...@verizon.net> > Subject: Re: [CnD] Cooking Brown Rice in a rice cooker > > We use Success rice sometimes, and it's great! You just boil the bag > for about ten minutes, and then you're done. They've got different > ones, too. > > Karen > > At 12:44 PM 8/3/2020, you wrote: >> As I said, my rice is minute rice, so it is partially cooked. It >> comes in 4-ounce cups, and it is meant for microwaving. I don't buy >> regular rice because I don't feel the need for a bag of 5 or more >> pounds of rice for just me, and all that stovetop cooking for just >> one person when I can cook a couple of those cups for a minute and a >> half and they are ready. To rinse or not to rinse is not a question >> as this rice is prepackaged and I cook it in its cup. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org> On >> Behalf Of Deborah Armstrong via Cookinginthedark >> Sent: Monday, August 3, 2020 11:30 AM >> To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >> Cc: Deborah Armstrong <armstrongdebo...@fhda.edu> >> Subject: Re: [CnD] Cooking Brown Rice in a rice cooker >> >> Well I prepare rice completely differently but I mostly eat brown. >> >> I have read that it is important to rinse rice, but packages in the >> U.S. and cookbooks published in America advise against it. >> >> Turns out after further reading, I found out why; rinsing originally >> removed field debris. Now that rice is prepared in factories, rinsing >> removes excess starch which can make it sticky. The reason they >> advise against rinsing is given is that here in America, rice is >> fortified with spray-on vitamins and minerals which rinsing removes. >> >> If you eat plenty of vegies you don't need the spray-on nutrients, so >> go ahead and rinse it to remove the starch. >> >> I put my rice in my cooker with 1 cup of rice to 3 cups of water for >> brown and 2 cups of water for white. I sprinkle in a little salt; >> that's all. I then let it sit an hour or two. I've read this makes >> the rice better absorb the liquid and this works especially well for >> brown; > makes it less chewy. >> I let the cooker do its thing; there's a sensor that knows when the >> water is almost gone. Once it is back to just warming, I turn it off >> and let it set ten minutes. Then I stir and cover again so it won't >> dry out and put it in the fridge when it's cool enough. >> >> I generally flavor it when I add other things -- for example I might >> microwave it with garlic or curry and vegies. Or I might mix it with >> cumin and add it to enchiladas. Or I might make a salad with cold >> rice, mayo, vegies, spices, pickles -- yum. >> >> I have tried flavoring it in the cooker, but especially with brown >> rice, the hull is so thick that most of the flavoring is lost. >> >> --Debee >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > In the good old days of Morse code Shorthand, 73's AKA Best Regards > and or Best Whishes,From Ron Kolesar Volunteer Certified Licensed > Emergency Communications Station And Volunteer Certified Licensed Ham > Radio Station With the Call Sign of KR3DOG > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
