"Robert Miles" > wrote in message
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> On 9/5/2011 12:30 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> "Robert > wrote in message
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>>> On 8/20/2011 11:13 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>> > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> unfortunately this really is her life, so you will simply have to
>>>>> decide
>>>>> which is more important, you not touching meat, or her living to
>>>>> adulthood, i hate to be harsh, but coming from a family where my
>>>>> parents
>>>>> not only had to do things to my eyes medically that aftwards, my
>>>>> father
>>>>> would throw his guts up, they paid for over a hundred k of surgical
>>>>> procedures, starting in 1959 on their own, so i could see for a while,
>>>>> i
>>>>> am sure grateful they were both able to do what needed doing, if they
>>>>> haden't the doctors would have had no option but to cut out my eys
>>>>> because
>>>>> the pain wouldn't have been bearable, Julie you are a smart woman,
>>>>> and
>>>>> you love your child, now go do what needs doing, Lee
>>>>
>>>> As I said before... There are plenty of ways to cook meat without
>>>> touching
>>>> it. No harm will come to her if she doesn't eat meat on a stick. She
>>>> won't
>>>> touch it either. And the way I look at things, if you won't do
>>>> something
>>>> yourself, then don't expect others to do it. Now can't is another
>>>> matter.
>>>
>>> Why not buy a pair of tongs to hold the meat while you are
>>> preparing it for cooking, and perhaps a second pair of tongs
>>> for her to use while eating it (except when it's in pieces
>>> small enough for a fork or spoon to be adequate)?
>>
>> I own tongs. As I said, there are plenty of ways to prepare meat without
>> touching it. And why in the world would anyone eat food with tongs???
>
> I'd expect few except those who don't want to touch meat with their
> hands to eat it with tongs instead, but you appear to be teaching
> her not to touch meat with her hands.

Why would anyone eat meat with their hands? That is certainly not the way I
was taught to eat. We use our knife and fork. Even for fried chicken.
When we ate that. I haven't eaten that often and not since I was a kid.