[blparent] What-You-Got Casserole

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

The casserole turned out pretty good, if I do say so myself.  Might as well 
laugh, I guess.  *Smile.*

Jo Elizabeth

"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed 
until it is faced."--James Baldwin
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Melissa Ann Riccobono" <melissa at riccobono.us>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 7:22 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] What-You-Got Casserole


> That is a great story.  My mom used to make those kinds of casseroles,
> except for her it was mostly from what was left over in the fridge, along
> with probably some cans she could identify--being the sighted sort. 
> Anyway,
> she'd call it "Love casserole."  Sometimes it was great and we'd beg her 
> to
> make it again.  Other times...  Well...  It was yucky!  Hope yours tastes
> great, and I'm really glad you're ablt to see the humor and not stress out
> about it.  It's sort of like making lemonade with lemons.
> Melissa
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
> Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 4:01 PM
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> Subject: [blparent] What-You-Got Casserole
>
> I had a funny little misadventure in the kitchen this morning.  Sarah, now
> fourteen months old, has figured out how to get into the carousel cupboard
> where my dry and canned foods are stored.  I didn't know just how
> disorganized the canned goods had gotten till I opened up a tin of what I
> thought would be fruit cocktail.  Wrong!  It was beef stew, and it smelled
> awful, not because it was bad but just because it wasn't what I expected. 
> I
> put the stew in a plastic tub so Gerald could take it to lunch.  Then I
> again went on the quest for fruit cocktail.  I came up with the can that
> just had to be it, since I could identify some of the others as soups, and 
> a
> few of the labels I could read with my Optacon.  I opened the can, once 
> more
> expecting fruit cocktail.  Wrong!  This time is was corned beef hash.  I
> should have known when the can didn't slosh much, but I was sure I'd been
> dead on.
>
> Anyway, the point is, I decided that the only way to keep from wasting 
> food
> was to make a casserole.  So the stew, the hash, a left over half of a 
> baked
> potato, and a left over pork chop cut in tiny pieces, along with some
> mushrooms, went into a baking dish.  I'm going to bake it up tonight, 
> throw
> some Cheddar cheese on top, and hope for the best.  If it tastes good, I
> might even pretend I meant to make it that way.  If it's yucky--well, life
> with a baby has its interesting moments.
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> "Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed
> until it is faced."--James Baldwin
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