Over-confident
No cooking this time: last week’s injury has turned into this week’s spiral fracture of the fifth metacarpal in my right hand which is now encased in a splint for the next month. It has massive impact: can’t use my…
Penny
Not Cheese Straws
I keep forgetting that being over-confident often ends up in tears. Starting to feel miles better as the fatigue and physio therapies progress, I was moving much more quickly. Consequence: misjudged where the wall was, smacked my hand on…
Exclusive : Live online bake-in for blind and visually impaired people
Thanks to Open Sight in Hampshire (UK), we are now an international group of visually impaired people baking together to create classic tea-time treats that we will be able to share with friends and family once our virus restrictions are…
Embarrassingly easy bread
I was Celebrating International women’s Day on 8 March with a bread anyone can make (5 minutes mixing plus 30 in the oven). Ideal for women (and men) who want something simple and homemade after a day at work ,…
Risotto pescatori. Liz, I know that you are out there! I wonder if you remember us searching restaurants in Caserta looking for one that would serve both spaghetti alla putenesca for you and risotto pescatori for me? My recollection…
Hot Stuff
What Government organisation interacts with just about every disabled person in the country and should be leading the field on accessibility etc? Give up? It is our National Health Service and you may already have heard the reports that disabled…
Desserts from leftovers
Another week of culinary experiments – it is good to have the leisure with lock-down. Firstly, I’m proud to report that the sous chef’s panettoni was magnificent on the second try and made full use of the faffing candied…
Too many cooks?
No, it was super to be doing another on-line cook-in this week -mainly people from Hampshire but also drop-ins from India and Holland. We were doing the excellent ginger biscuits which seemed to work for most people but…
Sticky to my elbows
Part of the fatigue management programme (see last posting) is about doing something each day just for fun and pleasure. This week, it has been candied peel for the sous chef who has been making panettone, that tall Italian…
Slothful suppers
I’m half-way through my “fatigue management” programme – trying to resolve the shattering exhaustion that can creep up on me following the accident. Getting thoroughly overtired plus the slower brain (another consequence) on top of blindness makes me a…