After a few days of using this technique, and trying to chop the cold #porridge into finer and finer bits to make it soak and blend better with fresh water before reheating, I suddenly realised I had a better solution at hand.

And because it hadn't been #donated away, and also because it was now in a spot where I could easily find and retrieve it …

… I was able to start using my very own handheld, easy to use and clean #PorridgeTenderiser to make reheated porridge have the perfect as-if-freshly-cooked #texture!

😀

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#reuse
#repurpose
#disability
#accessibility
#cooking
#homemade
#FoodSecurity
#MouthFeel
#texture
#leftovers

In the end I figured I can't really guess how cold porridge will turn out, I just need to experiment and see if I can make it work.

I grabbed one of my #rediscovered glass freezer containers and packed in the leftover #porridge. It fit perfectly!

After it cooled a bit, I realised the seals for the plastic lids had either gotten lost or disintegrated, but a stretchy hairband* solved the lid problem.

I popped it in the fridge overnight to see what could be done with it.

*Allergic to #latex, so I use knitted polyester hairbands from dollar stores instead. Hairbraid-sized ones are good for nearly every typical #ElastIcBand purpose, and the larger ones used to hold back an entire head of hair are similarly useful for much bigger items!

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#reheating

And so, dear readers, I am delighted to announce that I have successfully made myself homemade #porridge for over a month now.

It is delicious. It is #nutritious. It is easy to add things to change it up a bit, such as spices or fruit.

The one challenge/opportunity is that the recipe my family member passed to me makes enough for three LJLP (LikelyJanLukas Portion) servings.

The idea of cold porridge didn't exactly sound thrilling to me. Nor did reducing the recipe ingredient portions, as while #cooking with the #RiceCooker is easy, sometimes #cleaning it is challenging (primarily when I have to rush to an appointment or am having a #JellyFish day where I cannot stay standing for very long).

Considering this problem, I wondered whether the additional portions could be re-heated and still be palatable? #MouthFeel is important to me and whilst I will choke down something I can't stand the texture of, two out of three breakfasts like that would be miserable.

What to do?

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In #decluttering, we discovered I had a very good, appropriately small #RiceCooker.

I hadn't used it in years, as preparing anything to eat with the rice was beyond me. (Yes, I realise many solutions to that issue probably exist, but I am and have always been genuinely NOT a good cook and it is not an area where I am likely to come up with alternatives. Figuring out stuff with wood and fasteners, no problem. Foodstuffs? No idea. Definitely NOT my skillset).

Anyhow, my family member knows I love #porridge but haven't eaten it for years due to my concerns about stove #safety and #tremours. I also loathe the instant packet porridges -- I have no idea what they do to make them taste sweet but unpleasantly over-the-top sweet, but they have accomplished it, ugh.

Annnnnnnd … it turns out you can use rice cookers ro cook things OTHER THAN #rice!

Not a revolutionary concept to many readers, I know, but this was shockingly new information for me! 😂

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#cooking
#accessibility
#disability
#safety