Belated realizations

[unixronin]

Here I am, with my right thumb all bandaged, and finding numerous things very awkward.  I've been drinking my tea left-handed because I can't hold the mug properly with my right.  I'd been planning to make a big batch of turkey risotto this weekend -- I bought onions, mushrooms, and bananas specifically so that I could -- but I hadn't planned on having a bandaged right thumb.

So here I was wondering what I could come up with for supper, and not wanting to use prepackaged foods because I want to create leftovers that I can eat for a quick meal on work nights next week.  And in any case, my sinuses and ears are a little plugged (sufficiently so that trying to use The Crystal Method's Legion of Boom to mask the penetrating whine of the remarkably loud vacuum cleaner running a few doors down resulted in distinct physical discomfort from the bass), and I wanted a good hot curry to clear them.

Finally, realization dawned:  "You're all but ambidextrous*, you imbecile.  Cook left-handed."  Bing!  On goes the light....

So now there's chicken Madras curry cooking on the stove.  I'll eat late, but I'll eat, and without getting the dressing on my thumb wet or soiled.  I need to make a point to get at least two regular meals per day for the next two weeks, because for the next two weeks I'm on 300mg of clindamycin twice a day, and I have instructions from the pharmacist to be sure I take it only after food.  (Reduces the likelihood of stomach upset, I infer.)

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* There are, to my knowledge, two things that I do well with my right hand, and which I do not do well with my left.  One of these is handwriting, though I can do it if strictly necessary and if neatness isn't a requirement.  Shooting is not the other.  Further, deponent saith not.

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[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Yup. Banana and turkey, in a risotto.

Trust me, it's really good. You'll have to try it sometime. (I just made a big pot of it today... I probably have a week's worth of it in the fridge now.)