As someone who was sighted a mere 12 years ago, and having spent significant time in college also spent significant time in pizza places, I can't recall, with two exceptions, any incidences of people eating pizza with utensils other than the ones they grow at the ends of their arms. Those two exceptions are the original Chicago style pizzas sold at Pizzeria Uno, where some (but not all) patrons chose to eat them with a knife and fork, and at a place called The Flying Tomato, where their stuffed pizza got the same treatment by a minority of patrons. In both cases we're talking about thick and substantial pizzas that resembled classic pies more than what we generally think of as pizzas. So if your friends are getting into a snit because they're expecting you to use a knife and fork to eat a pizza slice then they're statistical outliers and in no way representative of the norm or even those several standard deviations off the mainstream. Fries and tater tots are similar.. Ever had someone put a knife or fork into a fast food bag when you order a burger and fries? I haven't, and again, I've eaten my share of fast food. Remember too that your hands are your eyes. If they get too horsey about it suggest that they close their eyes to eat and try it that way without using their hands. What I suspect is that you're associating either with people raised in overly fastidious households or that they're under the mistaken impression that others will think worse of them because they're with a blind person, so they don't want any visible signs of your disability. In the former case you might want to suggest that they watch Mystic Pizza or another movie about a pizza parlor or some commercials for pizza chains, and in the second case you might suggest a good therapist to them so they can stop pushing their issues off on you. You're eating the way others eat in the majority. What's next, using a fork to eat a burrito or taco? Eating Skittles with a spoon?
> -----Original Message----- > From: Cookinginthedark [mailto:cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org] > On Behalf Of Will Henderson via Cookinginthedark > Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2014 12:40 PM > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org; 'Charles Rivard'; 'janbrown' > Subject: [CnD] hands, fingers, and such > > Well, this has been very interesting and helpful. I think we are > definitely in the minority when it comes to doing things differently. > Even though I've not been told things too many times, I do know that > some of my friends would prefer I not use my fingers for certain > things, no matter how clean they are. So, this is interesting. > My family has taught me things but now that I'm hanging with other > people, of all ages, I'm learning more and more that I was never taught > or that they never thought about. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cookinginthedark [mailto:cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org] > On Behalf Of Charles Rivard via Cookinginthedark > Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2014 10:26 AM > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org; janbrown > Subject: Re: [CnD] ways of eating some foods > > We, as blind people, are in a minority, and most of us don't eat pizza > with a fork, so I don't think that being among a minority has anything > to do with it. > > --- > Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're > finished, you! really! are! finished! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "janbrown via Cookinginthedark" <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org> > To: <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org>; "Brittany Simpson" > <autumnrain...@att.net> > Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2014 9:33 AM > Subject: Re: [CnD] ways of eating some foods > > > >I think eating pizza with a fork is a minority way of eating it. > > My neighbor eats that way but inmy 65 years of living, she is the > only > >person I know who eats pizza that > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > >> On Nov 7, 2014, at 10:52 PM, Brittany Simpson via Cookinginthedark > >> <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org> wrote: > >> > >> Hi Will, > >> There is absolutely no need for you to apologize for asking > questions. > >> There is no way to learn unless you ask questions, and this is > >> supposed to be a list where we learn things, so questions are always > okay. > >> > >> I don't know much about ketchup and tater tots or fries because I > >> don't eat ketchup at all. But I can comment a bit on the pizza > >> thing. I have never been around anyone eating pizza with a knife > and > >> fork. My husband, who is sighted, orders pizza for the two of us > all > >> the time, and I have never heard the sounds of knife and fork on > >> plate > when he's eating pizza. > >> To my knowledge he only eats it with his hands, the same as I do. > >> I've also been around many other sighted people eating pizza, and I > >> do not believe any of them used knives and forks either, only their > >> hands. I've even eaten pizza out in public, at actual pizza > >> restaurants, and people still used their hands. Knowing my family > >> the way I do, I'm sure that if there was a more socially acceptable > >> way to eat pizza that they would have told me quickly but no one has > >> ever said anything to me about different ways to eat it. It's > >> possible that someone else on the list may know something I don't. > >> I'll definitely be interested to > > find out what others have to say because if I've been eating pizza > > wrong all these years I'd like to know. > >> > >> I think your question was a good one. > >> Brittany > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Will Henderson via > Cookinginthedark" > >> <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org> > >> To: <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org> > >> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2014 11:06 PM > >> Subject: [CnD] ways of eating some foods > >> > >> > >>> I'm sorry for being full of questions but being so young and > >>> inexperienced, I keep running into interesting situations that make > >>> me question. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> I've noticed that when I'm eating pizza with certain sighted > >>> friends, they eat it with a fork and knife. I guess I'd never > >>> thought of that because I was never told, and I'd always thought of > >>> pizza as a thing to eat with my hands and not worrying about a > fork. > >>> Is there a more socially appropriate way of eating pizza? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> And, what do people here do regarding something simple.like French > >>> fries or tater tots. I've always eaten them with my fingers. But, > >>> again, with sighted friends, I am not sure if that's always > >>> appropriate. And, what do you do with something like ketchup where > >>> you don't have a little bowl or container for separate dipping? I > >>> ask because I go to a place that sells great burgers and sandwiches > >>> and tater tots. The plate is covered with the sandwich and then > >>> tots but hardly any room for a little ketchup container. > >>> What do people do to have the ketchup on the tots, and do people > eat > >>> them with their fingers even if there's ketchup on the fries? > >>> > >>> I'm sorry. > >>> > >>> Will > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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
