My potential ADD cooking disaster

It's embarrassing for me to admit this, but if it saves even one person from a cooking disaster, it's worth it.

Please, please, please stay in the kitchen when you are cooking something.

Featuring Dr. Stephanie Sarkis, the author of "10 Simple Solutions to Adult ADD" and "Making the Grade with ADD: A Guide to Succeeding in College with Attention Deficit Disorder".

http://www.stephaniesarkis.com

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• ADD
• ADHD
• kitchen
• attention
• Sarkis
• distraction
• inattention
• burning
• food
• dog

[idntexst]

i have burnt numerous foods.good video

[DocADHD]

@idntexst Thanks!  Yes, flambe cooking seems to be my specialty. :)

[MusicChick085]

yea i was gonna make french fries and totally forget about the oil heating up and poof i had a fire in my kitchen but yea i agree from now own i need to stay in the kitchen while cooking. thanks alot for the videos.

[DocADHD]

@MusicChick085 You are very welcome! Good luck with your culinary adventures!

[3rdcoast]

ya, this is why i no longer cook.

[DocADHD]

@3rdcoast Yes, several people with ADHD have stopped cooking altogether due to accidents in the kitchen.

[lediaTee]

One night I was making chicken stew and I kept checking back and forth from kitchen to living room until I totally forgot and sleep through the night leaving the stew burned fortunately my sister found it still cooking until Dawn and turned it off..... The whole house was in smokes and took ages to get rid of the smell.... So dangerous BTW I just found out I have ADD... Not medicated yet though :(

[bosleykb]

I actually liquefied taco hard shells once when I was broiling them to make them crispy...liquefied...they weren't a solid anymore...

[DocADHD]

Ava, you are very welcome! :-)

[AvaDeLeon]

yes that is my rule, too

-to take whatever work that can be

done to the side of cooking,

with me into the kitchen, and take care of it

at the kitchen table - so at least

if I do get sucked into something

else and forget time (usually happens numerous

times a day) at least the smell of

things should get me back to check the stove ;)

- I really like your videos Doc, thank you for posting!

[DocADHD]

Thanks for the tip! I have started doing this, and no more eggs flambe. :-)