[Nfb-seniors] Cooking?

[Valerie]

Hello Linda,  just to add onto all the good suggestions so far, having facilitated a cooking group for blind people, I had started it up because I was so frustrated with cooking when I first lost my sight.  I found with all our members, that we did  have different ideas as to what we felt comfortable or wanted to cook in the kitchen.   We had people who were more adventurous and others who were very content to add a few extras to their basic  menus, but ultimately, we were all cooking!  I make all our bread, make pizza from scratch, cook for family and friends, you can tell I love cooking.  I use a lot of cup and spoon measures, use rubber bands to mark different items, large wide bands, thin bands, use the pen friend as well use different type containers for many flours.  Some of the oil bottles here have kind of shake out pourers so that makes it easier for sloshing just a little into a pan.  The slow cooker is a great way to cook many meals, I have that out at the moment with the hot weather starting here, it's a cooler way of cooking with no hot oven blasting away.  

Cheers from Aus. Valerie 

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From: Nfb-seniors [mailto:nfb-seniors-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lauren Merryfield via Nfb-seniors
Sent: Saturday, 8 November 2014 2:23 AM
To: 'Lin H.'; 'NFB Senior Division list'
Subject: Re: [Nfb-seniors] Cooking?

Hi,
You can still cook just as well as you did when you could see. You might use your hands more now. You can have someone mark your stove with tactile dots so you can line your knobs up at the amount of heat you want, high, medium, low. (our electric company sends someone out to mark appliances; a rehab counselor can do it, too, or a friend or family member.) You can tell if the burner is on by putting your hand several inches above where the burner is. You can usually smell if it is on too. If your pan moves when the burner is hot, you can take a cooking spoon and "feel" around the edges of the burner to tell if it is centered or not. When you fry hamburger or scramble eggs, for example, you can touch them without getting burned, to see if they're done. When you're measuring something, you can do it in the sink so that if you spill some, it won't matter. When you're stirring ingredients together, you can touch them (with a clean hand) to feel if they're mixed well. You can put recipes on tape or on a computer that has a screenreader on it so you can listen to the directions.  You can learn braille to read recipes etc. You can also use braille to label cans and boxes of food. When you are shopping for cans, you can ask the bagger to put cans of soup in one bag and fruit in another, etc. Bags of food you can identify by touch. When you feel afraid, remind yourself that many blind people cook all the time and you can do it, too. What you tell yourself can really make a difference. If you are a Christian, you can ask Jesus to help you so that you don't feel alone in doing it. 
Thanks
Lauren

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From: Nfb-seniors [mailto:nfb-seniors-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lin H. via Nfb-seniors
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2014 5:26 AM
To: NFB Senior Division list
Subject: [Nfb-seniors] Cooking?

I was just wondering how you all cook, after blindness?  I am afraid of the stove, cause mine doesn’t have any clicks to tell me if it’s on simmer or what.    I cook alittle, like boiled eggs, and pasta, sometimes.  Use microwave.      I was just wondering what tricks you all use?  I did cook a lot before I lost my sight, but am leery now!    Thanks!         Sincerely, Linda    P.S  I meant to say, I do use the microwave.
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