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05-08-2008, 11:32 AM
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I launched into preparing supper for my sis and BIL yesterday, cooking for the first time in a long time. I spent the morning preparing chicken tenders, sautéing them off until almost done, draining and then chilling them to put together and finish later. I went out to the garden and cut some fresh asparagus for a side [oh it's so crisp and good straight from the garden] and got it ready to finish. About three o'clock I made a balsamic/port reduction to drizzle on the asparagus and began the mise en place for the peanut sauce only to discover for some odd reason I just didn't have the get up and go left to put it together. So I called my sis and asked what I should do [feeling a little confused here] and she commented that I'd only been out of the hospital a couple of days, of course I ran out of get up and go. So, she stopped and picked up a commercial peanut sauce and with that I had supper finished shortly after they got home. It just sucks when the body isn't yet ready for what the brain wants to do
but I'm getting there!
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Oh Billy I've been there and know exactly what you mean. I would get so frustrated. But little by little your strength comes back. And just think you energy will come back even more so because you got the problem removed
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It just sucks when the brain wants to do what the body has absolutely no intention of doing. I'm learning though - conserve energy before a big event that I want to do and if my body wants a day off afterwards it's okay! I hate it!! I'm so used to pushing to the finish line - so I know how you feel.
Hey, that was pretty ambitious for the first meal - post op! Wish I'd been there.
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What amazes me the most about this post - reminiscing a little - is how fantastically far you have come in cooking since we all first met!!! You were so apprehensive.
I love it for you!!! But, also know how hard it is to stay down when you finally feel good again! It'll come.
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I understand completely Billy. My step-dad is the same way although the mind is starting to go some as well...and I have days when I can not win against the tremors and just look at the food and the knives and wonder what I did to deserve this kind of torture.
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I think maybe I should reinstitute my procedure from when I was in the Navy. I would have several meals underway at one time. One day after work I'd chop/slice/cube the meat for a meal that was a couple of days away; chop onions or whatever was needed for the meal the next day; put the finishing touches on the meal for that night. I'd work an hour or two almost every day bringing several meals a step closer to completion. At the end of a meal, I'd make up TV tray style dinners and freeze them. Worked out well for me all those years ago.
LJ, I've pretty much had shakey hands since forever. I was an electronics technician and people wondered how I could solder small components together with both hands trembling. I told them you just had to get them to shake with the same rhythm
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Good for you Billy! You'll get there, just take your time.
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