Mr. Rivard, I agree. This list should be much more blind-brailley as Dale's program is, else there's no purpose for this "cooking in the dark" list.
Juliette Silvers ----- Original Message ----- From: Charles Rivard via Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org> To: cooking in the dark list <Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org> Date: 07/19/2016 10:36 am Subject: [CnD] purpose of the list concern > > > I joined this list to get tips and tricks that a totally blind person would > use when preparing food. I was hoping for recipes that blind people have > personally prepared. I was hoping for modified recipes that eliminated > phrasing such as "Bake until juices run clear.", "Fry until golden brown." > and so on. Recipes also are not even modified to be more specific. > Ingredients lists such as "half of a jar of spaghetti sauce" or "one bagt of > noodles", which are of no use are given. What size is that bag or jar to > begin with? If I want unmodified recipes, they are available by the millions > on the Internet. The trend is now, on this list, to a greater and greater > extent, to post recipes copied from the Internet that people have not tried, > with no modification for blind people. To me, this tendency makes "Cooking > in the Dark" less and less special. It is becoming just another cooking > list. What attracts me to the "cooking in the Dark" podcast that Dale has > done for a long time is t hat the focus remains on how BLIND people accomplish the tasks involved in successful meal preparation. I am considering leaving a list that is becoming less and less meaningful to blind people. > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
