TheBanyanTree: Baking Blind

[Jeri Xiques]

Alex once asked a lady who cooked for his family how much of this or that
ingredient she used in a dish, and she responded, “I don’t measure, I just
put.”



On Thu, Feb 7, 2019 at 9:34 AM Barb Edlen <mountainwhisper at att.net> wrote:

> What an absolutely *splendid* idea, Woofie!!!!! I can easily envision how
> many people this could help!
>
> Sharing your process of trial & error will resonate with people beyond
> vision challenges. I faced a similar challenge - which reoccurs when my
> brain is on overload - after my TBI. I became so frustrated with myself
> when I couldn’t truly convey innately known cooking measurements & insights
> to Jim.
>
> This is a brilliantly inspired idea!! I am soooooo chuffed for you!!
>
> Love you bunches ☀️🌸🦋
>
> > ✿*ﾟ‘ﾟ･.｡.:*
>
>
> > On Feb 7, 2019, at 9:04 AM, Jena Norton <eudora45 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >
> > I'm trying to do that, too, with some of my favorite recipes. Want to
> trade meat loaf recipes and compare?
> > It's good to have you back!
> > Jena Norton
> >
> >    On Thursday, February 7, 2019, 7:12:06 AM CST, Woofie <
> woofess at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> >
> > There is a tasty smell wafting out from the kitchen. I suspect it is
> meatloaf, beecause I printed out the recipe for the Spouse.
> >
> >
> >
> > OK, before you beat me up for forcing the poor spouse into domestic
> duties like cooking, I have an excuse! Or rather, I had one. Well bugger
> that.. maybe I will remember tomorrow .
> >
> >
> >
> > What I do remember is that I am using the Spouse as a test bunny for all
> the recipes which I am going to include in my next book (OK, my first book
> - oh just shaddap, OK?)
> >
> > Oh yeah, being blind for a significant part of the recent past, I had to
> dictate to the Spouse how to cook stuff.
> >
> >
> >
> > Doing so was a challenge in itself, because previously the meals I
> cooked were not copied literally from some cook book or other, but inspired
> from same. This meant that I would add and delete from a written recipe.
> >
> > Unfortunately the adding and deleting were not measurable - they were
> just a dash of this and a hunk of that - if I actually thought of
> measurements at all.
> >
> >
> >
> > Becoming blind and thus not able to cook myself, I was reliant on the
> Spouse for the daily sustenance.
> >
> > Now, don't get me wrong. The Spouse can cook up some really tasty meals,
> however it is not fair to shove a cookbook in front of his face and demand-
> "Cook that!!"
> >
> >
> >
> > Unfortunately "that"  might turn out terrible.
> >
> >
> >
> > Besides, there were mobs of meals I used to cook which we both liked.
> The problem was converting them to some literal form that the Spouse could
> follow.
> >
> > Not easy.
> >
> >
> >
> > So it became a trial and error experiment.
> >
> > This meant that I typed (or verbally recounted when I was really blind)
> the ingredients and



> >
> >
> >
>
> What followed was a "taste test" and what followed that were adjustments
> to the original recipe until we got it right,
> >
> >
> >
> > Tonight is my world famous meatloaf
> >
> > I hope I got it right…..
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Woofie 😊
> >
> >
> >
> > “I was so much older then…. I am younger than that now” Bob Dylan
> >
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