Text 18141, 64 rader
Skriven 2014-10-16 12:20:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: cooking was: changes/Suga
=================================
-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 10-10-14  20:30 <=-

Breaking up the message into three parts, since it got QUITE big!

 RH>> I'll have to get Bill's opinion on rice. If he makes any, it's
 RH>> probably Minute or a boil in bag type.
 NB>> If he does make Minute or boil-in-bag type, he'd certainly find the
 NB>> microwave rice (if available where he is) easier, and probably tastier
 NB>> as well..  Doesn't have to even boil water for them...  :)

 RH> So simple that a non cook can do it?
 
Absolutely.  Instructions on the back of the package, tell you how long
to set the timer for, dump it right out of the bag onto the plate.  I've
used it to put under the Newman's Own freezer skillet Beef and Broccoli
(also a microwave meal in a bag, although one does need to dump it into
a microwave safe pan first)...

 RH> At this point, all I know is that he's probably not a picky
 RH> eater--anything that can be nuked or otherwised cooked without actual
 RH> cooking (chopping, standing over the stove stirring, grating, etc) is
 RH> fair game. A sandwich, since most don't involve real cooking, is
 RH> probably a good place to start.

So, if he will broil or bake meats, or even pan-cook, like steaks,
burgers, chicken parts, etc, and add to that veggies and rice from the
microwave, he could eat pretty healthily...  Sandwiches can have all
sorts of fillings, too... 

 NB>> ...  Pointing out the nutrition info, and how to
 NB>> find/read it is also a useful exercise.  Between the nutrition labels
 NB>> and the price labels, we managed to talk MJ out of a LOT of bad
 NB>> choices, without even an argument, just a little guiding her thought
 NB>> process.. ;)
 RH> As long as the person can understand whys and wherefores, it should be
 RH> easy to educate on nutrition. Guidance on label reading is the main
 RH> issue--do they understand that --ose means some sort of sugar, the
 RH> various preservatives and so on that are used, freshness dating, all
 RH> add up to a lesson on a can about what's in a can.

Some of those issues are more advanced concepts...  you and I have been
reading labels for so long we don't even think about it as being out of
the ordinary...  :)  The hidden ingredients are something that one
learns as one needs to know...  ;) 
 
 NB>> getting him talking about food might be an easier way to get the
 NB>> conversation started...  You might have to listen closer for the
 NB>> answers to your real questions, as to tastes and choices, but he
 NB>> might be more willing to discuss if it feels more like just a
 NB>> discussion of food, and less like a seminar... ;)

 RH> Provided, he opens up on likes, dislikes, how competant he feels in
 RH> the kitchen, etc.

You can guide the questions a little, especially about how competent he
might feel about how much cooking...  ;)

ttyl         neb

... Ghosts are merely unsubstantiated roomers

___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20
--- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5
 * Origin: Check Out Doc's QWK Mail  Via Web BBS > DocsPlace.org  (1:123/140)