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Skriven 2014-10-31 12:07:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: Re: cooking was: changes
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 10-28-14  17:12 <=-

 RH>> Sounds like we've both got a good collection of dishes that can go
 RH>> into the microwave. Some years ago I started replacing my Tupperware
 RH>> with glass/pyrex containers for both microwaving and food storage.
 NB>> I got somewhat out of the habit of using much of my Tupperware... 
 NB>> and started buying the reusable/disposable plastic containers...
 NB>> so that if I put away something for later and forgot about it, I
 NB>> wouldn't mind just tossing the whole lot, instead of trying to
 NB>> salvage the more valuable plastic dishes/lids.

 RH> I use a lot of them too. The plastic does get brittle and crack over
 RH> time but those things are inexpensive to replace. I also have some of
 RH> the pint and quart plastic freezer boxes, but not nearly as many as I
 RH> used to have. (G)

They wear out over the years, don't return when passed to others, get
lost in moves...  etc...  ;)   The inexpensive ones last well enough for
their cost to be cost-effective...  ;)

 RH> Corning (Pyrex) works good from freezer to microwave. If I were
 RH> putting it in a conventional oven, I'd start with a cold oven tho,
 RH> not a preheated one for a frozen dish.
 
Makes sense...  Let it all warm up together and not be shocked by too
much heat all at once... :)

 RH>> I've also got an assortment of
 RH>> glass casserole dishes of various sizes and shapes.
 NB>> I have that, too... but I'm not sure where a lot of them are at
 NB>> the moment... ;0

 RH> Most of mine are in the cabinet, waiting to be packed up and moved.
 RH> (G) 

You are more organized than I am... and for good reason...  ;)

 NB>>>> a hotplate on the table, maybe...  ;)
 RH>>> All various options we'll have to explore.
 NB>>> Never know, he might get into it, now that it's more
 NB>>> necessary... ;)
 RH>> Always a possibility but latest update indcates it may not be
 RH>> this year.
 NB>> Not necessarily a bad thing... gives him a little more time to
 NB>> get used to the idea...  ;)

 RH> Plus, he's got a recurring medical issue that needs to be resolved
 RH> before he can even think of going home.

That infection...?  Hopefully they'll get it properly under control...
 
 RH>>> No, but he will have to learn the various names sugars hide
 RH>>> under. 
 NB>>> That will likely be one of the first things to learn...
 NB>>> the others probably will follow...  :)
 RH>> All the names that salt hides under, fat hides under, etc.
 NB>> Or even just that there's valuable information there in the
 NB>> small print...  :)

 RH> Once he gets new glasses--and keeps them clean enough to read
 RH> with. (G) 

Or a magnifying glass...  ;)

 RH>>>> be microwaved or put into the oven and 'ignored until done'?"
 NB>>> And, further, the answer for a lot of cooking is actually yes to
 NB>>> both questions... even reasonably healthy cooking...  :)
 RH>> Yes, so he can learn to cook healthy but still use his minimal
 RH>> kitchen skills to do so.
 NB>> Exactly.  If he has enough money to buy them, shortcuts like pre-cut
 NB>> veggies in the produce department, sometimes in microwaveable bags,
 NB>> can make healthy cooking easy, too...  :)

 RH> He should have the money, especially if he's not buying more expensive
 RH> pre done meals.

Time will tell.
 
 RH>>> I'd say probably no measuring tools, and a wooden looking spoon
 RH>>> (cheap plastic), if any are in the house currently.
 NB>>> But those are easily added... ;)  You might be surprised....
 NB>>> sometimes there's all sorts of stuff that's somehow accumulated,
 NB>>> even if never used...  ;)
 RH>> I'm not going to bet on it for this kitchen tho. Maybe, when we go,
 RH>> I ought to take a set of a kitchen towel, dish cloth and hand drying
 RH>> towel so he'll have something co-ordinated. (G)
 NB>> Hand made by Sis...?   ;)   Could be a nice gesture.... and something
 NB>> you can use when you come for a visit...  ;)

 RH> Just something to pretty up his kitchen, if nothing else. He's not
 RH> appreciated my work over the years, never really acknowledged what I
 RH> do is an art.

Sometimes one has to also be doing it, or something similar, to
recognize for the art it is...  whether sewing or cooking...  ;)

ttyl        neb

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