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Questions on Cooking Classes for the Blind (self.Blind)
submitted by Microdissections
My mom is legally blind and I've grown up with a lot of food poisoning from her cooking. Fortunately she has gotten a lot better at cooking, but she mostly cooks simple things, like soup, salad or sandwiches. She's had some one-on-one help with a gal that came to our home to help her develop some skills in the kitchen, but I really wanted to find a place to take a cooking class together. It would be a great Christmas or Birthday gift since she's not huge on getting 'things', but rather going out and doing things.
I've called some local venues that offer cooking classes, and asked if they have anything on offer that would be well suited for us to do together, keeping in mind that she'll do better with more verbal instructions and descriptions.
On that note, I've got a few questions -
1. If you're blind, have you ever taken a cooking class, and what was that experience like? Are there things you would change, and what was helpful?
2. If you're someone who is related to or works with the blind, have you ever taken a cooking class together? Was it a smaller, personal class, or a larger class, and how did it go?
3. If you're blind, do family members or friends ever provide in-person 'audio descriptioning' and does that help or hinder when you're trying to listen to another person?
I've called some local venues that offer cooking classes, and asked if they have anything on offer that would be well suited for us to do together, keeping in mind that she'll do better with more verbal instructions and descriptions.
On that note, I've got a few questions -
1. If you're blind, have you ever taken a cooking class, and what was that experience like? Are there things you would change, and what was helpful?
2. If you're someone who is related to or works with the blind, have you ever taken a cooking class together? Was it a smaller, personal class, or a larger class, and how did it go?
3. If you're blind, do family members or friends ever provide in-person 'audio descriptioning' and does that help or hinder when you're trying to listen to another person?
intrepidia 2 points 5y ago
I have had several friends take cooking classes from local community colleges. The typical layout there is the instructor at the front with a large mirror angled above to allow the students to capture the overhead as they stand at their own stations. Having someone provide the ongoing description for the blind student would be essential. But it's very doable. Also, local commissions for the blind or local charities tend to have kitchens at their facilities for training courses on cooking. There are plenty of techniques that simplify or contain activities (i.e. a tv tray with edges to serve as a cutting board.
There are plenty of options and choices in this space.
There are plenty of options and choices in this space.
fastfinge 2 points 5y ago
Hmmm. I never really took much of a formal cooking class. Just cooked recipes together with friends and family. When I wasn't sure if something was mixed well enough, or done cooking, or whatever, I'd just ask. Eventually, I found/learned ways to tell without asking.
Although to be fair, chicken still scares the crap out of me. It's possible for you to touch a bone and not realize it while checking the temperature, and then wind up eating undercooked chicken that I thought was done. Thankfully though, I've only ever done that to myself, nobody else.
Although to be fair, chicken still scares the crap out of me. It's possible for you to touch a bone and not realize it while checking the temperature, and then wind up eating undercooked chicken that I thought was done. Thankfully though, I've only ever done that to myself, nobody else.
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