[Blindtlk] Question about eating in public

[David Andrews]

I still often use a piece of bread to coral the food on my plate, my 
Mother insisted I do this, when I was little, instead of using my 
fingers -- she called it my "pusher."

Dave

At 09:19 PM 5/21/2015, you wrote:
>That's interesting about the soup and theb read, have never heard of 
>that before.
>
>I remember when I was young observing sighted adults use the edge of 
>a roll or small piece of bread in one hand to contain food on the 
>plate while eating for the fork. I haven't heard of this being done 
>for years, so I wonder if some table habits are a thing of the past.
>
>I have heard of breaking the roll in order to butter it, but that 
>works with a tender roll. If a if one tried to do it with a hard 
>roll it would but mutilated. I cut those in half.
>
>Very interesting.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Christine Olivares via bltlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>To:  blindtlk at nfbnet.org
>CC: rafael4490 at gmail.com
>Date: Thursday, May 21, 2015 5:06 pm
>Subject: Re: [Bltlk] Question about eating in public
>
> >
> >
> > Hi Judy and all,
>In my eighth grade English class, my English teacher did a unit on 
>etiquette and she taught us that you are not supposed to drink soup 
>out of a bowl/cup at all, especially in a fancy restaurant. Then 
>again, she also taught us that you aren't supposed to bite into a 
>roll with butter but rip little pieces off'''.I never do that. For 
>soup, I eat what I can with the spoon and then drink the rest.
>As for ketchup, I always ask for a small plate. I never have had an 
>issue of someone not having a container of some kind. I have also 
>put it on the same plate as my food. What I will do if I run out of 
>room is eat my hot dog or whatever, then put the ketchup where the 
>main course item was. Hope this helps.
>Christine
> > On May 21, 2015, at 7:52 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland via bltlk 
> <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > Actually, I may get in trouble for saying this, but I'm a little 
> more barbaric.  I usually will, even with a bowl, not just a cup, 
> even if at a restaurant not at home, drink it down the hatch, 
> veggies, meat, and all.
> >
> > O, kayyy, I don't sit here and slirp it.  I'm not that 
> disruptive, I do it very quietly, but yeah.  It's gonna be really 
> hard with a spoon, as you can't really very easily get the liquid 
> to stay on the spoon.  Trust me, I should know.  Which leads me to 
> a question I! actually have.  I'll post it though in a new thread.
> >
> > Chris.
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy Jones via bltlk" 
> <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> > To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> > Cc: "Judy Jones" <jtj1 at cableone.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2015 7:47 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Bltlk] Question about eating in public
> >
> >
> >> By the way, that is not a dumb question at all.
> >>
> >> I like cup o' soup, was wondering how people handle that, with a 
> spoon as a bowl, or is it proper to drink as from a cup.  I looked 
> it up on Miss Manners, and the general concensus was to drink the 
> liquid mostly down, and if there are solid chunks like vegetables, 
> use a spoon to finish off.
> >>
> >> What do you all do with cup o' soup?  Just curious.
> >>
> >> Judy
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message----- From: Tom via bltlk
> >> Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2015 1:52 PM
> >> To: Tom
> >> Cc: Tom
> >> Subject: [Bltlk] Question about eating in public
> >>
> >> I have a feeling this is going to be a very dumb question, but I 
> want to ask
> >> anyway.
> >>
> >> I enjoy eating out in public with friends or people.
> >>
> >> One of my favorite things, like any young person my age, is burgers and
> >> fries.
> >>
> >> I'd like to know what you guys do as blind folks with the following
> >> situation.
> >>
> >> Most people enjoy some sort of dipping sauce for their fries, such as
> >> ketchup.
> >>
> >> Some fast food places have those little dipping cups, and if I 
> have someone
> >> get me one or two, no problem.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> But, what about those places that don't.  You either have the 
> plate that has
> >> the burgers and fries on it, or you sometimes have those cardboard boat
> >> looking things heaping full of fries and no cup or dipping container.
> >>
> >> I figure that on a plate situation, there could be a little room to put a
> >> bit for dipping, but not always.  What is good or proper or visually
> >> appealing to do with such things as those little boat looking 
> things or when
> >> a plate is full of food or fries and there's no designated room?
> >>
> >> I have ended up just eating them plain, but why do that?
> >>
> >> What can I do to still enjoy what I like?
> >>
> >> And, is it OK to eat the fries with fingers if they have ketchup on them?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Again, embarrassing questions I wouldn't normally ask a sighted person.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Tom

         David Andrews and long white cane Harry.
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