They were friends. I do not have any one who can help me who is trained. I have not had much time to try to cut food but this is because other people give up teaching me not because I give up learning. Trust me I do want to learn if it is the last thing I ever do.
On 1/23/12, Charles Rivard <wee1s...@fidnet.com> wrote: > 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. > > --- > Shepherds are the best beasts, but Labs are a close second. > ----- 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> Cookinginthedark mailing list >> Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Cookinginthedark mailing list >> Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >> > > > -- > > > sent from my BrailleNote > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > -- sent from my BrailleNote _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
