Jessica, I am proud of you for being brave enough to ask the question. Please don't think we are making fun of you or will give up on you. Everyone has told you how they do it and don't know where to go from here. If you will ask more questions that will help us to know where to go from here we will try to help.
Lois ----- Original Message ----- From: Debbra Piening To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 3:28 PM Subject: Re: [CnD] cutting food I think you just hit the nail on the head. Sometimes friends and family get frustrated with themselves for not being able to get something across to us, and that frustration gets passed on to us, too, in addition to our frustration at wanting to do things well. When I was sixteen, I was terribly self-conscious about doing things exactly as sighted people seemed to do. Then I discovered that sighted people often cut one piece at a time. Later I learned that even chefs touch food with their hands. Although I use utensils as much as possible, I no longer worry about very lightly checking things with a finger if I need to. You will learn. You've come to the list to ask questions, and you've got lots of good answers. So take a deep breath, try to relax,tell people not to watch you (you're morelikely to make a mistake if they watch), and JUST KEEP TRYING. Deb -----Original Message----- From: cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org [mailto:cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org] On Behalf Of Jessica Brown Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 2:35 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Subject: Re: [CnD] cutting food 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 _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
