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    From Orlando Enrique Fiol@3:633/10 to All on Monday, January 26, 2026 11:40:37
    In article <10l7goq$2e117$4@dont-email.me>, chamilton5280@invalid.com writes:

    I've never been able to bring myself
    to try the much-vaunted Korean fried chicken because they always
    insist on glazing it with something sweet (at least in local
    restaurants).
    The other night, we got a whole chicken from our local Korean chicken place. It
    was a whole fried, glazed chicken, hacked to random pieces, which brings up something my fellow-blind partner taught me--the term "food mechanics". It basically encompasses everything involved with eating for blindies: grabability, neatness, disposability, etc. Food mechanics explains why I insist
    that shrimp be shelled, why I don't tuck into lobsters or crabs without their meat being safely extracted, and why glazed Korean fried chicken is so undesirable. If I don't touch it in an effort to guide it to my mouth, too much
    glaze gets on my face. But, if I do, too much glaze gets on my fingers.

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  • From Bryan Simmons@3:633/10 to All on Monday, January 26, 2026 10:59:44
    On 1/26/2026 10:40 AM, Orlando Enrique Fiol wrote:
    In article <10l7goq$2e117$4@dont-email.me>, chamilton5280@invalid.com writes:

    I've never been able to bring myself
    to try the much-vaunted Korean fried chicken because they always
    insist on glazing it with something sweet (at least in local
    restaurants).
    The other night, we got a whole chicken from our local Korean chicken place. It
    was a whole fried, glazed chicken, hacked to random pieces, which brings up something my fellow-blind partner taught me--the term "food mechanics". It basically encompasses everything involved with eating for blindies: grabability, neatness, disposability, etc. Food mechanics explains why I insist
    that shrimp be shelled, why I don't tuck into lobsters or crabs without their meat being safely extracted, and why glazed Korean fried chicken is so undesirable. If I don't touch it in an effort to guide it to my mouth, too much
    glaze gets on my face. But, if I do, too much glaze gets on my fingers.

    For obvious reasons, I don't fry chicken nude, but I also don't
    generally eat it nude. Pants legs are good for wiping chicken grease off
    of hands, and shirt sleeves are good for wiping chicken grease off of
    faces. Then you take them off and toss them in the laundry.

    The same applies to your Korean glaze.

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  • From Cindy Hamilton@3:633/10 to All on Monday, January 26, 2026 19:21:16
    On 2026-01-26, Orlando Enrique Fiol <ofiol@verizon.net> wrote:
    In article <10l7goq$2e117$4@dont-email.me>, chamilton5280@invalid.com writes:

    I've never been able to bring myself
    to try the much-vaunted Korean fried chicken because they always
    insist on glazing it with something sweet (at least in local
    restaurants).
    The other night, we got a whole chicken from our local Korean chicken place. It
    was a whole fried, glazed chicken, hacked to random pieces, which brings up something my fellow-blind partner taught me--the term "food mechanics". It basically encompasses everything involved with eating for blindies: grabability, neatness, disposability, etc. Food mechanics explains why I insist
    that shrimp be shelled, why I don't tuck into lobsters or crabs without their
    meat being safely extracted

    Lobster in the shell is like picking food out of a drawer full of knives.

    --
    Cindy Hamilton

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  • From Orlando Enrique Fiol@3:633/10 to All on Monday, January 26, 2026 17:33:08
    In article <10l8erc$2p93e$2@dont-email.me>, chamilton5280@invalid.com writes: >Lobster in the shell is like picking food out of a drawer full of knives.


    Muscles, oysters and clams in shells aren't much better for us.

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  • From Tal Yessen@3:633/10 to All on Monday, January 26, 2026 15:55:59
    On Mon, 26 Jan 2026 17:33:08 -0500
    Orlando Enrique Fiol <ofiol@verizon.net> wrote:

    In article <10l8erc$2p93e$2@dont-email.me>, chamilton5280@invalid.com
    writes:
    Lobster in the shell is like picking food out of a drawer full of
    knives.


    Muscles, oysters and clams in shells aren't much better for us.

    I see no problems with them.

    What do you think is the issue?


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