Dear All. I have just been following this discussion and it is quite interesting. Just 1 tip I would like to share here: Frankly speaking I am not at all comfortable eating rice etc with my hands I only prefer spoon for that. I understand that some times especially in the plates bowls having broader edges, it becomes a little difficult to manage but I take care of this by holding my spoon in 1 hand and try to gather the food around the center of the plate.. also with the tip of the finger of the other hand try to touch the edge of the plate to find if the food is not coming out at the edge etc. please do not miss to cary a tissue in your other hand so that as soon as you dirty the tip of your finger you could immediately wipe it. Some times it is not even necessary especially in the parties or social gathering that you have to finish each and every partical of the rice ect you may leave some in the plate and if some 1 askes you then you could tell them that you are full with the food. There is no reason what so ever to avoid any kind of food or even all together going to the parti because you are not able to eat comfortably with the spoon or folk. With regards to pizza dosa etc there is no harm in eating the same with your hand as so many sighted people are also not comfortable eating the same with knife and folks. As long as you keep on wiping your hands it is perfectly ok to eat with your hands also
For me if I eat outside even dishes like pao bhaji or roti sabji I make it a point to eat the sabji / bhaji with the spoon while rolling the roti or holding a portion of the pao in my other hand and then eating the same with it this ways I don't dirty my fingers also. Just some of my ideas which sute me, hope this may help some of you. Thanks and warm Regards, Nikita V. Raut, Senior Manager [HR] Baroda Corporate Center, Bank of Baroda, C- 26, G - block, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra [E], Mumbai- 400051. deskphone: +91-22-66985557. -----Original Message----- From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of muruganandan.k Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 5:30 PM To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerningthe disabled. Subject: Re: [AI] decent lunch etiquettes for person with visual impairment hello, the Spoon-Menace, as I prefer to term it for a long time, has been one of the unresolved problems in my daily life... I have even stopped going to certain parties or eating certain dishes due to this... that doesn't matter anyway, but it matters a lot when compelled to eat and there's no other option but to use the pork/spoon! the ice-creems in broad cups always frighten me for the trouble of "successfully finishing the eating-operation"! "Spoon is the enemy of the BLIND", my visually impaired teacher would often remark! it seems perfectly right, at least in my own experience. but, how to tackle this enemy? because, we can't just get rid of the spoons/porks... when I find the blind man in Carver's short story "Cathedral" so astonishingly using the spoon, I use to envy him! all our people can please read this story (if you haven't) for so many reasons! http://nbu.bg/webs/amb/american/6/carver/cathedral.htm I also request our community to seriously deliberate upon tackling this pork and spoon challenge! thank u....... On 9/16/13, sharad tripathi <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello friends, > I would like to attract all of you's attention to very important issue > that is our problem in dealing with folk and spoons as well struggling > with nonveg. dishes. although any how it does nbot bother us as we are > managing it from long. this becomes a issue for other's respect when > lunch is in honour of somebody or official meeting or lunch with MD of > the company. In that case expectations increases for lowvision. > fellows along with us expect us to not create any disorder while lunch > oncentral table of company.If any mistake while or whole of your > fingers in the food does seems embarrassing. > therefore my major concern is is kindly provide tips so that lunch in > hard protocol does not go with empty stomach and noises of utensils. > > regards, > sharad tripathi > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_acces sindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i n > > > Disclaimer: > 1. 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