Ok. What kinds of questions would you like me to ask? On 1/23/12, Lois <w5...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > 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 >
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