[nabs-l] Serving Yourself Food

[Dave Wright]

Good evening Harry,
I know this seemingly simple task can be potentially fearsome as you are 
probably worried about perhaps embarrassing yourself and or spilling.
I think like all things you learn how to do tasks properly by trial and 
error.
Even though I've been serving myself for years, I occasionally spill. This 
has nothing to do with my blindness, but rather my ability to pay attention 
to what I'm doing. Usually when I spill, it's something we all can laugh at 
rather than being too horribly embarrassed. Now, it's more likely that a 
sighted individual at gatherings will spill before I do.
In terms of knowing how much food to get, this is somewhat relative, but 
needless to say, don't get more than you know you can eat. As you mentioned 
in your last message, people have a number of ways of doing this ranging 
from number of servings to weight etc. I actually utilize all of these 
concepts.
All this to say that serving oneself is definitely a step toward a sense of 
personal independence. As I mentioned above, trial and error is ok. Serve 
yourself when there are less people around so you get a hang of how it's 
done. Hope this helps.



Best Regards:
David Wright

Email: dwrigh6 at uic.edu
Mobile: 832-518-0707

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harry Hogue" <harryhogue at yahoo.com>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
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Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 8:53 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Serving Yourself Food


Serena, this may sound like a slightly silly question, but do you learn what 
an appropriate portion size is by weight, etc, or by how many ladle-fulls, 
spoon-fulls, etc? I have never really wanted to do that because I didn't 
want to slowly anybody down or look awkward, etc. But I agree it is 
important...
Harry

--- On Sun, 11/9/08, Serena <serenacucco at verizon.net> wrote:

From: Serena <serenacucco at verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Serving Yourself Food
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Date: Sunday, November 9, 2008, 6:47 PM

Hi Harry

I always serve my own food at home with immidate family.  I think it's
important to learn that skill.  At family gatherings and on buffet lines,
however, others do it for me cause we're all having pretty much the same
things.  Even at State Convention this weekend, there was a survor serving 
the
breakfast buffet to everyone.


----- Original Message ----- From: "Harry Hogue"
<harryhogue at yahoo.com>
To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 5:39 PM
Subject: [nabs-l] Serving Yourself Food


Hello everyone,
With the holidays coming up, here's an interesting point for discussion.

At family gatherings, or perhaps even at home with immediate family, do you
serve your own plate or do you have someone else serve the plate for you?

As for me, I have always had someone else always serve my plate at family
gatherings and at home with my family, for that matter, simply because it is
quicker and there is less risk of spilling, etc. I am, however, reminded of 
the
importance of being comfortable with this task by my Costa Rica experience. 
My
host mother told me what was where and even made sure I knew where the 
serving
spoon was--but I was not comfortable at 20 years old to serve my own plate 
and
had to ask her to serve the plate for me. This, then, set up a precedent 
that as
a blind person I needed help with getting food.
'm interested in hearing ohter thoughts. And if we serve ourselves at
home/at family gatherings, I then have to ask what is so diferent about 
buffets,
especially if you're with someone else and they're getting rice,
chicken, potatoes, etc. and it's likely you would want some of the same
things.

Just some thoughts to consider.

Harry

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