[Blindtlk] Question about eating in public

Fri May 22 02:33:09 UTC 2015

Same here, same exact word, too, ironically, or my helper.  It drove me to 
the point where I almost screamed!

Chris.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Andrews via blindtlk" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2015 10:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Question about eating in public

>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
>
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