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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 24753" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>We've got the Occupational Therapist (OT) dining out on how we strengthen difficult child 3's loose joints: we make gnocchi! It does everything for him that he would otherwise be doing using play-doh. You mix the dough (mashed potato, egg and flour). You roll it out into a snake. You cut it into 1 cm pieces with a floured knife. You flour the pieces. You press them lightly with the tines of a fork, then gently roll them off onto a non-stick tray. You then drop them into boiling salted water and let them cook for 1 minute after they float. Skim them out and eat them!</p><p></p><p>I love the way therapists 'dress up' in technical, therapeutic language what we would call, 'making a mess'.</p><p></p><p>by the way - range eggs - we don't throw them out, we test them. If they sink right to the bottom of cold fresh water, we assume they're fresh enough to eat. I DO make an effort to use them first and to break each one into a cup and give it a sniff test before I use it. In about 5% of cases, the egg is no good, but most of the time they're fine.</p><p></p><p>if the egg floats, THEN I let the kids throw them as far as they can, and wait to hear the 'pop'!</p><p></p><p>Our geriatric hens are too arthritic now to hide their nests. Plus they're old and set in their ways. We let them out mid-afternoon, when all laying should be done for the day. We did once have one broody hen who sat on a clutch of 17 eggs and hatched the lot.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 24753, member: 1991"] We've got the Occupational Therapist (OT) dining out on how we strengthen difficult child 3's loose joints: we make gnocchi! It does everything for him that he would otherwise be doing using play-doh. You mix the dough (mashed potato, egg and flour). You roll it out into a snake. You cut it into 1 cm pieces with a floured knife. You flour the pieces. You press them lightly with the tines of a fork, then gently roll them off onto a non-stick tray. You then drop them into boiling salted water and let them cook for 1 minute after they float. Skim them out and eat them! I love the way therapists 'dress up' in technical, therapeutic language what we would call, 'making a mess'. by the way - range eggs - we don't throw them out, we test them. If they sink right to the bottom of cold fresh water, we assume they're fresh enough to eat. I DO make an effort to use them first and to break each one into a cup and give it a sniff test before I use it. In about 5% of cases, the egg is no good, but most of the time they're fine. if the egg floats, THEN I let the kids throw them as far as they can, and wait to hear the 'pop'! Our geriatric hens are too arthritic now to hide their nests. Plus they're old and set in their ways. We let them out mid-afternoon, when all laying should be done for the day. We did once have one broody hen who sat on a clutch of 17 eggs and hatched the lot. Marg [/QUOTE]
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