[Blindtlk] Question about eating in public

Fri May 22 16:41:14 UTC 2015

A knife is the European custom.

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From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Diane
Vlasoff via blindtlk
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In my family we use the knife for that same purpose. 

Diane Vlasoff

On May 21, 2015, at 7:39 PM, Cindy Ray via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

This was what my mother called it, too.
Cindy

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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

        David Andrews and long white cane Harry.
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