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I've gone through life almost completely ambidextrous with
the sole exception of handwriting. Neither of my parents
were, but I attribute it to beginning piano lessons at age
4½ and continuing them through college.
Most people I know who do any significant amount of cooking
also seem to be ambidextrous, at least as pertains to
functions and motions in the kitchen.
Other people I know who don't cook much seem almost crippled
by their right or left dominance.
Which are you? What do you think most foodies/cooks are?
--
Wayne in Phoenix
If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
Wayne <waynebw@att.net> wrote:
> Most people I know who do any significant amount of
> cooking also seem to be ambidextrous, at least as pertains
> to functions and motions in the kitchen.
I'm ambi in many things, but not kitchen things. I feel more
comfortable doing it with my left (dominant) hand, and
that's the important thing for me.
--
'Tis Herself
>Duh'Wayne
>
>I've gone through life almost completely ambidextrous with
>the sole exception of handwriting. Neither of my parents
>were, but I attribute it to beginning piano lessons at age
>4½ and continuing them through college.
>
>Most people I know who do any significant amount of cooking
>also seem to be ambidextrous, at least as pertains to
>functions and motions in the kitchen.
>
>Other people I know who don't cook much seem almost
>crippled by their right or left dominance.
>
>Which are you? What do you think most foodies/cooks are?
Hmmm, another with which hand do you masturbate troll...
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"Wayne" <waynebw@att.net> wrote in message
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: I've gone through life almost completely ambidextrous
: with the
sole
: exception of handwriting. Neither of my parents
: were, but I
attribute it
: to beginning piano lessons at age 4½ and continuing them
through college.
:
: Most people I know who do any significant amount of
: cooking
also seem to be
: ambidextrous, at least as pertains to functions and
: motions in
the kitchen.
:
: Other people I know who don't cook much seem almost
: crippled by
their right
: or left dominance.
:
: Which are you? What do you think most foodies/cooks are?
: --
: Wayne in Phoenix
:=============
I'm agreeing with you! I fully believe the piano helped in
the ambi... , too. I definitely think foodies/cooks have an
ambi-edge over non-cooks due to the fact that there are so
many things that require 2 (or more) hands to cook/prepare
food efficiently.
Good topic Wayne!
--
Cyndi <Remove a "b" to reply
Wayne wrote:
> I've gone through life almost completely ambidextrous with
> the sole exception of handwriting. Neither of my parents
> were, but I attribute =
it
> to beginning piano lessons at age 4=BD and continuing them
> through coll=
ege.
>
> Most people I know who do any significant amount of
> cooking also seem t=
o be
> ambidextrous, at least as pertains to functions and
> motions in the kitc=
hen.
>
> Other people I know who don't cook much seem almost
> crippled by their r=
ight
> or left dominance.
>
> Which are you? What do you think most foodies/cooks are?
I write right handed, but can also write legibly with my
left hand. I pl= ay guitar and throw balls right handed, but
I paddle a canoe, swing a baseba= ll bat and ax left handed.
When cooking, I can switch hands with most chores, = but for
fine cutting, beating or whisking by hand I would do it
right handed.=
Wayne wrote:
> I've gone through life almost completely ambidextrous with
> the sole exception of handwriting. Neither of my parents
> were, but I attribute it to beginning piano lessons at age
> 4½ and continuing them through college.
>
> Most people I know who do any significant amount of
> cooking also seem to be ambidextrous, at least as pertains
> to functions and motions in the kitchen.
>
> Other people I know who don't cook much seem almost
> crippled by their right or left dominance.
>
> Which are you? What do you think most foodies/cooks are?
What an interesting question. I'm right handed and remain so
in the kitchen. I've never noticed others but will have a
look for now on.
There's another point about handedness that should be
brought up, though, and that's overall dexterity and
clumsiness. Ambidexturous just means equally good with
either hand or close to it. There are people who are
dominant right handed meaning that they're better with their
rights but overall quite clumsy with both. There are people
who are dominant right handed but excellent all round with
fine motor work and overall coordination. That person might
be better with his left than the first guy with his right
though they're both right handed.
Then there's something called "task specific." That person
isn't really right handed or left handed or ambidexturous.
He's someone who sees one task like writing or sewing or
ball throwing or pot stirring or basket shooting or guitar
strumming and knows immediately which hand will be best at
it, then continues to use that hand. He might write with his
left and feel totally awkward holding pencil in his right.
He might sew with his right and feel just as awkward holding
a needle in his left.
--Lia
On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 06:30:20 GMT, Wayne <waynebw@att.net> wrote:
>I've gone through life almost completely ambidextrous with
>the sole exception of handwriting. Neither of my parents
>were, but I attribute it to beginning piano lessons at age
>4½ and continuing them through college.
>
>Most people I know who do any significant amount of cooking
>also seem to be ambidextrous, at least as pertains to
>functions and motions in the kitchen.
>
>Other people I know who don't cook much seem almost
>crippled by their right or left dominance.
Can you give an example of what you mean? I've never seen
anyone who can't use both hands while cooking. Even if one
prefers to hold the knife with the dominant hand, the other
hand holds the vegetable. How would being ambidextrous help?
What is "almost crippled" in this context?
Sue(tm) Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!
Wayne wrote:
> Most people I know who do any significant amount of
> cooking also seem to be ambidextrous, at least as pertains
> to functions and motions in the kitchen.
>
> Which are you? What do you think most foodies/cooks are?
I don't know about most foodies/cooks. I'm definitely not
ambidextrous when it comes to writing. But I can sure type
fast with both hands :) Now, as to my cooking, I chop with
the right hand (being right handed) but reach for other
things with my left. Example: stir fry or making a sauce -
the right hand is busy with a whisk or a spoon or other
implement, the left hand is reaching for whatever ingredient
is next. It all works out :)
Jill
In article <Xns951AEF1C86179waynebw@204.127.36.1>,
waynebw@att.net says...
> I've gone through life almost completely ambidextrous with
> the sole exception of handwriting. Neither of my parents
> were, but I attribute it to beginning piano lessons at age
> 4? and continuing them through college.
>
> Most people I know who do any significant amount of
> cooking also seem to be ambidextrous, at least as pertains
> to functions and motions in the kitchen.
>
> Other people I know who don't cook much seem almost
> crippled by their right or left dominance.
>
> Which are you? What do you think most foodies/cooks are?
>
>
I'm left-dominant, which is to say, I write and eat with my
left hand, but do most other things with my right hand.
In the kitchen, I seem to switch off depending on what I'm
doing. If I'm slicing and dicing, the knife is in my left
hand; if I'm peeling, the peeler is in my right hand.
I think people who enjoy cooking (or really any activity
requiring the almost constant use of both hands) will
generally adapt to the use of both hands.
--
Donna A pessimist believes all women are bad. An optimist
hopes they are.
One dark day on Usenet, Wayne <waynebw@att.net> said:
<snip>
> Most people I know who do any significant amount of
> cooking also seem to be ambidextrous, at least as pertains
> to functions and motions in the kitchen.
>
> Other people I know who don't cook much seem almost
> crippled by their right or left dominance.
>
> Which are you?
I'm completely right-handed, with the exception of playing
golf. Weird.
> What do you think most foodies/cooks are?
I can only guess, but as right-handers usually outnumber
lefties, I'd say most are the former...
--
J.J. in WA ~ mom, vid gamer, novice cook ~ (COLD to HOT for
e-mail) "Why do my knees feel like the wanna tear up?"
- Carl, ATHF
Wayne wrote:
> Which are you? What do you think most foodies/cooks are?
I think most efficient cooks use both hands. I'm pretty
ambi, but writing and cutting I do with my right. Actually,
with some arthritis coming on, my left hand has improved
with practise. I also had years of piano lessons. The first
time I ever saw a master of anything at work was in a
kitchen. Robbie could walk the length of the kitchen and
accomplish more than three underlings running around for 5
minutes. He was a joy to watch. blacksalt
Wayne <waynebw@att.net> writes:
>Which are you? What do you think most foodies/cooks are?
Dunno about foodies, but I became ambi when I suffered
ongoing right shoulder problems after a fall. I had to leard
to do a LOT of things left handed, and now that the
shoulder's better, I really like being able to do so.
Connie
*****************************************************
My mind is like a steel...um, whatchamacallit.
"Wayne" <waynebw@att.net> wrote in message
> I've gone through life almost completely ambidextrous with
> the sole exception of handwriting. Neither of my parents
> were, but I attribute it to beginning piano lessons at age
> 4½ and continuing them through college.
>
> Most people I know who do any significant amount of
> cooking also seem to
be
> ambidextrous, at least as pertains to functions and
> motions in the
kitchen.
>
> Other people I know who don't cook much seem almost
> crippled by their
right
> or left dominance.
>
> Which are you? What do you think most foodies/cooks are?
>
> --
> Wayne in Phoenix
>
> If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
I had to actually pay attention and figure out my habits.
I'm right handed and lead with that hand in cooking too. I
can't use them both equally, just doesn't work. Maybe
normally I use the left more than I do when I'm thinking
about it? Could be I suppose.
Suzan
elana@zen.org (Elana Kehoe) wrote in
news:1ggc9sa.105f6mw1hc7x1aN%elana@zen.org:
> Wayne <waynebw@att.net> wrote:
>
>> Most people I know who do any significant amount of
>> cooking also seem to be ambidextrous, at least as
>> pertains to functions and motions in the kitchen.
>
> I'm ambi in many things, but not kitchen things. I feel
> more comfortable doing it with my left (dominant) hand,
> and that's the important thing for me.
>
Feeling comfortable and confident in what you're doing is
the most important. The whole thing of being ambi in the
kitchen never really crossed my mind until observed me
cooking and commented. That's when I got curious.
--
Wayne in Phoenix
If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
On 03 Jul 2004 11:35:56 GMT, penmart01@aol.como (PENMART01) wrote:
>>Duh'Wayne
>>
>>I've gone through life almost completely ambidextrous with
>>the sole exception of handwriting. Neither of my parents
>>were, but I attribute it to beginning piano lessons at age
>>4½ and continuing them through college.
>>
>>Most people I know who do any significant amount of
>>cooking also seem to be ambidextrous, at least as pertains
>>to functions and motions in the kitchen.
>>
>>Other people I know who don't cook much seem almost
>>crippled by their right or left dominance.
>>
>>Which are you? What do you think most foodies/cooks are?
>
>Hmmm, another with which hand do you masturbate troll...
>
>
>---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =--- ---= Move
>UNITED NATIONS To Paris =---
> *********
>"Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without
>tribulation." Sheldon ````````````
Hmmmn, I didn't know people masturbated hands <g>
Sheena
Julia Altshuler <jaltshuler@comcast.net> wrote in
news:DZxFc.2119$JR4.934@attbi_s54:
> Wayne wrote:
>> I've gone through life almost completely ambidextrous
>> with the sole exception of handwriting. Neither of my
>> parents were, but I attribute it to beginning piano
>> lessons at age 4½ and continuing them through college.
>>
>> Most people I know who do any significant amount of
>> cooking also seem to be ambidextrous, at least as
>> pertains to functions and motions in the kitchen.
>>
>> Other people I know who don't cook much seem almost
>> crippled by their right or left dominance.
>>
>> Which are you? What do you think most foodies/cooks are?
>
>
> What an interesting question. I'm right handed and remain
> so in the kitchen. I've never noticed others but will have
> a look for now on.
>
>
> There's another point about handedness that should be
> brought up, though, and that's overall dexterity and
> clumsiness. Ambidexturous just means equally good with
> either hand or close to it. There are people who are
> dominant right handed meaning that they're better with
> their rights but overall quite clumsy with both. There are
> people who are dominant right handed but excellent all
> round with fine motor work and overall coordination. That
> person might be better with his left than the first guy
> with his right though they're both right handed.
You're absolutely right, but there are also people who are
virtually helpless with their non-dominant hand. The best
they can do with it is hold a bowl.
> Then there's something called "task specific." That person
> isn't really right handed or left handed or ambidexturous.
> He's someone who sees one task like writing or sewing or
> ball throwing or pot stirring or basket shooting or guitar
> strumming and knows immediately which hand will be best at
> it, then continues to use that hand. He might write with
> his left and feel totally awkward holding pencil in his
> right. He might sew with his right and feel just as
> awkward holding a needle in his left.
Right again. The more I observe (even myself) and the more I
think about it, probably most people that are relatively
active with their hands are "task specific".
> --Lia
>
>
--
Wayne in Phoenix
If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
address.in.sig@nyc.rr.com (Curly Sue) wrote in
news:40e6aab0.2342307@news-server.nyc.rr.com:
> On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 06:30:20 GMT, Wayne
> <waynebw@att.net> wrote:
>
>>I've gone through life almost completely ambidextrous with
>>the sole exception of handwriting. Neither of my parents
>>were, but I attribute it to beginning piano lessons at age
>>4½ and continuing them through college.
>>
>>Most people I know who do any significant amount of
>>cooking also seem to be ambidextrous, at least as pertains
>>to functions and motions in the kitchen.
>>
>>Other people I know who don't cook much seem almost
>>crippled by their right or left dominance.
>
> Can you give an example of what you mean? I've never seen
> anyone who can't use both hands while cooking. Even if one
> prefers to hold the knife with the dominant hand, the
> other hand holds the vegetable. How would being
> ambidextrous help? What is "almost crippled" in this
> context?
>
> Sue(tm) Lead me not into temptation... I can find it
> myself!
>
I guess one example would be the person who holds a hand
mixer in one hand and the edge of the bowl with the other,
but cannot do the reverse. IOW, the most they can do with
the non-dominant hand is, perhaps, to stabilize something,
but not perform any "active" function with it. A friend, for
example, can't even manage to adjust the burner control with
her left hand. She even seems clumsy and incapable when
holding a pot with that hand. Most people are probably
somewhere in between, but lack a high level of dexterity and
ability with the less dominant hand.
--
Wayne in Phoenix
If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote in
news:40E6AA81.9D6943C@sympatico.ca:
> Wayne wrote:
>
>> I've gone through life almost completely ambidextrous
>> with the sole exception of handwriting. Neither of my
>> parents were, but I attribute
> it
>> to beginning piano lessons at age 4½ and continuing them
>> through coll
> ege.
>>
>> Most people I know who do any significant amount of
>> cooking also seem t
> o be
>> ambidextrous, at least as pertains to functions and
>> motions in the kitc
> hen.
>>
>> Other people I know who don't cook much seem almost
>> crippled by their r
> ight
>> or left dominance.
>>
>> Which are you? What do you think most foodies/cooks are?
>
> I write right handed, but can also write legibly with my
> left hand. I play guitar and throw balls right handed, but
> I paddle a canoe, swing a baseball bat and ax left handed.
> When cooking, I can switch hands with most chores, but for
> fine cutting, beating or whisking by hand I would do it
> right handed.
I think the majority of people fall into the same category.
Being completely ambidextrous or virtually incapable with
the non-dominant hand are probably the extremes.
--
Wayne in Phoenix
If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
"jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> wrote in
news:6OyFc.1014$XF5.910@bignews4.bellsouth.net:
> Wayne wrote:
>> Most people I know who do any significant amount of
>> cooking also seem to be ambidextrous, at least as
>> pertains to functions and motions in the kitchen.
>>
>> Which are you? What do you think most foodies/cooks are?
>
> I don't know about most foodies/cooks. I'm definitely not
> ambidextrous when it comes to writing. But I can sure type
> fast with both hands :) Now, as to my cooking, I chop with
> the right hand (being right handed) but reach for other
> things with my left. Example: stir fry or making a sauce -
> the right hand is busy with a whisk or a spoon or other
> implement, the left hand is reaching for whatever
> ingredient is next. It all works out :)
>
> Jill
People who are good typists usually have a high level of
dexterity in their non-dominant hand for many tasks.
--
Wayne in Phoenix
If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
Donna Rose <dSPAM@BLOCKix.netcom.com> wrote in
news:MPG.1b5067b58238d12f9897ea@news.west.earthlink.net:
> In article <Xns951AEF1C86179waynebw@204.127.36.1>,
> waynebw@att.net says...
>> I've gone through life almost completely ambidextrous
>> with the sole exception of handwriting. Neither of my
>> parents were, but I attribute it to beginning piano
>> lessons at age 4? and continuing them through college.
>>
>> Most people I know who do any significant amount of
>> cooking also seem to be ambidextrous, at least as
>> pertains to functions and motions in the kitchen.
>>
>> Other people I know who don't cook much seem almost
>> crippled by their right or left dominance.
>>
>> Which are you? What do you think most foodies/cooks are?
>>
>>
> I'm left-dominant, which is to say, I write and eat with
> my left hand, but do most other things with my right hand.
>
> In the kitchen, I seem to switch off depending on what I'm
> doing. If I'm slicing and dicing, the knife is in my left
> hand; if I'm peeling, the peeler is in my right hand.
>
> I think people who enjoy cooking (or really any activity
> requiring the almost constant use of both hands) will
> generally adapt to the use of both hands.
I think you're right, but some people are more capable of
adapting than others.
--
Wayne in Phoenix
If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
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