[Blindtlk] struggling with blindness skills
Judy Jones
sonshines59 at gmail.com
Tue Jan 17 04:35:40 UTC 2017
Hi, Annely,
Your tips are right-on. Another trick is to herd that helping of peas toward the mashed potatoes, for instance.
Having the knife in the right hand is second nature to me now, and, when I have cut off a bite of food and am eating it, the knife in my right hand is resting on the edge of the plate near the top. So, as I am lifting the bit to eat with the fork in the left hand, the right hand rests the knife. Harder to explain than to do.
Judy
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Hi Everyone,
I've been following this thread and all of your suggestions are great. I'd like to add to the one about using the fork to check around on the plate. I have put my fork with the tines flat or parallel to the plate and patted it around in a systematic pattern. This covers more area than using the tips of the tines. As far as continuing to hold the knife in the right hand and the fork in the left when eating, this can be very challenging when not cutting anything if one is right handed. Judy, I like how you said about corraling the food together, usually at 6 o'clock. When I do this, I make sure I'm using a systematic, overlapping pattern starting from the right and moving to the left side of the plate and starting at the edge and moving to 6 o'clock. Keep the questions coming. We'll try to have the answers. Take care and God bless everyone.
Annely
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On Sat, 1/14/17, Judy Jones via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] struggling with blindness skills
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Cc: "Judy Jones" <sonshines59 at gmail.com>
Date: Saturday, January 14, 2017, 3:02 PM
I didn't think about
that, but the knife idea is very true. Having lived in Europe for a while when younger I picked up the semi-habit of eating left-handed with the fork when cutting with the knife, instead of putting it down every time. Now, I find myself switching between the eating modes.
Judy
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Hello all,
I have two simple
but very effective suggestions.
1. Solve
the, where is the food issue, by using and fork in the left hand and a knife in the right. It seems to be a uniquely American tradition to eat with only one utensil. In Europe and the Commonwealth countries it is generally the practice for people to use both a knife and fork when eating.
Although Americans have a knife at their place, they pick it up and lay it down when not cutting. The idea is to hold both knife and fork during the meal and not lay the knife down.
It is relatively simple to locate, identify and move food about on the plate using two utensils. This removes any need to mess around with pushing bread about on a plate.
2. Leave the butter out of the refrigerator.
Butter can be kept in a butter
dish, which
is a container made for that purpose which has a lid, and can be made of ceramic or hard plastic.
However, there's no need to have a butter dish as any low-sided, flat container with a replaceable lid will do. Butter can be left in the pantry or food cupboard in all but the hottest of summer weather. If you have air-conditioning then butter can be left out of the fridge at all times. . It will then be soft and very spreadable. Of course, butter will go rancid and go off in the cupboard quicker than it will in the fridge, but if you use it regularly it will usually be used up long before that. Store butter in the fridge until you are ready to put a new stick in the butter dish, and wash the butter dish with detergent after every two or three new sticks of butter. It needs to be cleaned of old butter every couple of weeks because the residue of the stick of butter that was in the dish before adding each new one is going to go rancid and affect subsequent new sticks. But, you don't need to wash it before every new stick. I just wipe mine out with a paper towel and throw the butter dish and lid in the dish-washer about every two weeks or so.
I
hope these suggestions are helpful.
Warmly,
Heather
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For
the potato's, I use the fork to check the plate to see if there is anything on the plate, similar to what you describe for the meat.
Others suggestions for the butter are good. I'd just add that if you are trying to spread cold butter, it's pretty much a lost cause. It isn't a blindness thing, it just doesn't spread so well. If you are using margarine, it does spread easier, even when cold. I think margarine is disgusting though. *smile*
Other than
what has already been said, I think it's just about practice. I like to try new things when I'm alone. then I don't have to worry about being rushed or someone stepping in to help. Having all the time I need to try out different approaches and find what works for me is really helpful.
Julie
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Subject: [Blindtlk]
struggling with blindness skills
Hi guys,
I'm struggling with blindness skills in two areas. One is eating food without my fingers, and the other is spreading condiments and butter.
What
are your strategies for eating without
using your fingers, for non-finger
food?
Some foods are feelable, like meat, so it's easy to use a knife/pusher to shovel them onto the plate. With hot cereal, I tap the spoon around to see if there is anything left. But Some foods are harder, like mashed potatoes on a plate.
Spreading condiments
/ butter is hard for me, especially butter. I try to feel with the knife to see if I've spread around the whole length of the bread, and frequently, I've hadn't.
I would appreciate any tips or alternative techniques on all these things!
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