[blparent] Jo Elizabeth. Re: What-You-Got Casserole

[Allie]

I think it's funny that you call her Hurricane Sarah. My room usually looks 
like Hurricane Gabbie went through it. LOL.

-- Allie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] What-You-Got Casserole


>I used to put braille labels on my cans, but I haven't had the time lately. 
>I don't really use a whole lot of canned goods anyway, since I usually cook 
>fresh.  As to putting things on different shelves, Hurricane Sarah has seen 
>to the end of that!
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> "Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed 
> until it is faced."--James Baldwin
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Elizabeth Cooks" <elizabethcooks at comcast.net>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 6:34 AM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] What-You-Got Casserole
>
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>> Lol. Perhas you should put raille labels on your cans.  That is what I do 
>> when I can have someone over to read them to me.  For the moment, i put 
>> canned meats and soups on one shelf, and fruits and vegies on another. 
>> Sounds like your little one wanted ot have some fun.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net>
>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 2:00 PM
>> 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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