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Of the embarrassingly few recipes that I make for my son, one of his favorites is chicken in a white wine reduction from Mark Bittman's How To Cook Everything. After the less-than-total success of his previous cooking effort, I urged him to try a recipe that was a) more nutritious and b) less likely to result in twenty-five minutes of pot scrubbing.
He used a little too much oil, which I expected. But what I didn't expect was how unwilling he'd be to fill up a half-cup measure with wine. He didn't want to spill it, he said: his ADHD meds have made his hands shake since he started taking them many years ago. He was also scared to add the wine to the hot pan.
He doesn't quite have the hang of lighting a double-ring gas burner, but it's a little tricky even for me.
Did he make more mess than he needed to? Yes, but that too is entirely expected, and it wasn't too bad. Did the chicken turn out well? Shyeah!
Oh, and one day after my bike accident, my hip feels a little better, and my right shoulder — yeah, the same one I had physical therapy for in the spring — feels worse. And I think I know what happened to my left ring finger: after I hit the concrete I noticed I was right next to a street sign. I may have punched the post on the way down.
He used a little too much oil, which I expected. But what I didn't expect was how unwilling he'd be to fill up a half-cup measure with wine. He didn't want to spill it, he said: his ADHD meds have made his hands shake since he started taking them many years ago. He was also scared to add the wine to the hot pan.
He doesn't quite have the hang of lighting a double-ring gas burner, but it's a little tricky even for me.
Did he make more mess than he needed to? Yes, but that too is entirely expected, and it wasn't too bad. Did the chicken turn out well? Shyeah!
Oh, and one day after my bike accident, my hip feels a little better, and my right shoulder — yeah, the same one I had physical therapy for in the spring — feels worse. And I think I know what happened to my left ring finger: after I hit the concrete I noticed I was right next to a street sign. I may have punched the post on the way down.
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Date: 2024-11-21 04:56 pm (UTC)From:Would a Pyrex liquid measure be easier for him?
https://a.co/d/a6ukM3U
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Date: 2024-11-21 05:04 pm (UTC)From:That's a good idea!
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Date: 2024-11-22 01:41 am (UTC)From:If he's looking for easy recipes that are cheap, check out budgetbytes. But double her spices, because she chronically underseasons everything.