[CnD] Changing subject lines
Hello list members, Please try to remember to change the subject line. I've seen several emails, with the subject line, Reminder of list guidelines: all members please read, when the content of the email was about something else totally different than what the subject line was. Change subject lines to reflect the body of the message Thanks for your cooperation. ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
Re: [CnD] Reminder of list guidelines: all members please read!
I agree about changing the subject line. I delete messages depending on the subject line as I don't always have time to go through all posts. People are still not changing the subject line, so they must not read all messages either. I do read all guide line messages though. -Original Message- From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of Evelyn via Cookinginthedark Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 2:15 AM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Evelyn Subject: Re: [CnD] Reminder of list guidelines: all members please read! Have you ever tried the frozen or refrigerated pancakes? It has been a long time since I have gotten them, but from what I remember they were darn good. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Linda S. via Cookinginthedark Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2020 10:47 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Linda S. Subject: Re: [CnD] Reminder of list guidelines: all members please read! Pancakes are my favorite breakfast. I can stir up the batter, but my problem is timing them, and turning them. Any suggestions? Now I just substitute frozen waffles, life is always a compromise. right? On 7/12/2020 9:25 AM, Pamela Fairchild via Cookinginthedark wrote: > I used to have lots of trouble with pancakes. I either didn't cook > them with enough oil so that they stuck to the pan and didn't turn > correctly, or I tried to turn them too early and made an equally > terrible mess of them. Now I wait until all the bubbles go away on > top, and they are almost dry but not quite. Then the spatula slides > under nicely and they turn correctly. If I haven't made them for a > while though it may take two or three to get back into the groove. The > other thing is that I need to keep the heat lower than my sighted > friends or I tend to make burnt offerings. If there is a sighted > person around, if they are willing I let them cook the pancakes. I am > not above buying frozen pancakes and heating them in the microwave. By > the time I make a batch from raw dough, I have too many for one and > have to freeze some of them anyway, refrigerate them, or feed them to > the birds in my back yard. When growing up it was feed them to the > chickens, and other farm animals. Back then it was sour dough > pancakes, which I love but have not kept an ongoing starter for years > for lack of use. There are not enough people in my household to do that anymore, but one of these days I will begin a new starter. The temptation is growing just like the yeast does. > > Pamela Fairchild > > > -Original Message- > From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark > Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2020 11:39 AM > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > Cc: meward1...@gmail.com > Subject: Re: [CnD] Reminder of list guidelines: all members please read! > > This has not come up as a problem here, but respect for everyone is so > important. I'm a pretty experienced cook for example, but there are > things I just don't do well. I don't even try to accurately measure > small amounts of liquid, like vanilla, anymore. I just pour over my > finger and hope it isn't too much. I have never successfully made > pancakes, one of the first things that rehab teachers teach. But I > bake yeast breads, grow sprouts and microgreens, and always get called > on to make the Thanksgiving dressing. So there are some things I do > pretty well and some, well, not so much. Are we all that way? Maybe we are just here to support and help each other out. > > -Original Message- > From: Cookinginthedark On > Behalf Of Helen Whitehead via Cookinginthedark > Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2020 5:45 AM > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > Cc: Helen Whitehead > Subject: [CnD] Reminder of list guidelines: all members please read! > > Cooking in the Dark List Guidelines: > 1. Keep messages on the topic of cooking. > This is not a social list...it is a cooking list. > 2. Change subject lines to reflect the body of the message. > 3. Avoid sending short, meaningless messages. Examples follow: > "Thanks for the recipe" > "This sounds good" > "Me too" > Messages like this clutter up the list and greatly increase the time > it takes to read through posted messages. > If you want to thank someone for a recipe please do so off list. > 4.Please do not post more than 8 recipes in a day. > You take the time to post them, so make sure that they get read. > Bombarding the list with 10 to 20 recipes will ensure that many are > deleted instead of read. > Imagine if every list member posted over 20 recipes each day...that > would result in over 7,000 messages in a day! > 5. Questions, comments, complaints, and requests for assistance > should be directed to the list owner or the list moderators for proper handling. > 6. Off Topic notices or solicitations must be sent to the list owner > for approval and posting to the list. Failure to do this may result > in suspension > > or removal from the Cooking in the Dark list. > 7.
[CnD] Help with Measuring small amounts of liquid
Does anybody besides me have trouble getting small amounts of liquid into a teaspoon or similar measuring spoon? Does anybody have any suggestions? I've been getting by with just guessing, but does anybody have a better idea? I've tried the thing where you pour over a larger container. So far, I have wasted a lot of expensive liquids this way, but haven't gotten much more accurate. Would appreciate any help. There's just got to be some magic device out there, hasn't there? ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
Re: [CnD] Help with Measuring small amounts of liquid
You could pour some of the liquid in a container & dip out with your measuring spoon the amount you will need. Then place a funnel in the container you poured from & pour any remaining liquid back into its original container. From: Cookinginthedark on behalf of meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 12:05:24 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: meward1...@gmail.com Subject: [CnD] Help with Measuring small amounts of liquid Does anybody besides me have trouble getting small amounts of liquid into a teaspoon or similar measuring spoon? Does anybody have any suggestions? I've been getting by with just guessing, but does anybody have a better idea? I've tried the thing where you pour over a larger container. So far, I have wasted a lot of expensive liquids this way, but haven't gotten much more accurate. Would appreciate any help. There's just got to be some magic device out there, hasn't there? ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
Re: [CnD] Help with Measuring small amounts of liquid
There are two possible ways: one. Use a eyedropper. To pour some of what you need to measure into a jar like a baby jar or some other jar. Then stick your measuring spoon into the jar to fill it. Hope that helps. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 13, 2020, at 1:05 PM, meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark > wrote: > > Does anybody besides me have trouble getting small amounts of liquid into a > teaspoon or similar measuring spoon? Does anybody have any suggestions? > I've been getting by with just guessing, but does anybody have a better > idea? I've tried the thing where you pour over a larger container. So far, > I have wasted a lot of expensive liquids this way, but haven't gotten much > more accurate. Would appreciate any help. There's just got to be some > magic device out there, hasn't there? > > > > > > ___ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
Re: [CnD] Help with Measuring small amounts of liquid
Syringes work good for this. They come in different sizes. Michael -Original Message- From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of Roberta Cook via Cookinginthedark Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 12:15 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Roberta Cook Subject: Re: [CnD] Help with Measuring small amounts of liquid There are two possible ways: one. Use a eyedropper. To pour some of what you need to measure into a jar like a baby jar or some other jar. Then stick your measuring spoon into the jar to fill it. Hope that helps. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 13, 2020, at 1:05 PM, meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark > wrote: > > Does anybody besides me have trouble getting small amounts of liquid > into a teaspoon or similar measuring spoon? Does anybody have any > suggestions? > I've been getting by with just guessing, but does anybody have a > better idea? I've tried the thing where you pour over a larger > container. So far, I have wasted a lot of expensive liquids this way, > but haven't gotten much more accurate. Would appreciate any help. > There's just got to be some magic device out there, hasn't there? > > > > > > ___ > 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
Re: [CnD] Help with Measuring small amounts of liquid
Syringes are great. I also like the small jar like baby food idea. Diane -Original Message- From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of Michael Baldwin via Cookinginthedark Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 1:18 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Michael Baldwin Subject: Re: [CnD] Help with Measuring small amounts of liquid Syringes work good for this. They come in different sizes. Michael -Original Message- From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of Roberta Cook via Cookinginthedark Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 12:15 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Roberta Cook Subject: Re: [CnD] Help with Measuring small amounts of liquid There are two possible ways: one. Use a eyedropper. To pour some of what you need to measure into a jar like a baby jar or some other jar. Then stick your measuring spoon into the jar to fill it. Hope that helps. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 13, 2020, at 1:05 PM, meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark > wrote: > > Does anybody besides me have trouble getting small amounts of liquid > into a teaspoon or similar measuring spoon? Does anybody have any > suggestions? > I've been getting by with just guessing, but does anybody have a > better idea? I've tried the thing where you pour over a larger > container. So far, I have wasted a lot of expensive liquids this way, > but haven't gotten much more accurate. Would appreciate any help. > There's just got to be some magic device out there, hasn't there? > > > > > > ___ > 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 -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
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[CnD] pancakes: RE: Reminder of list guidelines: all members please read!
Yeah, I can definitely see how pancakes done in the microwave wouldn’t have the texture you prefer, nor would they really brown all that well. A browning tray might help. Also if they are precooked it might be an easy task to just heat them back up in a skillet which would let them brown a bitt. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Linda S. via Cookinginthedark Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2020 11:35 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Linda S. Subject: Re: [CnD] Reminder of list guidelines: all members please read! I've tried the frozen ones and they were o.k. I like them crispy, nice and brown ... well, like my grandma used to make them. Maybe the refrigerator pancakes might work. Do you dip them out with a measuring cup or sppon and fry them? On 7/12/2020 11:14 PM, Evelyn via Cookinginthedark wrote: > Have you ever tried the frozen or refrigerated pancakes? It has been a long > time since I have gotten them, but from what I remember they were darn good. > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > From: Linda S. via Cookinginthedark > Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2020 10:47 PM > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > Cc: Linda S. > Subject: Re: [CnD] Reminder of list guidelines: all members please read! > > Pancakes are my favorite breakfast. I can stir up the batter, but my > problem is timing them, and turning them. Any suggestions? Now I just > substitute frozen waffles, life is always a compromise. right? > > On 7/12/2020 9:25 AM, Pamela Fairchild via Cookinginthedark wrote: >> I used to have lots of trouble with pancakes. I either didn't cook them with >> enough oil so that they stuck to the pan and didn't turn correctly, or I >> tried to turn them too early and made an equally terrible mess of them. Now >> I wait until all the bubbles go away on top, and they are almost dry but not >> quite. Then the spatula slides under nicely and they turn correctly. If I >> haven't made them for a while though it may take two or three to get back >> into the groove. The other thing is that I need to keep the heat lower than >> my sighted friends or I tend to make burnt offerings. If there is a sighted >> person around, if they are willing I let them cook the pancakes. I am not >> above buying frozen pancakes and heating them in the microwave. By the time >> I make a batch from raw dough, I have too many for one and have to freeze >> some of them anyway, refrigerate them, or feed them to the birds in my back >> yard. When growing up it was feed them to the chickens, and other farm >> animals. Back then it was sour dough pancakes, which I love but have not >> kept an ongoing starter for years for lack of use. There are not enough >> people in my household to do that anymore, but one of these days I will >> begin a new starter. The temptation is growing just like the yeast does. >> >> Pamela Fairchild >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark >> Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2020 11:39 AM >> To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >> Cc: meward1...@gmail.com >> Subject: Re: [CnD] Reminder of list guidelines: all members please read! >> >> This has not come up as a problem here, but respect for everyone is so >> important. I'm a pretty experienced cook for example, but there are things >> I just don't do well. I don't even try to accurately measure small amounts >> of liquid, like vanilla, anymore. I just pour over my finger and hope it >> isn't too much. I have never successfully made pancakes, one of the first >> things that rehab teachers teach. But I bake yeast breads, grow sprouts and >> microgreens, and always get called on to make the Thanksgiving dressing. So >> there are some things I do pretty well and some, well, not so much. Are we >> all that way? Maybe we are just here to support and help each other out. >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of >> Helen Whitehead via Cookinginthedark >> Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2020 5:45 AM >> To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >> Cc: Helen Whitehead >> Subject: [CnD] Reminder of list guidelines: all members please read! >> >> Cooking in the Dark List Guidelines: >> 1. Keep messages on the topic of cooking. >> This is not a social list...it is a cooking list. >> 2. Change subject lines to reflect the body of the message. >> 3. Avoid sending short, meaningless messages. Examples follow: >> "Thanks for the recipe" >> "This sounds good" >> "Me too" >> Messages like this clutter up the list and greatly increase the time it >> takes to read through posted messages. >> If you want to thank someone for a recipe please do so off list. >> 4. Please do not post more than 8 recipes in a day. >> You take the time to post them, so make sure that they get read. Bombarding >> the list with 10 to 20 recipes will ensure that many are deleted instead of >> read. >> Imagine if every list member posted over 20 recipes each day...that would >> result in over 7,000 messages in a day! >> 5. Ques
Re: [CnD] Help with Measuring small amounts of liquid
I like the syringe idea, and dipping also works. If you dip, buy a set of metal measuring spoons so you can bend the bowl part of the spoon to be at a 90 degree angle to the handle which would allow you to put the spoon strate in until the bowl parts under the surface of the liquid and then bring it back up while holding the handle strait up and down. This way you can more easily get a full measure. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: diane.fann7--- via Cookinginthedark Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 10:20 AM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org; mbaldwin...@gmail.com Cc: diane.fa...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [CnD] Help with Measuring small amounts of liquid Syringes are great. I also like the small jar like baby food idea. Diane -Original Message- From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of Michael Baldwin via Cookinginthedark Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 1:18 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Michael Baldwin Subject: Re: [CnD] Help with Measuring small amounts of liquid Syringes work good for this. They come in different sizes. Michael -Original Message- From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of Roberta Cook via Cookinginthedark Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 12:15 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Roberta Cook Subject: Re: [CnD] Help with Measuring small amounts of liquid There are two possible ways: one. Use a eyedropper. To pour some of what you need to measure into a jar like a baby jar or some other jar. Then stick your measuring spoon into the jar to fill it. Hope that helps. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 13, 2020, at 1:05 PM, meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark > wrote: > > Does anybody besides me have trouble getting small amounts of liquid > into a teaspoon or similar measuring spoon? Does anybody have any > suggestions? > I've been getting by with just guessing, but does anybody have a > better idea? I've tried the thing where you pour over a larger > container. So far, I have wasted a lot of expensive liquids this way, > but haven't gotten much more accurate. Would appreciate any help. > There's just got to be some magic device out there, hasn't there? > > > > > > ___ > 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 -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
Re: [CnD] Help with Measuring small amounts of liquid
Hi I usually always pour liquids over a bowl or the sink. If I pour in to a bowl, I use my kitchen funnel to pour it back in the bottle when done, so I don't loose any of it. smile "Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content." -Philippians 4:11 🙏 I appreciate your friendship/support at: https://www.gofundme.com/sugars-transplant-journey -Sugar 😘 -Original Message- From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 10:05 AM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: meward1...@gmail.com Subject: [CnD] Help with Measuring small amounts of liquid Does anybody besides me have trouble getting small amounts of liquid into a teaspoon or similar measuring spoon? Does anybody have any suggestions? I've been getting by with just guessing, but does anybody have a better idea? I've tried the thing where you pour over a larger container. So far, I have wasted a lot of expensive liquids this way, but haven't gotten much more accurate. Would appreciate any help. There's just got to be some magic device out there, hasn't there? ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
Re: [CnD] Help with Measuring small amounts of liquid
Hi: One of the methods for measuring small amounts of liquids is to bend your mettle measuring sppons. Pour the liquid in a small jar or dish with a lid, and when you want to measure it, take your bent measuring spoons and dip it out. Hope this helps. On 7/13/2020 10:05 AM, meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark wrote: Does anybody besides me have trouble getting small amounts of liquid into a teaspoon or similar measuring spoon? Does anybody have any suggestions? I've been getting by with just guessing, but does anybody have a better idea? I've tried the thing where you pour over a larger container. So far, I have wasted a lot of expensive liquids this way, but haven't gotten much more accurate. Would appreciate any help. There's just got to be some magic device out there, hasn't there? ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
Re: [CnD] Help with Measuring small amounts of liquid
There are times in the kitchen when a funnel can be our best friend. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Sugar Lopez via Cookinginthedark Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 12:40 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Sugar Lopez Subject: Re: [CnD] Help with Measuring small amounts of liquid Hi I usually always pour liquids over a bowl or the sink. If I pour in to a bowl, I use my kitchen funnel to pour it back in the bottle when done, so I don't loose any of it. smile "Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content." -Philippians 4:11 🙏 I appreciate your friendship/support at: https://www.gofundme.com/sugars-transplant-journey -Sugar 😘 -Original Message- From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 10:05 AM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: meward1...@gmail.com Subject: [CnD] Help with Measuring small amounts of liquid Does anybody besides me have trouble getting small amounts of liquid into a teaspoon or similar measuring spoon? Does anybody have any suggestions? I've been getting by with just guessing, but does anybody have a better idea? I've tried the thing where you pour over a larger container. So far, I have wasted a lot of expensive liquids this way, but haven't gotten much more accurate. Would appreciate any help. There's just got to be some magic device out there, hasn't there? ___ 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
Re: [CnD] Reminder of list guidelines: all members please read!
We use the frozen pancakes and put them on a plate stacked as they come out of the package and we cook them on high for about 50 seconds. It says to cook them for 45 seconds, but that doesn't usually do it, even in a 1,200 watt microwave. Who'd have thunk! Karen At 11:16 PM 7/12/2020, you wrote: Have you ever tried the frozen or refrigerated pancakes? It has been a long time since I have gotten them, but from what I remember they were darn good. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Linda S. via Cookinginthedark Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2020 10:47 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Linda S. Subject: Re: [CnD] Reminder of list guidelines: all members please read! Pancakes are my favorite breakfast. I can stir up the batter, but my problem is timing them, and turning them. Any suggestions? Now I just substitute frozen waffles, life is always a compromise. right? On 7/12/2020 9:25 AM, Pamela Fairchild via Cookinginthedark wrote: > I used to have lots of trouble with pancakes. I either didn't cook them with > enough oil so that they stuck to the pan and didn't turn correctly, or I > tried to turn them too early and made an equally terrible mess of them. Now > I wait until all the bubbles go away on top, and they are almost dry but not > quite. Then the spatula slides under nicely and they turn correctly. If I > haven't made them for a while though it may take two or three to get back > into the groove. The other thing is that I need to keep the heat lower than > my sighted friends or I tend to make burnt offerings. If there is a sighted > person around, if they are willing I let them cook the pancakes. I am not > above buying frozen pancakes and heating them in the microwave. By the time > I make a batch from raw dough, I have too many for one and have to freeze > some of them anyway, refrigerate them, or feed them to the birds in my back > yard. When growing up it was feed them to the chickens, and other farm > animals. Back then it was sour dough pancakes, which I love but have not > kept an ongoing starter for years for lack of use. There are not enough > people in my household to do that anymore, but one of these days I will > begin a new starter. The temptation is growing just like the yeast does. > > Pamela Fairchild > > > -Original Message- > From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark > Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2020 11:39 AM > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > Cc: meward1...@gmail.com > Subject: Re: [CnD] Reminder of list guidelines: all members please read! > > This has not come up as a problem here, but respect for everyone is so > important. I'm a pretty experienced cook for example, but there are things > I just don't do well. I don't even try to accurately measure small amounts > of liquid, like vanilla, anymore. I just pour over my finger and hope it > isn't too much. I have never successfully made pancakes, one of the first > things that rehab teachers teach. But I bake yeast breads, grow sprouts and > microgreens, and always get called on to make the Thanksgiving dressing. So > there are some things I do pretty well and some, well, not so much. Are we > all that way? Maybe we are just here to support and help each other out. > > -Original Message- > From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of > Helen Whitehead via Cookinginthedark > Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2020 5:45 AM > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > Cc: Helen Whitehead > Subject: [CnD] Reminder of list guidelines: all members please read! > > Cooking in the Dark List Guidelines: > 1. Keep messages on the topic of cooking. > This is not a social list...it is a cooking list. > 2. Change subject lines to reflect the body of the message. > 3. Avoid sending short, meaningless messages. Examples follow: > "Thanks for the recipe" > "This sounds good" > "Me too" > Messages like this clutter up the list and greatly increase the time it > takes to read through posted messages. > If you want to thank someone for a recipe please do so off list. > 4.Please do not post more than 8 recipes in a day. > You take the time to post them, so make sure that they get read. Bombarding > the list with 10 to 20 recipes will ensure that many are deleted instead of > read. > Imagine if every list member posted over 20 recipes each day...that would > result in over 7,000 messages in a day! > 5. Questions, comments, complaints, and requests for assistance should be > directed to the list owner or the list moderators for proper handling. > 6. Off Topic notices or solicitations must be sent to the list owner for > approval and posting to the list. Failure to do this may result in > suspension > > or removal from the Cooking in the Dark list. > 7. Be respectful of everyone on the list...no flaming will be tolerated. > There are no stupid questions since everyone cooks at a different level. > > Cooking in the Dark List Information. > To subscribe to the list, send a message to: > cookinginth
Re: [CnD] Changing subject lines
What I don't understand is, when I get an e-mail from this list, all I see is the time stamp on it. I don't see a subject, or the sender. It is really driving me nuts, and I thought this is how you guys had set it up. I was just about to write and ask you if you could please, please change it. What to do here??? Karen At 05:46 AM 7/13/2020, you wrote: Hello list members, Please try to remember to change the subject line. I've seen several emails, with the subject line, Reminder of list guidelines: all members please read, when the content of the email was about something else totally different than what the subject line was. Change subject lines to reflect the body of the message Thanks for your cooperation. ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
[CnD] Measuring liquids
Thanks, everybody. I don't know where to find the right kind of syringe, but I will try. They have to have a long handle though to go into a bottle of vanilla. I had done the measuring over a bowl thing, but did not think of using a funnel to get the liquid back into the bottle. Simple and low-tech does the job. Thanks again to everybody. This is why we are a community. ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
Re: [CnD] Help with Measuring small amounts of liquid
Sometimes if the recipe calls for an eighth of a teaspoon, I will just put my finger at the edge of the bottle, and just put a splash. With vanilla, I always tend to add more than the recipe calls for, although I wouldn't want to make my recipe bitter. Sometimes it's just trial and error, experience and skill are the best teachers. On 7/13/2020 1:24 PM, Evelyn via Cookinginthedark wrote: There are times in the kitchen when a funnel can be our best friend. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Sugar Lopez via Cookinginthedark Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 12:40 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Sugar Lopez Subject: Re: [CnD] Help with Measuring small amounts of liquid Hi I usually always pour liquids over a bowl or the sink. If I pour in to a bowl, I use my kitchen funnel to pour it back in the bottle when done, so I don't loose any of it. smile "Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content." -Philippians 4:11 🙏 I appreciate your friendship/support at: https://www.gofundme.com/sugars-transplant-journey -Sugar 😘 -Original Message- From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 10:05 AM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: meward1...@gmail.com Subject: [CnD] Help with Measuring small amounts of liquid Does anybody besides me have trouble getting small amounts of liquid into a teaspoon or similar measuring spoon? Does anybody have any suggestions? I've been getting by with just guessing, but does anybody have a better idea? I've tried the thing where you pour over a larger container. So far, I have wasted a lot of expensive liquids this way, but haven't gotten much more accurate. Would appreciate any help. There's just got to be some magic device out there, hasn't there? ___ 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
Re: [CnD] Measuring liquids
I think if you have no vision using a syringe would be hard unless maybe a click one? On 7/13/2020 1:42 PM, meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark wrote: Thanks, everybody. I don't know where to find the right kind of syringe, but I will try. They have to have a long handle though to go into a bottle of vanilla. I had done the measuring over a bowl thing, but did not think of using a funnel to get the liquid back into the bottle. Simple and low-tech does the job. Thanks again to everybody. This is why we are a community. ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
Re: [CnD] Help with Measuring small amounts of liquid
We used to be able to find syringes with the shaft marked at different points. We could draw up a half teaspoon or whatever, and then it was measured correctly. Don't know if they still exist, though. Karen At 10:06 AM 7/13/2020, you wrote: Does anybody besides me have trouble getting small amounts of liquid into a teaspoon or similar measuring spoon? Does anybody have any suggestions? I've been getting by with just guessing, but does anybody have a better idea? I've tried the thing where you pour over a larger container. So far, I have wasted a lot of expensive liquids this way, but haven't gotten much more accurate. Would appreciate any help. There's just got to be some magic device out there, hasn't there? ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
Re: [CnD] Measuring liquids
You can find them at Wal-Mart, or at least, that's where I used to find them. You need to put your liquid into a small jar so that you can draw up what you need. Karen At 01:46 PM 7/13/2020, you wrote: Thanks, everybody. I don't know where to find the right kind of syringe, but I will try. They have to have a long handle though to go into a bottle of vanilla. I had done the measuring over a bowl thing, but did not think of using a funnel to get the liquid back into the bottle. Simple and low-tech does the job. Thanks again to everybody. This is why we are a community. ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
Re: [CnD] Measuring liquids
No, not hard, at all. You feel the shaft of the syringe, and there should be little divots in there at certain points. Just make sure when you buy it that it has the divots where you want them. Karen At 02:11 PM 7/13/2020, you wrote: I think if you have no vision using a syringe would be hard unless maybe a click one? On 7/13/2020 1:42 PM, meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark wrote: Thanks, everybody. I don't know where to find the right kind of syringe, but I will try. They have to have a long handle though to go into a bottle of vanilla. I had done the measuring over a bowl thing, but did not think of using a funnel to get the liquid back into the bottle. Simple and low-tech does the job. Thanks again to everybody. This is why we are a community. ___ 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
Re: [CnD] Reminder of list guidelines: all members please read!
Pancakes are one of those foods that I just eat and don't make. (lol) Anna -Original Message- From: Linda S. via Cookinginthedark Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2020 11:46 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Linda S. Subject: Re: [CnD] Reminder of list guidelines: all members please read! Pancakes are my favorite breakfast. I can stir up the batter, but my problem is timing them, and turning them. Any suggestions? Now I just substitute frozen waffles, life is always a compromise. right? On 7/12/2020 9:25 AM, Pamela Fairchild via Cookinginthedark wrote: I used to have lots of trouble with pancakes. I either didn't cook them with enough oil so that they stuck to the pan and didn't turn correctly, or I tried to turn them too early and made an equally terrible mess of them. Now I wait until all the bubbles go away on top, and they are almost dry but not quite. Then the spatula slides under nicely and they turn correctly. If I haven't made them for a while though it may take two or three to get back into the groove. The other thing is that I need to keep the heat lower than my sighted friends or I tend to make burnt offerings. If there is a sighted person around, if they are willing I let them cook the pancakes. I am not above buying frozen pancakes and heating them in the microwave. By the time I make a batch from raw dough, I have too many for one and have to freeze some of them anyway, refrigerate them, or feed them to the birds in my back yard. When growing up it was feed them to the chickens, and other farm animals. Back then it was sour dough pancakes, which I love but have not kept an ongoing starter for years for lack of use. There are not enough people in my household to do that anymore, but one of these days I will begin a new starter. The temptation is growing just like the yeast does. Pamela Fairchild -Original Message- From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2020 11:39 AM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: meward1...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [CnD] Reminder of list guidelines: all members please read! This has not come up as a problem here, but respect for everyone is so important. I'm a pretty experienced cook for example, but there are things I just don't do well. I don't even try to accurately measure small amounts of liquid, like vanilla, anymore. I just pour over my finger and hope it isn't too much. I have never successfully made pancakes, one of the first things that rehab teachers teach. But I bake yeast breads, grow sprouts and microgreens, and always get called on to make the Thanksgiving dressing. So there are some things I do pretty well and some, well, not so much. Are we all that way? Maybe we are just here to support and help each other out. -Original Message- From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of Helen Whitehead via Cookinginthedark Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2020 5:45 AM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Helen Whitehead Subject: [CnD] Reminder of list guidelines: all members please read! Cooking in the Dark List Guidelines: 1. Keep messages on the topic of cooking. This is not a social list...it is a cooking list. 2. Change subject lines to reflect the body of the message. 3. Avoid sending short, meaningless messages. Examples follow: "Thanks for the recipe" "This sounds good" "Me too" Messages like this clutter up the list and greatly increase the time it takes to read through posted messages. If you want to thank someone for a recipe please do so off list. 4. Please do not post more than 8 recipes in a day. You take the time to post them, so make sure that they get read. Bombarding the list with 10 to 20 recipes will ensure that many are deleted instead of read. Imagine if every list member posted over 20 recipes each day...that would result in over 7,000 messages in a day! 5. Questions, comments, complaints, and requests for assistance should be directed to the list owner or the list moderators for proper handling. 6. Off Topic notices or solicitations must be sent to the list owner for approval and posting to the list. Failure to do this may result in suspension or removal from the Cooking in the Dark list. 7. Be respectful of everyone on the list...no flaming will be tolerated. There are no stupid questions since everyone cooks at a different level. Cooking in the Dark List Information. To subscribe to the list, send a message to: cookinginthedark-requ...@acbradio.org and put the word subscribe in the subject field. To unsubscribe from the list, Send a message to: cookinginthedark-requ...@acbradio.org and put the word unsubscribe in the subject field. A confirmation message will be sent to your address. When you receive it, simply reply to it to complete the subscription or unsubscription transaction. If you need to contact the owner of this list, Dale Campbell, please send a message to: cookinginthedark-ow...@acbradio.org or cookinginthed...@att.n
Re: [CnD] Measuring liquids
Karen, were they in the pharmacy area? If Wall-mart no longer has them, maybe Amazon? You know? I love technology as much as the next person but I just love these low and even no tech solutions. Evelyn Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Karen Delzer via Cookinginthedark Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 3:44 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Karen Delzer Subject: Re: [CnD] Measuring liquids You can find them at Wal-Mart, or at least, that's where I used to find them. You need to put your liquid into a small jar so that you can draw up what you need. Karen At 01:46 PM 7/13/2020, you wrote: >Thanks, everybody. I don't know where to find the right kind of syringe, >but I will try. They have to have a long handle though to go into a bottle >of vanilla. > > > >I had done the measuring over a bowl thing, but did not think of using a >funnel to get the liquid back into the bottle. Simple and low-tech does the >job. Thanks again to everybody. > > > >This is why we are a community. > > > > > >___ >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
Re: [CnD] Measuring liquids
Yes, in the pharmacy area. You could probably find them at any pharmacy. We also got them to medicate our kitty. What a thrill that was! Karen At 04:06 PM 7/13/2020, you wrote: Karen, were they in the pharmacy area? If Wall-mart no longer has them, maybe Amazon? You know? I love technology as much as the next person but I just love these low and even no tech solutions. Evelyn Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Karen Delzer via Cookinginthedark Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 3:44 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Karen Delzer Subject: Re: [CnD] Measuring liquids You can find them at Wal-Mart, or at least, that's where I used to find them. You need to put your liquid into a small jar so that you can draw up what you need. Karen At 01:46 PM 7/13/2020, you wrote: >Thanks, everybody. I don't know where to find the right kind of syringe, >but I will try. They have to have a long handle though to go into a bottle >of vanilla. > > > >I had done the measuring over a bowl thing, but did not think of using a >funnel to get the liquid back into the bottle. Simple and low-tech does the >job. Thanks again to everybody. > > > >This is why we are a community. > > > > > >___ >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
Re: [CnD] Measuring liquids
I think the jar is why I didn't do this the first time I ever saw one of those syringes. But I guess that is the only way. -Original Message- From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of Evelyn via Cookinginthedark Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 6:00 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Evelyn Subject: Re: [CnD] Measuring liquids Karen, were they in the pharmacy area? If Wall-mart no longer has them, maybe Amazon? You know? I love technology as much as the next person but I just love these low and even no tech solutions. Evelyn Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Karen Delzer via Cookinginthedark Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 3:44 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Karen Delzer Subject: Re: [CnD] Measuring liquids You can find them at Wal-Mart, or at least, that's where I used to find them. You need to put your liquid into a small jar so that you can draw up what you need. Karen At 01:46 PM 7/13/2020, you wrote: >Thanks, everybody. I don't know where to find the right kind of >syringe, but I will try. They have to have a long handle though to go >into a bottle of vanilla. > > > >I had done the measuring over a bowl thing, but did not think of using >a funnel to get the liquid back into the bottle. Simple and low-tech >does the job. Thanks again to everybody. > > > >This is why we are a community. > > > > > >___ >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
Re: [CnD] Measuring liquids
I use a syringe as well, but the needle is removed. Then I transfer liquids from small narrow bottles like vanilla into a little jar, maybe the size of a baby food jar or smaller, it was a sample jam or mustard or something in a gift package, and that is wide enough for dipping the syringe. My syringe plunger is hashed with a knife at the teaspoon, half tablespoon, and tablespoon marks Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 13, 2020, at 5:05 PM, Linda S. via Cookinginthedark > wrote: > > I think if you have no vision using a syringe would be hard unless maybe a > click one? > >> On 7/13/2020 1:42 PM, meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark wrote: >> Thanks, everybody. I don't know where to find the right kind of syringe, >> but I will try. They have to have a long handle though to go into a bottle >> of vanilla. >> >> >> I had done the measuring over a bowl thing, but did not think of using a >> funnel to get the liquid back into the bottle. Simple and low-tech does the >> job. Thanks again to everybody. >> >> >> This is why we are a community. >> >> >> >> ___ >> 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
Re: [CnD] Measuring liquids
I guess I will need to transfer my extracts into jars. They take up more room that way. I don't like that, but I guess there's nothing to do about it. I have a kit for making my own vanilla. The bottles are a big pain to open and close, but I think I could get the syringe in there if I tried. So maybe I will play with the kit this year, even if in-person Christmas celebration doesn't really happen. -Original Message- From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of Tiffany Jessen via Cookinginthedark Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 7:25 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Tiffany Jessen Subject: Re: [CnD] Measuring liquids I use a syringe as well, but the needle is removed. Then I transfer liquids from small narrow bottles like vanilla into a little jar, maybe the size of a baby food jar or smaller, it was a sample jam or mustard or something in a gift package, and that is wide enough for dipping the syringe. My syringe plunger is hashed with a knife at the teaspoon, half tablespoon, and tablespoon marks Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 13, 2020, at 5:05 PM, Linda S. via Cookinginthedark wrote: > > I think if you have no vision using a syringe would be hard unless maybe a click one? > >> On 7/13/2020 1:42 PM, meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark wrote: >> Thanks, everybody. I don't know where to find the right kind of >> syringe, but I will try. They have to have a long handle though to >> go into a bottle of vanilla. >> >> >> I had done the measuring over a bowl thing, but did not think of >> using a funnel to get the liquid back into the bottle. Simple and >> low-tech does the job. Thanks again to everybody. >> >> >> This is why we are a community. >> >> >> >> ___ >> 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
Re: [CnD] Measuring liquids
I have used syringes without needles for years, first to feed baby birds when I was handfeeding hatchlings, and then to treat my dog's ears to avoid wax and dirt buildup. I never once in all those years thought of using them to measure liquids. The idea is brilliant. Now to find some appropriate small jars to work from. Thanks also for the idea to mark the plunger for different amounts of liquid. I would not have thought of doing that either. Before anybody comments about my putting stuff in my dog's ears to clean them, it was my veterinarian who wanted me to do it, but I came up with the idea of how. Pamela Fairchild -Original Message- From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of Tiffany Jessen via Cookinginthedark Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 8:25 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Tiffany Jessen Subject: Re: [CnD] Measuring liquids I use a syringe as well, but the needle is removed. Then I transfer liquids from small narrow bottles like vanilla into a little jar, maybe the size of a baby food jar or smaller, it was a sample jam or mustard or something in a gift package, and that is wide enough for dipping the syringe. My syringe plunger is hashed with a knife at the teaspoon, half tablespoon, and tablespoon marks Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 13, 2020, at 5:05 PM, Linda S. via Cookinginthedark wrote: > > I think if you have no vision using a syringe would be hard unless maybe a click one? > >> On 7/13/2020 1:42 PM, meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark wrote: >> Thanks, everybody. I don't know where to find the right kind of >> syringe, but I will try. They have to have a long handle though to >> go into a bottle of vanilla. >> >> >> I had done the measuring over a bowl thing, but did not think of >> using a funnel to get the liquid back into the bottle. Simple and >> low-tech does the job. Thanks again to everybody. >> >> >> This is why we are a community. >> >> >> >> ___ >> 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
Re: [CnD] Measuring liquids
Why not try to pour over a large bowl? Or just pour in a cup "Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content." -Philippians 4:11 🙏 I appreciate your friendship/support at: https://www.gofundme.com/sugars-transplant-journey -Sugar 😘 -Original Message- From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 5:33 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: meward1...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [CnD] Measuring liquids I guess I will need to transfer my extracts into jars. They take up more room that way. I don't like that, but I guess there's nothing to do about it. I have a kit for making my own vanilla. The bottles are a big pain to open and close, but I think I could get the syringe in there if I tried. So maybe I will play with the kit this year, even if in-person Christmas celebration doesn't really happen. -Original Message- From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of Tiffany Jessen via Cookinginthedark Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 7:25 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Tiffany Jessen Subject: Re: [CnD] Measuring liquids I use a syringe as well, but the needle is removed. Then I transfer liquids from small narrow bottles like vanilla into a little jar, maybe the size of a baby food jar or smaller, it was a sample jam or mustard or something in a gift package, and that is wide enough for dipping the syringe. My syringe plunger is hashed with a knife at the teaspoon, half tablespoon, and tablespoon marks Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 13, 2020, at 5:05 PM, Linda S. via Cookinginthedark wrote: > > I think if you have no vision using a syringe would be hard unless > maybe a click one? > >> On 7/13/2020 1:42 PM, meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark wrote: >> Thanks, everybody. I don't know where to find the right kind of >> syringe, but I will try. They have to have a long handle though to >> go into a bottle of vanilla. >> >> >> I had done the measuring over a bowl thing, but did not think of >> using a funnel to get the liquid back into the bottle. Simple and >> low-tech does the job. Thanks again to everybody. >> >> >> This is why we are a community. >> >> >> >> ___ >> 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
Re: [CnD] Measuring liquids
You have to be able to get the syringe into the bottle. If you are using that method. You can't get them into things like vanilla bottles. I haven't had the greatest luck with the large bowl method, though other people have. I still can't really tell whether I have the spoon completely full, whether I am tilting it, or any of that. That's why I don't like the bowl method. Plus, I don't want to wash all those extra dishes, the bowl and the funnel, and who knows what else. But I am glad this method works for some people. I used to work as a rehab teacher. Two of the three of us were blind and one sighted. We did not favor the same methods for tasks. I thought it was important to tell people that if one method didn't work for them, they could try another one, and just because I liked it didn't mean necessarily that they would. Our teaching styles were all very different. -Original Message- From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of Sugar Lopez via Cookinginthedark Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 7:43 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Sugar Lopez Subject: Re: [CnD] Measuring liquids Why not try to pour over a large bowl? Or just pour in a cup "Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content." -Philippians 4:11 🙏 I appreciate your friendship/support at: https://www.gofundme.com/sugars-transplant-journey -Sugar 😘 -Original Message- From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 5:33 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: meward1...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [CnD] Measuring liquids I guess I will need to transfer my extracts into jars. They take up more room that way. I don't like that, but I guess there's nothing to do about it. I have a kit for making my own vanilla. The bottles are a big pain to open and close, but I think I could get the syringe in there if I tried. So maybe I will play with the kit this year, even if in-person Christmas celebration doesn't really happen. -Original Message- From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of Tiffany Jessen via Cookinginthedark Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 7:25 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Tiffany Jessen Subject: Re: [CnD] Measuring liquids I use a syringe as well, but the needle is removed. Then I transfer liquids from small narrow bottles like vanilla into a little jar, maybe the size of a baby food jar or smaller, it was a sample jam or mustard or something in a gift package, and that is wide enough for dipping the syringe. My syringe plunger is hashed with a knife at the teaspoon, half tablespoon, and tablespoon marks Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 13, 2020, at 5:05 PM, Linda S. via Cookinginthedark wrote: > > I think if you have no vision using a syringe would be hard unless > maybe a click one? > >> On 7/13/2020 1:42 PM, meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark wrote: >> Thanks, everybody. I don't know where to find the right kind of >> syringe, but I will try. They have to have a long handle though to >> go into a bottle of vanilla. >> >> >> I had done the measuring over a bowl thing, but did not think of >> using a funnel to get the liquid back into the bottle. Simple and >> low-tech does the job. Thanks again to everybody. >> >> >> This is why we are a community. >> >> >> >> ___ >> 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
Re: [CnD] Measuring liquids
One would need vision to see if the liquid reached the desired marking on the syringe? How can this be done without sight? Wendy ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
[CnD] Syringes
I think that Blindmicemart used to have those syringes. But I did not figure out how to do it without having to decant my vanilla. I used the syringe for something else. Now I need to find another one and some small jars. ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
Re: [CnD] Measuring liquids
You can scratch a marking with a knife. Then you fill it to that point. So you only need sighted help when you are putting the mark on the little stick thing. -Original Message- From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of Wendy via Cookinginthedark Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 7:51 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Wendy Subject: Re: [CnD] Measuring liquids One would need vision to see if the liquid reached the desired marking on the syringe? How can this be done without sight? Wendy ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
Re: [CnD] Measuring liquids
So I gues I knew the answer to my own question but didn't know it. I don't remember what I had thought I would use the little syringe for. -Original Message- From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of Wendy via Cookinginthedark Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 7:51 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Wendy Subject: Re: [CnD] Measuring liquids One would need vision to see if the liquid reached the desired marking on the syringe? How can this be done without sight? Wendy ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
Re: [CnD] Pancakes?
Ok, here's my two cents on this topic. I purchase the frozen pancakes and brown them in the talking toaster oven. I love them. Hope this feedback helps out. Ron -Original Message- From: Sugar Lopez via Cookinginthedark Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2020 14:24 To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Sugar Lopez Subject: [CnD] Pancakes? Good morning folks Just changed subject line to go with the message in the body. I almost missed it. Thanks mods for the awesome job! Smile sugar "Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content." -Philippians 4:11 🙏 I appreciate your friendship/support at: https://www.gofundme.com/sugars-transplant-journey -Sugar 😘 -Original Message- From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of Pamela Fairchild via Cookinginthedark Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2020 9:26 AM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: pamelafairch...@comcast.net Subject: Re: [CnD] Reminder of list guidelines: all members please read! I used to have lots of trouble with pancakes. I either didn't cook them with enough oil so that they stuck to the pan and didn't turn correctly, or I tried to turn them too early and made an equally terrible mess of them. Now I wait until all the bubbles go away on top, and they are almost dry but not quite. Then the spatula slides under nicely and they turn correctly. If I haven't made them for a while though it may take two or three to get back into the groove. The other thing is that I need to keep the heat lower than my sighted friends or I tend to make burnt offerings. If there is a sighted person around, if they are willing I let them cook the pancakes. I am not above buying frozen pancakes and heating them in the microwave. By the time I make a batch from raw dough, I have too many for one and have to freeze some of them anyway, refrigerate them, or feed them to the birds in my back yard. When growing up it was feed them to the chickens, and other farm animals. Back then it was sour dough pancakes, which I love but have not kept an ongoing starter for years for lack of use. There are not enough people in my household to do that anymore, but one of these days I will begin a new starter. The temptation is growing just like the yeast does. Pamela Fairchild -Original Message- From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2020 11:39 AM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: meward1...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [CnD] Reminder of list guidelines: all members please read! This has not come up as a problem here, but respect for everyone is so important. I'm a pretty experienced cook for example, but there are things I just don't do well. I don't even try to accurately measure small amounts of liquid, like vanilla, anymore. I just pour over my finger and hope it isn't too much. I have never successfully made pancakes, one of the first things that rehab teachers teach. But I bake yeast breads, grow sprouts and microgreens, and always get called on to make the Thanksgiving dressing. So there are some things I do pretty well and some, well, not so much. Are we all that way? Maybe we are just here to support and help each other out. -Original Message- From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of Helen Whitehead via Cookinginthedark Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2020 5:45 AM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Helen Whitehead Subject: [CnD] Reminder of list guidelines: all members please read! Cooking in the Dark List Guidelines: 1. Keep messages on the topic of cooking. This is not a social list...it is a cooking list. 2. Change subject lines to reflect the body of the message. 3. Avoid sending short, meaningless messages. Examples follow: "Thanks for the recipe" "This sounds good" "Me too" Messages like this clutter up the list and greatly increase the time it takes to read through posted messages. If you want to thank someone for a recipe please do so off list. 4. Please do not post more than 8 recipes in a day. You take the time to post them, so make sure that they get read. Bombarding the list with 10 to 20 recipes will ensure that many are deleted instead of read. Imagine if every list member posted over 20 recipes each day...that would result in over 7,000 messages in a day! 5. Questions, comments, complaints, and requests for assistance should be directed to the list owner or the list moderators for proper handling. 6. Off Topic notices or solicitations must be sent to the list owner for approval and posting to the list. Failure to do this may result in suspension or removal from the Cooking in the Dark list. 7. Be respectful of everyone on the list...no flaming will be tolerated. There are no stupid questions since everyone cooks at a different level. Cooking in the Dark List Information. To subscribe to the list, send a message to: cookinginthedark-requ...@acbradio.org and put the word subscribe in the subject
Re: [CnD] Measuring liquids
That was my concern when first thinking about the eyedropper suggestion many years ago, but the syringe has a plunger that comes in and out of the base. If you put little cuts in the side of the plunger you will know how much you have based on when those cuts are level with the base Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 13, 2020, at 8:50 PM, Wendy via Cookinginthedark > wrote: > > One would need vision to see if the liquid reached the desired marking on > the syringe? How can this be done without sight? > Wendy > > ___ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
Re: [CnD] Measuring liquids
You can get syringes off Amazon. That is where I get mine. I most commonly use 1 ml, 5 ml, 10 ml, and 30 ml syringes. I have been lucky and the ones I get are at least pre-marked at the half way point. I have also got some with blunt plastic needles so you can reach further down in to a bottle. Syringes are much more accurate than eye droppers. Michael ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
Re: [CnD] Pancakes?
I don't have a toaster oven, but maybe it would work in the skillet. On 7/13/2020 6:04 PM, Ron Kolesar via Cookinginthedark wrote: Ok, here's my two cents on this topic. I purchase the frozen pancakes and brown them in the talking toaster oven. I love them. Hope this feedback helps out. Ron -Original Message- From: Sugar Lopez via Cookinginthedark Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2020 14:24 To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Sugar Lopez Subject: [CnD] Pancakes? Good morning folks Just changed subject line to go with the message in the body. I almost missed it. Thanks mods for the awesome job! Smile sugar "Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content." -Philippians 4:11 🙏 I appreciate your friendship/support at: https://www.gofundme.com/sugars-transplant-journey -Sugar 😘 -Original Message- From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of Pamela Fairchild via Cookinginthedark Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2020 9:26 AM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: pamelafairch...@comcast.net Subject: Re: [CnD] Reminder of list guidelines: all members please read! I used to have lots of trouble with pancakes. I either didn't cook them with enough oil so that they stuck to the pan and didn't turn correctly, or I tried to turn them too early and made an equally terrible mess of them. Now I wait until all the bubbles go away on top, and they are almost dry but not quite. Then the spatula slides under nicely and they turn correctly. If I haven't made them for a while though it may take two or three to get back into the groove. The other thing is that I need to keep the heat lower than my sighted friends or I tend to make burnt offerings. If there is a sighted person around, if they are willing I let them cook the pancakes. I am not above buying frozen pancakes and heating them in the microwave. By the time I make a batch from raw dough, I have too many for one and have to freeze some of them anyway, refrigerate them, or feed them to the birds in my back yard. When growing up it was feed them to the chickens, and other farm animals. Back then it was sour dough pancakes, which I love but have not kept an ongoing starter for years for lack of use. There are not enough people in my household to do that anymore, but one of these days I will begin a new starter. The temptation is growing just like the yeast does. Pamela Fairchild -Original Message- From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2020 11:39 AM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: meward1...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [CnD] Reminder of list guidelines: all members please read! This has not come up as a problem here, but respect for everyone is so important. I'm a pretty experienced cook for example, but there are things I just don't do well. I don't even try to accurately measure small amounts of liquid, like vanilla, anymore. I just pour over my finger and hope it isn't too much. I have never successfully made pancakes, one of the first things that rehab teachers teach. But I bake yeast breads, grow sprouts and microgreens, and always get called on to make the Thanksgiving dressing. So there are some things I do pretty well and some, well, not so much. Are we all that way? Maybe we are just here to support and help each other out. -Original Message- From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of Helen Whitehead via Cookinginthedark Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2020 5:45 AM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Helen Whitehead Subject: [CnD] Reminder of list guidelines: all members please read! Cooking in the Dark List Guidelines: 1. Keep messages on the topic of cooking. This is not a social list...it is a cooking list. 2. Change subject lines to reflect the body of the message. 3. Avoid sending short, meaningless messages. Examples follow: "Thanks for the recipe" "This sounds good" "Me too" Messages like this clutter up the list and greatly increase the time it takes to read through posted messages. If you want to thank someone for a recipe please do so off list. 4. Please do not post more than 8 recipes in a day. You take the time to post them, so make sure that they get read. Bombarding the list with 10 to 20 recipes will ensure that many are deleted instead of read. Imagine if every list member posted over 20 recipes each day...that would result in over 7,000 messages in a day! 5. Questions, comments, complaints, and requests for assistance should be directed to the list owner or the list moderators for proper handling. 6. Off Topic notices or solicitations must be sent to the list owner for approval and posting to the list. Failure to do this may result in suspension or removal from the Cooking in the Dark list. 7. Be respectful of everyone on the list...no flaming will be tolerated. There are no stupid questions since everyone cooks at a different level. Cooking in the Dark List Inf
Re: [CnD] Measuring liquids
so, if it's marked on the outside, how could you tell how much liquid is on the insideif you have no vision? On 7/13/2020 6:46 PM, Michael Baldwin via Cookinginthedark wrote: You can get syringes off Amazon. That is where I get mine. I most commonly use 1 ml, 5 ml, 10 ml, and 30 ml syringes. I have been lucky and the ones I get are at least pre-marked at the half way point. I have also got some with blunt plastic needles so you can reach further down in to a bottle. Syringes are much more accurate than eye droppers. Michael ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
Re: [CnD] Measuring liquids
The marks you make are on the outside of the plunger. When you pull it out to the first mark you come to it is the smallest measure you marked. When you pull it out to the last mark possible before the whole thing pulls apart, you have the largest measurement you chose to mark. You stop at whatever mark you need and squirt that amount into your recipe. Does this answer your question? Pamela Fairchild -Original Message- From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of Wendy via Cookinginthedark Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 8:51 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Wendy Subject: Re: [CnD] Measuring liquids One would need vision to see if the liquid reached the desired marking on the syringe? How can this be done without sight? Wendy ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
Re: [CnD] Pancakes?
Ron, tell us more. I didn't know one could make the frozen pancakes in the toaster oven. What temperature do you cook them at, and how long do you bake them? Do you grease the pan you bake them on so they don't stick? Do you butter the tops of the frozen pancakes so they brown better? I want to try this so want to know how you do it. Pamela Fairchild -Original Message- Ok, here's my two cents on this topic. I purchase the frozen pancakes and brown them in the talking toaster oven. I love them. Hope this feedback helps out. Ron ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
Re: [CnD] Measuring liquids
If you take sample bottles to your favorite pharmacy, there is a good chance they can find a syringe that will fit into your bottle and even reach to its bottom. They come in a variety of sizes and thicknesses. Pamela Fairchild -Original Message- From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 8:50 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: meward1...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [CnD] Measuring liquids You have to be able to get the syringe into the bottle. If you are using that method. You can't get them into things like vanilla bottles. I haven't had the greatest luck with the large bowl method, though other people have. I still can't really tell whether I have the spoon completely full, whether I am tilting it, or any of that. That's why I don't like the bowl method. Plus, I don't want to wash all those extra dishes, the bowl and the funnel, and who knows what else. But I am glad this method works for some people. I used to work as a rehab teacher. Two of the three of us were blind and one sighted. We did not favor the same methods for tasks. I thought it was important to tell people that if one method didn't work for them, they could try another one, and just because I liked it didn't mean necessarily that they would. Our teaching styles were all very different. -Original Message- From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of Sugar Lopez via Cookinginthedark Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 7:43 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Sugar Lopez Subject: Re: [CnD] Measuring liquids Why not try to pour over a large bowl? Or just pour in a cup "Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content." -Philippians 4:11 🙏 I appreciate your friendship/support at: https://www.gofundme.com/sugars-transplant-journey -Sugar 😘 -Original Message- From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 5:33 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: meward1...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [CnD] Measuring liquids I guess I will need to transfer my extracts into jars. They take up more room that way. I don't like that, but I guess there's nothing to do about it. I have a kit for making my own vanilla. The bottles are a big pain to open and close, but I think I could get the syringe in there if I tried. So maybe I will play with the kit this year, even if in-person Christmas celebration doesn't really happen. -Original Message- From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of Tiffany Jessen via Cookinginthedark Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 7:25 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Tiffany Jessen Subject: Re: [CnD] Measuring liquids I use a syringe as well, but the needle is removed. Then I transfer liquids from small narrow bottles like vanilla into a little jar, maybe the size of a baby food jar or smaller, it was a sample jam or mustard or something in a gift package, and that is wide enough for dipping the syringe. My syringe plunger is hashed with a knife at the teaspoon, half tablespoon, and tablespoon marks Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 13, 2020, at 5:05 PM, Linda S. via Cookinginthedark wrote: > > I think if you have no vision using a syringe would be hard unless > maybe a click one? > >> On 7/13/2020 1:42 PM, meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark wrote: >> Thanks, everybody. I don't know where to find the right kind of >> syringe, but I will try. They have to have a long handle though to >> go into a bottle of vanilla. >> >> >> I had done the measuring over a bowl thing, but did not think of >> using a funnel to get the liquid back into the bottle. Simple and >> low-tech does the job. Thanks again to everybody. >> >> >> This is why we are a community. >> >> >> >> ___ >> 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/cooking
Re: [CnD] Measuring liquids
Hi, That is how I gave all my children two of them, their medications. Peggy Peggy Sent from my i phone☺️ > On Jul 13, 2020, at 9:11 PM, Tiffany Jessen via Cookinginthedark > wrote: > > That was my concern when first thinking about the eyedropper suggestion many > years ago, but the syringe has a plunger that comes in and out of the base. > If you put little cuts in the side of the plunger you will know how much you > have based on when those cuts are level with the base > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jul 13, 2020, at 8:50 PM, Wendy via Cookinginthedark >> wrote: >> >> One would need vision to see if the liquid reached the desired marking on >> the syringe? How can this be done without sight? >> Wendy >> >> ___ >> 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
Re: [CnD] Measuring liquids
Yes. Thanks. I guess you learn something new every day. Maybe instructors should incorporate this in to their plans when they teach life skills. On 7/13/2020 6:57 PM, Pamela Fairchild via Cookinginthedark wrote: The marks you make are on the outside of the plunger. When you pull it out to the first mark you come to it is the smallest measure you marked. When you pull it out to the last mark possible before the whole thing pulls apart, you have the largest measurement you chose to mark. You stop at whatever mark you need and squirt that amount into your recipe. Does this answer your question? Pamela Fairchild -Original Message- From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of Wendy via Cookinginthedark Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 8:51 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Wendy Subject: Re: [CnD] Measuring liquids One would need vision to see if the liquid reached the desired marking on the syringe? How can this be done without sight? Wendy ___ 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
Re: [CnD] Measuring liquids
Yes, a baby food jar is perfect. You can't buy a syringe with a needle unless you have a prescription for that, so you're good to go, and won't get poked. Karen At 05:26 PM 7/13/2020, you wrote: I use a syringe as well, but the needle is removed. Then I transfer liquids from small narrow bottles like vanilla into a little jar, maybe the size of a baby food jar or smaller, it was a sample jam or mustard or something in a gift package, and that is wide enough for dipping the syringe. My syringe plunger is hashed with a knife at the teaspoon, half tablespoon, and tablespoon marks Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 13, 2020, at 5:05 PM, Linda S. via Cookinginthedark wrote: > > I think if you have no vision using a syringe would be hard unless maybe a click one? > >> On 7/13/2020 1:42 PM, meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark wrote: >> Thanks, everybody. I don't know where to find the right kind of syringe, >> but I will try. They have to have a long handle though to go into a bottle >> of vanilla. >> >> >> I had done the measuring over a bowl thing, but did not think of using a >> funnel to get the liquid back into the bottle. Simple and low-tech does the >> job. Thanks again to everybody. >> >> >> This is why we are a community. >> >> >> >> ___ >> 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
Re: [CnD] Measuring liquids
Oh, yes, you really do need to do that for kitties and dogs, both. Sometimes, there's no way round it. Karen At 05:46 PM 7/13/2020, you wrote: I have used syringes without needles for years, first to feed baby birds when I was handfeeding hatchlings, and then to treat my dog's ears to avoid wax and dirt buildup. I never once in all those years thought of using them to measure liquids. The idea is brilliant. Now to find some appropriate small jars to work from. Thanks also for the idea to mark the plunger for different amounts of liquid. I would not have thought of doing that either. Before anybody comments about my putting stuff in my dog's ears to clean them, it was my veterinarian who wanted me to do it, but I came up with the idea of how. Pamela Fairchild -Original Message- From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of Tiffany Jessen via Cookinginthedark Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 8:25 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Tiffany Jessen Subject: Re: [CnD] Measuring liquids I use a syringe as well, but the needle is removed. Then I transfer liquids from small narrow bottles like vanilla into a little jar, maybe the size of a baby food jar or smaller, it was a sample jam or mustard or something in a gift package, and that is wide enough for dipping the syringe. My syringe plunger is hashed with a knife at the teaspoon, half tablespoon, and tablespoon marks Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 13, 2020, at 5:05 PM, Linda S. via Cookinginthedark wrote: > > I think if you have no vision using a syringe would be hard unless maybe a click one? > >> On 7/13/2020 1:42 PM, meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark wrote: >> Thanks, everybody. I don't know where to find the right kind of >> syringe, but I will try. They have to have a long handle though to >> go into a bottle of vanilla. >> >> >> I had done the measuring over a bowl thing, but did not think of >> using a funnel to get the liquid back into the bottle. Simple and >> low-tech does the job. Thanks again to everybody. >> >> >> This is why we are a community. >> >> >> >> ___ >> 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
Re: [CnD] Pancakes?
I don’t see why doing them in the skillet wouldn’t work just fine. You’d still need to flip them so they would brown on both sides, but since they are already cooked that probably wouldn’t be a problem. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Linda S. via Cookinginthedark Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 6:52 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Linda S. Subject: Re: [CnD] Pancakes? I don't have a toaster oven, but maybe it would work in the skillet. On 7/13/2020 6:04 PM, Ron Kolesar via Cookinginthedark wrote: > Ok, here's my two cents on this topic. > I purchase the frozen pancakes and brown them in the talking toaster > oven. > I love them. > Hope this feedback helps out. > Ron > > -Original Message- From: Sugar Lopez via Cookinginthedark > Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2020 14:24 > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > Cc: Sugar Lopez > Subject: [CnD] Pancakes? > > Good morning folks > Just changed subject line to go with the message in the body. > I almost missed it. > Thanks mods for the awesome job! > Smile > sugar > > "Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in > whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content." > -Philippians 4:11 > 🙏 > I appreciate your friendship/support at: > https://www.gofundme.com/sugars-transplant-journey > -Sugar 😘 > > > > -Original Message- > From: Cookinginthedark On > Behalf Of Pamela Fairchild via Cookinginthedark > Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2020 9:26 AM > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > Cc: pamelafairch...@comcast.net > Subject: Re: [CnD] Reminder of list guidelines: all members please read! > > I used to have lots of trouble with pancakes. I either didn't cook > them with enough oil so that they stuck to the pan and didn't turn > correctly, or I tried to turn them too early and made an equally > terrible mess of them. Now I wait until all the bubbles go away on > top, and they are almost dry but not quite. Then the spatula slides > under nicely and they turn correctly. If I haven't made them for a > while though it may take two or three to get back into the groove. The > other thing is that I need to keep the heat lower than my sighted > friends or I tend to make burnt offerings. If there is a sighted > person around, if they are willing I let them cook the pancakes. I am > not above buying frozen pancakes and heating them in the microwave. By > the time I make a batch from raw dough, I have too many for one and > have to freeze some of them anyway, refrigerate them, or feed them to > the birds in my back yard. When growing up it was feed them to the > chickens, and other farm animals. Back then it was sour dough > pancakes, which I love but have not kept an ongoing starter for years > for lack of use. There are not enough people in my household to do > that anymore, but one of these days I will begin a new starter. The > temptation is growing just like the yeast does. > > Pamela Fairchild > > > -Original Message- > From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark > Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2020 11:39 AM > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > Cc: meward1...@gmail.com > Subject: Re: [CnD] Reminder of list guidelines: all members please read! > > This has not come up as a problem here, but respect for everyone is so > important. I'm a pretty experienced cook for example, but there are > things I just don't do well. I don't even try to accurately measure > small amounts of liquid, like vanilla, anymore. I just pour over my > finger and hope it isn't too much. I have never successfully made > pancakes, one of the first things that rehab teachers teach. But I > bake yeast breads, grow sprouts and microgreens, and always get called > on to make the Thanksgiving dressing. So there are some things I do > pretty well and some, well, not so much. Are we all that way? Maybe > we are just here to support and help each other out. > > -Original Message- > From: Cookinginthedark On > Behalf Of Helen Whitehead via Cookinginthedark > Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2020 5:45 AM > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > Cc: Helen Whitehead > Subject: [CnD] Reminder of list guidelines: all members please read! > > Cooking in the Dark List Guidelines: > 1. Keep messages on the topic of cooking. > This is not a social list...it is a cooking list. > 2. Change subject lines to reflect the body of the message. > 3. Avoid sending short, meaningless messages. Examples follow: > "Thanks for the recipe" > "This sounds good" > "Me too" > Messages like this clutter up the list and greatly increase the time > it takes to read through posted messages. > If you want to thank someone for a recipe please do so off list. > 4. Please do not post more than 8 recipes in a day. > You take the time to post them, so make sure that they get read. > Bombarding the list with 10 to 20 recipes will ensure that many are > deleted instead of read. > Imagine if every list member posted over 20 recipes each day...that >
Re: [CnD] Pancakes?
Oh that's easy. I don't have trouble flipping hamburgers or anything solid, but just for some reason I have a problem with my favorite breakfast! On 7/13/2020 8:32 PM, Evelyn via Cookinginthedark wrote: I don’t see why doing them in the skillet wouldn’t work just fine. You’d still need to flip them so they would brown on both sides, but since they are already cooked that probably wouldn’t be a problem. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Linda S. via Cookinginthedark Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 6:52 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Linda S. Subject: Re: [CnD] Pancakes? I don't have a toaster oven, but maybe it would work in the skillet. On 7/13/2020 6:04 PM, Ron Kolesar via Cookinginthedark wrote: Ok, here's my two cents on this topic. I purchase the frozen pancakes and brown them in the talking toaster oven. I love them. Hope this feedback helps out. Ron -Original Message- From: Sugar Lopez via Cookinginthedark Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2020 14:24 To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Sugar Lopez Subject: [CnD] Pancakes? Good morning folks Just changed subject line to go with the message in the body. I almost missed it. Thanks mods for the awesome job! Smile sugar "Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content." -Philippians 4:11 🙏 I appreciate your friendship/support at: https://www.gofundme.com/sugars-transplant-journey -Sugar 😘 -Original Message- From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of Pamela Fairchild via Cookinginthedark Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2020 9:26 AM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: pamelafairch...@comcast.net Subject: Re: [CnD] Reminder of list guidelines: all members please read! I used to have lots of trouble with pancakes. I either didn't cook them with enough oil so that they stuck to the pan and didn't turn correctly, or I tried to turn them too early and made an equally terrible mess of them. Now I wait until all the bubbles go away on top, and they are almost dry but not quite. Then the spatula slides under nicely and they turn correctly. If I haven't made them for a while though it may take two or three to get back into the groove. The other thing is that I need to keep the heat lower than my sighted friends or I tend to make burnt offerings. If there is a sighted person around, if they are willing I let them cook the pancakes. I am not above buying frozen pancakes and heating them in the microwave. By the time I make a batch from raw dough, I have too many for one and have to freeze some of them anyway, refrigerate them, or feed them to the birds in my back yard. When growing up it was feed them to the chickens, and other farm animals. Back then it was sour dough pancakes, which I love but have not kept an ongoing starter for years for lack of use. There are not enough people in my household to do that anymore, but one of these days I will begin a new starter. The temptation is growing just like the yeast does. Pamela Fairchild -Original Message- From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2020 11:39 AM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: meward1...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [CnD] Reminder of list guidelines: all members please read! This has not come up as a problem here, but respect for everyone is so important. I'm a pretty experienced cook for example, but there are things I just don't do well. I don't even try to accurately measure small amounts of liquid, like vanilla, anymore. I just pour over my finger and hope it isn't too much. I have never successfully made pancakes, one of the first things that rehab teachers teach. But I bake yeast breads, grow sprouts and microgreens, and always get called on to make the Thanksgiving dressing. So there are some things I do pretty well and some, well, not so much. Are we all that way? Maybe we are just here to support and help each other out. -Original Message- From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of Helen Whitehead via Cookinginthedark Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2020 5:45 AM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Helen Whitehead Subject: [CnD] Reminder of list guidelines: all members please read! Cooking in the Dark List Guidelines: 1. Keep messages on the topic of cooking. This is not a social list...it is a cooking list. 2. Change subject lines to reflect the body of the message. 3. Avoid sending short, meaningless messages. Examples follow: "Thanks for the recipe" "This sounds good" "Me too" Messages like this clutter up the list and greatly increase the time it takes to read through posted messages. If you want to thank someone for a recipe please do so off list. 4. Please do not post more than 8 recipes in a day. You take the time to post them, so make sure that they get read. Bombarding the list with 10 to 20 recipes will ensure that many are deleted instead of read. Imagine if every list member posted over 20 recipes each day...that would result in over 7,
