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is disabled, talks openly about it, and mental health, uses chopped/frozen/tinned ingredients, and cooks simple affordable accessible recipes. Because TV commissioners listen to numbers, and this is what I do.
is disabled, talks openly about it, and mental health, uses chopped/frozen/tinned ingredients, and cooks simple affordable accessible recipes. Because TV commissioners listen to numbers, and this is what I do.
I was devastated when my hands started giving up because I was frightened my cooking career would be over before it began. But I have accepted it, adapted, and refuse to gloss over the crappy days to keep up appearances. If that makes you uncomfortable, well, never mind.
People chiming in my thread to bitch about other TV cooks, just don't. I have learned from almost all of them (their books not in person!), but especially Nigel, Nigella, and Jamie. The TV is big enough for all of us and I wouldn't be who I am - doing what I do - without them. 💕
...and this one... amzn.to/2OG8MRz
And now I'm gonna try to nap on the way to Edinburgh. Thanks all for kind comments - you keep me shuffling forwards on days where I just want to dig a hole and belligerently sit in it - so thankyou.
Sigh!! People asking what disability has to do with cooking; well some days I can't grip a knife. Pre chopped foods can be 5x the price of basics. Dodgy legs mean unable to stand for long periods sometimes. Specific dietary needs. Poor mental health impacts nutritional choices.
Some disabilities mean specialised diets which - guess what - can be very expensive. Learning simple hacks like oven baking risotto, subbing ingredients, flavour basics, boiling onions/garlic to make peeling simpler, can make a lot of difference...
...microwave cooking is completely different to oven/hob cooking - flavours behave differently, liquid volumes need adjusting, some stuff is just shit, some is great, but it takes a lot of energy to work out what works...
...road testing food processors for one that is cheap but reliable, and doesnt require athletic levels of strength to operate. (I found it, will link in a bit when this train of thought pauses in a tunnel...)
I can no longer lift my (charity shop, £3) Le Creuset pans. I have a stool next to the oven to sit on. I can't grip my knives sometimes (but duct tape around the handles helps a little). Using a cheap nail brush to knock the gubbins off veg is easier on my wrists than peeling.
A lot of people with disabilities rely on woefully inadequate care budgets and microwave dinners. Personal Independence Payments cut, sick people stripped of meagre benefits, disabled people literally dying of hunger - and you dare say there's no LINK? Nah.
13.9million disabled people in the UK. We all need to eat. Where's our bloody spoonie simple nutritious non-patronising representative accessible affordable primetime cookery show? We make up almost a quarter of the population, for goodness sake. 😡
*breathes*
Here's ya blender. It's a goodun. Finely chops veg, makes hummus and dips, purees, soups and smoothies and stuff. Just press down to activate, release to stop it. (I only recommend stuff I genuinely use and love.)
amzn.to/2vI9t5R
Here's ya blender. It's a goodun. Finely chops veg, makes hummus and dips, purees, soups and smoothies and stuff. Just press down to activate, release to stop it. (I only recommend stuff I genuinely use and love.)
amzn.to/2vI9t5R
Boop boop! TV presenter training booked in and pinning down a date for filming a pilot! Thanks everyone 😍 Am funding the pilot myself as I'm not a pisstaker and nobody actually pays the rent with 'exposure', so if you want to help, you can at paypal.me/jackmonroe - thanks!
And if mainstream TV doesnt pick it up, I'll look at alternative funding for a YouTube series (not filmed by me because I'm not able to do that stuff; so will incur costs for cameraperson/edits/etc. Conversations for the future etc)
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