Even if people can buy basic ingredients from stores and cook them, it's recipes that make those basic ingredients more than the sum of their parts. That more than the sum of their parts when it works right always adds up to memorable meals. A knowledge of cooking with as many of its skills as can be acquired gets the student the necessary passport and ticket for that kind of tasty travel.
On Mon, 8 Apr 2013, kerry Friddell wrote: > I agree, perhaps if you had ask the question a little better, I would have > answered in a little more helpful way. Kerry Friddell > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerry Learry" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 6:17 PM > Subject: Re: [CnD] OT: General question about cooking and visual impairment > > > >I would like to add one thing. If I had thought or understood the reason for > >asking I may have been a little more descriptive when talking about why Blind > >people should be able to cook. I think that others have covered most of it. > >I would add that learning as many skills as possible probably helps all > >people disabled or not to feel good. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "CityNet Customer" > > <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 12:56 PM > > Subject: Re: [CnD] OT: General question about cooking and visual impairment > > > > > > >I apologize if the simplicity of this question has offended anyone. > > > Of course I believe that this is important for the student. I would > > > not have joined this list if I didn't feel it was important for me, as > > > a adventitiously blind adult, to learn how to work in the kitchen with > > > little to no usable vision. > > > My project is nothing big. I am suppossed to teach a unit involving > > > an area of the expanded core curriculum. I felt it would be fun to > > > try teaching a student to cook. Part of the assigment involved a > > > rationale for why we chose this section. I thought it would be > > > interesting to have a variety of reasons as to why this is an > > > important area. I appreciate all of you who have responded. I knew > > > I could get some thoughtful and varied responses by posing this > > > question to you all. > > > Thanks again and keep them coming if anyone who hasn't responded would > > > like to. > > > > > > Thanks > > > Denise Millette > > > > > > On 4/8/13, rebecca manners <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi Denise. > > > > > > > > I feel cooking and other kitchen skills are important for blind and > > > > visually > > > > > > > > impaired individuals because acquiring these skills help all > > > > individuals--whether visually impaired, blind or sighted--to become more > > > > independent. > > > > The knowledge of Kitchen skills gives me a sense of usefulness. I live > > > > with > > > > > > > > my parents for now; therefore, my ability to cook and perform other > > > > skills > > > > in the kitchen helps take some of the household responsibility away from > > > > my > > > > > > > > parents. > > > > > > > > Hope this helps, > > > > > > > > Becky > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: CityNet Customer > > > > Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2013 11:37 PM > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Subject: [CnD] OT: General question about cooking and visual impairment > > > > > > > > Dear list, > > > > > > > > I am currently taking classes to become a TVI and have a project > > > > involving cooking. > > > > > > > > I would like to ask you guys about why you feel it is an important > > > > skill for a blind/visually impaired student (or adult) to know how to > > > > cook and other kitchen skills. > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Denise > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Cookinginthedark mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Cookinginthedark mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Cookinginthedark mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cookinginthedark mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- jude <[email protected]> Microsoft, windows is accessible. why do blind people need screen readers? _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
