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What do you cook when your left arm doesn't work? (infosec.pub)
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Bursitis has completely stopped me from using my left arm. I was trying to think about what could be cooked with just one arm.

This is where pantry clean out met up with my upcoming Sunday edition Heathcliff edit. I can cook spam with just one arm.

The only scratch made element in this is some mustard seed caviar I made a while back. I put some of it in the spice blender to cream it up a little. It went excellent with this otherwise depression causing meal.

Cost per person: $4

It is very expensive to cook from completely prepackaged foods.

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[–] aramis87@fedia.io 4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Look into adaptations! I have an electric jar opener and an electric can opener. After a friend got frozen shoulder, I got her a couple of rocker-knives and a pair of tong-spatulas (a pair of tongs, but with spatulas instead of grippers at the end). There are plates and cutting boards with little upright prongs on them, to hold things in place while you cut them with your good hand. There are also things like the slap-chopper or magic bullet, those box-dicers where you slap the lid down, etc.

Essentially -- you know all those late-night commercials with the weird kitchen gadgets? Those aren't actually weird, they're intended for handicapped people. But they know if they market them as being for handicapped people, sales drop. But if they market them as weird convenience devices, when someone needs them, they look at them in a different light and they make the sale.

I'd also suggest searching the web: I know I ran across some disability blogs, where people talked about their adaptation and techniques and where people discussed which products worked or didn't.

Oh - if you like wearing jewelry, they make little magnets that clip onto the ends of necklaces and bracelets and such, that make putting on jewelry one-handed easier.

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I'm hoping this does not become a long-term issue.

[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Some of those things are just good ideas even when you dont have mobility issues.

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Instant potatoes mixed with corn, some chicken nuggets and some hot sauce is a guilty pleasure.

[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

You may have replied to the wrong comment. I was talking about the kitchen gadgets.

[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

Fair. Rereading it it is a little ambiguous.

Want to punch it up a little add some egg and some cheese to the potato and fry dollops of it in the pan with the spam fat.

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

Ah, right comment but I didn't see the context of your reply so I thought you meant the foods.