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Is Cooking a Chore?
If your physical condition limits your ability to work in the
kitchen and prepare meals, perhaps the following tips from Health
and Age Newsletter, Dec. 2003 may help:
• Reorganize your kitchen. Clean out cupboards and
get rid of items you no longer use leaving easier access to
equipment you do need.
• Remove unused items from counters, instead put
appliances that you use often on counters.
• Use turntables, a lazy Susan, or swing out shelves
for easy to access storage.
• Use small jars, or crocks to group and store utensils
on countertops. These are handy if you find it difficult to
open drawers. Put a utensil crock on a turntable for easier
access.
• Kitchen shears are very helpful to cut vegetables
or meat if using a knife is difficult.
• Loop a kitchen towel or rope through refrigerator
and drawer handles to make them easier to open.
• Try using tongs instead of a fork for turning
meat.
• If you are limited vision use sandpaper or brightly
colored tape to mark the "on" "off" positions
on temperature control knobs.
• Place heat proof pads around the kitchen to use
as resting spots when carrying heavy hot items.
GROUND BEEF NEEDS 'TLC'
Ground beef should be stored in the coldest part of the refrigerator
and used within a day or two of purchase. Ground beef is still
good when it has been stored properly and has a light color
on the inside. Freeze the ground beef if you can't use it quickly.
Excerpts from Michigan State University Extension Brochure |
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