Have you tried using your fingers to see what you're doing, gradually using
them less and less as you get used to what you're doing? Not with meat, but
other cuttable material?
You say that people have tried to teach you. Were these people trained to
do so?, or were they friends and family members. Also, and I don't mean
this as it may sound, but at age 16, how much practice have you had at
trying to accomplish this? Some people give up if it doesn't work almost
immediately, and this goes for people trying to teach as well as people
trying to learn.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jessica Brown" <jessicabrown...@gmail.com>
To: <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org>
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 11:06 AM
Subject: Re: [CnD] cutting food
Once again. I have tried this before as well and it did not work for
me. I am 16 years old and have been blind all my life. People have
tryed to help teach me but no one seems to know how to teach me and it
never goes well.
On 1/23/12, Nicole Massey <ny...@gypsyheir.com> wrote:
This was what I was going to suggest as well, with a modification or two.
For even chunks, take the fork, after using your knife to find the edges
of
the meat or other food, and place the fork in the meat near one edge. Cut
with the knife perpendicular to the fork's tines until that entire strip
is
free. Then move the fork to the next strip and cut the meat into strips.
If
you want it in chunks instead of strips, turn the plate 90° and then use
your knife and fork to find the first strip. Place the fork near the
middle
and cut starting at the ends and working toward the center, cutting center
chunks using your fork as your guide. Move to the other strips and cut as
well. This should help.
This brings me to a question. Jessica, how long have you been blind? Have
you had any training to help you deal with this blindness? This is a
standard Vocational Rehabilitation Trainer exercise, so this is why I ask.
-----Original Message-----
From: cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org
[mailto:cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org] On Behalf Of Kimberly
Qualls
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 10:05 AM
To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org
Subject: [CnD] cutting food
Jessica,
I use a fork, not only to keep the food still, but also as a
guide...Stick the fork as far from the edge as the slice you
want...After you go one way, then take the fork and stick it in the
slices to cut them into chunks, if you need...Everyone is right,
though, it takes a LOT of practice, and it can get messy, so you may
want to practice on your own, first...I hope I explained that well
enough...
Hope it helps
Kimberly
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