[nagdu] mobility-the deciding factor?

[Julie J]

Thanks Albert!

The thing is that I know the alternatives for cooking chicken, I just have 
little confidence in myself using them.  I suppose I just need to suck it up 
and practice.

When I first learned to use a cane, I experienced the same thing.  I 
remember knowing how to cross the street, but standing at the corner for 
what seemed like forever trying to get up the nerve to do it on my own.  BTW 
I cooked chicken at that same training center, but apparently salmonella is 
a larger fear for me than road pizza! LOL

Julie




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Albert J Rizzi" <albert at myblindspot.org>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
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Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 4:34 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] mobility-the deciding factor?


> Well I for one have been judged that way on this very thread or chat or
> whatever it is you call this. No one has asked me anything of my
> accomplishments as a blind person at all. Not how I have adjusted or what 
> I
> am doing to be a well equipped and integral part of society. oh yeah, rule
> of thumb with chicken, if you set your timer for 15 minutes for each side
> you should be good to go. Of course it all depends on how you are cooking
> the chicken, fried, baked, on the bone off the bone, whole or parts. I 
> would
> be happy to chat on that one off line. Steak is easy too. If you use your
> broiler, usually 8-9 minutes on each side is rare at least for ne, and 
> 9-11
> minutes would be medium and 12-13 would be well done. a barb-a-q would be
> more or less the same depending on the flame. I suggest a medium flame to
> achieve the same results. That touching your hand thing is lost on me
> because of some nerve damage I suffered. Peace.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Julie J
> Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 4:27 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: [nagdu] mobility-the deciding factor?
>
> Some of the recent discussion got me to thinking about how we, as blind
> people, perceive independence or who is more capable than who.   It seems
> that we always use travel to judge who has better skills than who.  I know
> we have discussed this before, but I still have no clue why we don't use
> Braille or cooking or something else to base our judgments on.  I'm guilty
> of it too.  I've caught myself thinking if not actually saying that so and
> so isn't as well adjusted as they could be because they are always needing
> help to get places.
>
> I happen to be a very good traveler with cane or dog.  But you know what? 
> I
> read Braille at about 40 wpm.  By any measure that's slow, like 
> incredibly,
> snails pace slow.  But no one has ever said to me, "You know, you should
> really attend a center where you could get better Braille skills so you
> could be more independent."
>
> Then there is the kitchen...I really like to cook.  Generally I'm okay in
> the kitchen.  I cook most meals from scratch.  But, getting the meat,
> especially the chicken, thoroughly cooked is a constant stress for me. 
> I'm
> frequently freaked out about whether or not there is any pink in the meat.
> I know the skills.  I know how to check nonvisually, but I totally and
> completely lack chicken confidence.
>
> Am I crazy?  or don't you think that blind people always judge other blind
> people on the basis of travel skills and virtually nothing else?
>
> thoughts?
> Julie
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