Aside from growing up in the '60s and '70s when there wasn't as much
processed food, cooking was just something I took for granted and expected I
would do. Way before I was doing it I copied out recipes into notebooks on
the basis of if I understood the instructions, if I'd like it, and, to, for
a time was fun to fantasize about making whatever for me and my husband. My
mom, I'm sure well-meaning, when I told her about writing down a bread
recipe, said I was just wasting the paper, because I wasn't going to make
that, and would be eating stuff already prepared. I reminded her of that
years later when I brought that result of homemade bread on one of my
visits. I had to work at overcoming her reservations, such that it was sure
an accomplishment when she graduated from 'don't go near the stove while I'm
gone", to "if you're going to cook, be very careful".
In the realm of cooking etc, I didn't want to risk getting married and
having my husband be disgusted with me for not knowing how to do anything.
I guess a bit of ego went into wanting to cook to, for wanting to hear
hopefully I made something well.
A lot of the process was just taking a ball and running with it. In school,
from our teacher's perspective, in the allotted time we had it was probably
the most efficient thing to have the partially sighted students do things
with the stove, and the blind students due the measuring, mixing, and
clean-up; I had to want to go beyond that, and work towards it. Why I say
in part it's a mental thing is that, if I'd have pushed myself, I'd have
worked up to deep frying / being able to do fried chicken, but don't like
when oil splatters as it is, let alone messing with what could happen with a
great quantity of oil, and though I know I guess I could do all right if I
tried in the fryers that come with a basket, guess just figured that I'd
quit while I was ahead diet-wise re making donuts, etc, though of course I
know of at least two blind people who back in the day made fried chicken
(they don't any more).
With all the processed food around it's easier for anyone who isn't into
cooking not to, but from the standpoint of cost and what's better for you,
people should be encouraged to know how to do basic things.
Kathy.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerry Learry" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>; "John Kolwick"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 7:24 PM
Subject: Re: [CnD] OT: General question about cooking and visual impairment
Also if the Student is doing well with being blind you may find the
project to be much easier then if the Student isn't well adjusted.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Kolwick" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 3:52 PM
Subject: Re: [CnD] OT: General question about cooking and visual
impairment
Hello Denise, suggestion: ask your student how they feel about
cooking, did they enjoy it in the past, what type of cooking did they do,
what foods do they like or dislike, get to know some things about the
person and then you can introduce concepts and if there is an interest on
your students part you can begin teaching skills and techniques. You are
possible going to have to help this person think in different terms and
utilize different techniques. You can also draw on there knowledge of
cooking and ask them what were favorite things they liked to cook and
develop your lesson plans around these areas. good luck
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From: "CityNet Customer" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 2:56 PM
To: <[email protected]>
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
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