thing to make life easier

deb74
deb74 Online Community Member Posts: 819 Pioneering
edited July 2024 in Housing and independent living
I have just bought a battery potato peeler. I didn't know you could get them until I saw them in a catalogue a few days ago. I had mashed potato for my tea last night for the first time in years!

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  • Ami2301
    Ami2301 Online Community Member Posts: 7,877 Championing
    That's amazing @deb74! I fancy mashed potatoes now!
  • deb74
    deb74 Online Community Member Posts: 819 Pioneering
    Hi @Ami2301. I having problems gripping things and get severe cramp in my hands which made things like using a normal peeler or can opener almost impossible, I have also got a gadget to help me open bottles and jars! 
  • Ami2301
    Ami2301 Online Community Member Posts: 7,877 Championing
    I have poor grip too, I tend to stay away from the kitchen as its just one big hazard to me. Maybe one day! Keep letting us know if you find anymore handy gadgets :)
  • deb74
    deb74 Online Community Member Posts: 819 Pioneering
    Hi @Ami2301. I will let you know if I find anymore gadgets.  (anything to make our leaves easier)!
  • janer1967
    janer1967 Online Community Member Posts: 21,922 Championing
    @deb74 Thanks for sharing this with us, I tend to buy ready peeled potatoes or even ready made mash, the frozen one is ok too if you add a little butter, milk and seasoning. Enjoy your new gadget and of course more mash
  • deb74
    deb74 Online Community Member Posts: 819 Pioneering
    Hi janer1967. I intend to do much more cooking now I have got the peeler so it will definatley get my monies worth out of it.
  • janer1967
    janer1967 Online Community Member Posts: 21,922 Championing
    Can you use it to peel other veg ? 
  • deb74
    deb74 Online Community Member Posts: 819 Pioneering
    Hi janer1967. Yes. it is just a peeler with 2 batteries in it! 
  • newborn
    newborn Online Community Member Posts: 828 Trailblazing
    What about instant mash powder? No good if you want organic though.
  • Chloe_Alumni
    Chloe_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 10,506 Championing
    This is great news @deb74! I do love mash!

  • April2018mom
    April2018mom Posts: 2,863 Championing
    This is a useful post!

    I have gotten helpful advice on mobility aids from my son's therapists in the past. I think that we should have a helpful aids thread on here as well. What sort of aids would you recommend for someone who has no lower body function at all?
    My son has virtually no leg function. I want to teach him cookery but I do not know where to begin. Any tips and recommendations welcome. He is a total paraplegic with flaccid paralysis due to open spina bifida. I cannot just stand him on a stool like his twin sister and force him to help me. 
    Gardening is a bit easier as he can sit in his wheelchair and help me. 

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