First of all, I grew up totally blind. My mother being a registered nurse figured she wouldn't be around all the time when I needed to eat so she did much of the cooking training I had in the kitchen. Adjustment to blindness programs found me advanced compared to others going through. The other thing was me and my sister in our younger years lived where my Mother worked which was in a nursing home so I had exposure to the kitchen and at least a couple of the cooks that also worked in that nursing home. Since my Mother had got divorced in the mid '50's, it was a given both me and my sister would learn to cook.
On Wed, 10 Apr 2013, Kathy Brandt wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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
