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@jakedduck1
Love it! And yes you can mandolin on onion. Mandolins come with a food guard so you don’t chop off a body part. Of course there is the old fashion way of using a good knife . If you are having someone stay who can cook they will know what the horrible device is. My advice to all is to wear a grating glove on the hand holding the veg or fruit.
I often use one but not always...depends on how many vegetables I am torturing.
Oh get real lol..we know you can cook ..somewhat...I bet you could melt chocolate to drizzle over ice cream.
My son in law, God bless him, is like you. He does everything but cook. He assembled a kitchen island for me but didn’t understand why I wanted more prep space. I bought a beautiful large heavy cutting board to put on the stainless top of the island. He said “Isn’t that defeating the purpose ?” I told him I don’t cut on my countertops...I use a cutting board on top. He didn’t look convinced. But he does all the laundry, landscaping, handyman stuff, electronics, wiring ,painting etc...he doesn’t need to cook.
He can just about microwave something but has to be told the number of minutes. I remember when he came over with a boil in the bag rice and a pot and said...”what do I do with this?” My daughter had written out the directions. When you don’t want to learn you just don’t.
When my mom died, my dad really wanted to learn cooking and he was delighted when things turned out right.
It’s okay, Leonard...you have your people who obviously love to help you.
FL Mary
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@imallears
I don’t even need to melt chocolate for ice cream. Chocolate already comes ready to just Pour on. But I prefer caramel sauce and Marshmallow on my ice cream. Besides I just crumble up a candy bar on top of it all and get my chocolate that way and then some whip cream in a few cherries and it’s good to go. How I miss the old days when I used to do that. I’m not allowed to have any of the good stuff anymore, although I do occasionally cheat and the only ice cream I ever have is an ice cream bar that is so tiny you almost need an electron microscope to see it. But having ice cream at all is a very very rare treat. I did go a little overboard yesterday on a freak candy binge, white chocolate M&M’s, Reese’s, Milky Way, Carmel’s, a payday and a small bag of gummy bears along with a couple cookies. Obviously I was much happier yesterday than today. A few days ago I told my friend for my next birthday party the only food allowed would be from one of the five food groups, Cakes, cookies, pies, candy & pastry.
Mary, your son-in-law sounds more like a slave. He does the laundry too? Another chore I resent. He & I should send it out. Maybe I should become a nudist. The rice story made laugh! Even I can make rice, maybe not always successfully but I eat it anyway. Just don’t ever make brown Spanish rice. My mom tried it. I threw rice pan and all away. It was horrible, probably worse than any concoction you ever created. You come up with some dillies too.
Take care of yourself now and try to start to eat a little more normally,
Jake