On Friday, May 1, 2015 at 5:50:22 AM UTC-5, wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Apr 2015 21:18:45 -0800, Mark Thorson >
> wrote:
>
> >Michelle wrote:
> >>
> >> I wondered if anyone had any tips or tricks for
> >> cooking with a broken arm. My sister had a car
> >> accident, and is in a cast for 5 weeks. Fortunately,
> >> it's the left arm, and she is right handed, so she can
> >> do a few things - but chopping is right out.
> >
> >When I couldn't use one hand, I'd open
> >a jar by getting on the floor, holding
> >the jar between my feet, and using my
> >my good hand. When that didn't work
> >with a particularly obstinate jar of
> >salsa, I had the brilliant idea of
> >relieving the vacuum in the jar by
> >stabbing the lid with a knife. That
> >worked! The lid came right off!
> >Or maybe it didn't. Maybe disaster
> >ensued. I could be lying. You pay
> >your money, you take your chances.
> You lives and learns as they say. My hand from elbow down was in a
> cast last year, on balance I managed quite well. Some things like
> putting toothpaste on the brush, tended to be messy.
>
> I wanted to chop some garlic and figured I could manage it. When the
> knife slipped it didn't go far and met resistance. The resistance was
> the bone in my finger and I was left with plenty of blood and a
> garlicky smelling underlay to the cast. I always believed that saying
> about it isn't the sharp knife that cuts and kept the knives like
> razors. What it does is just make it so when it hits bone, it does it
> effortlessly.
>
> She will manage, one does when it is imperative.

Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I'll pass them along.