I had the old braille book of Cooking Without Looking. Unfortunately, it was on my shelf in the basement and it got water damaged. I cried when I had to throw it out. But I downloaded both copies from BARD. The original version is read byh a gentleman, and the newer copy from about 1980 is read by a female. It’s about the same except it says visually handicapped instead of blind. But I think the recipes are the same in both versions. Lora and Firefly
Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Lee Mounger via Cookinginthedark Sent: Friday, July 10, 2020 6:39 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Lee Mounger Subject: Re: [CnD] More books written for the blind Greetings All, While perusing numerous saved months of this forum I came across this post. Wow, did it bring back some memories. In 1970, I was a senior at Texas School For The Blind. At the beginning of the year, two other senior guys and I needed a half credit to for some reason fill our graduation requirements. It turned out that we could either take shop or home ec which meant cooking for half the year until Christmas break. We had all taken various kinds of shop for years so we decided together that it might be fun to take cooking, and so we did. Mrs. Tipps had been the home ec teacher for many years and in fact, she had written Cooking Without Looking which was inspired by her husband who was totally blind and had passed away sometime back. As fate would have it, it ended up being just us three guys and Mrs. Tipps in cooking class. It was interesting because I don't think she had ever taught any males much less three fun-loving guys like us and no girls in class. It was hard for us to take cooking class really seriously, so we probably took it half-seriously. Anyway, I remember we laughed a lot and worked in some learning too. To her credit, Mrs. Tipps was very tolerant of us. For the culmination of the cooking class, each class got to decide what they'd like for a meal and then prepare it. When she asked us what we wanted to do for our meal, I wonder how she looked and what she thought when we told her we wanted to do chili and milk shakes. The day before our meal, she went shopping and bought everything we'd need. The next day when we came to class, somebody came and told us that Mrs. Tipps was out sick but her message to us was to go ahead and prepare our meal. So I remember three unsupervised senior guys prepared and ate our chili and milk shakes. I think we may have laughed the whole period. I remember the next class when she came back, the only thing she said was, "You know guys, you really didn't have to use all the ice cream for your milk shakes". All in all, she was a nice lady and her book is still useful and has pretty much stood the test of time. On 2/18/2020 3:47 PM, Jeanne Fike via Cookinginthedark wrote: > Hi everyone, > According to BARD there are two audio versions of the Cooking without > Looking book: one with a db starting with 11 and the other with the db > starting with 52; as well as a braille version. (I just looked.) > When I was a teenager in the 1970s, an aunt of mine read for a Talking > Book organization in the St. Louis area. She recorded a copy of the > Cooking without Looking book (on cassette) and gave it to me at > Christmas that year. I still have the cassettes, but would like to get > them on to a sd card for my stream. > Happy cooking. :) > Jeanne > > On 2/18/20, Marie Rudys via Cookinginthedark > <[email protected]> wrote: >> I know; I used to have a braille copy. >> Now, the recipes I copied from it are digital, and the book >> Has long gone into the recycling bin. >> >> Marie >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Cookinginthedark [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Rebecca Manners via Cookinginthedark >> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 12:11 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: Rebecca Manners >> Subject: Re: [CnD] More books written for the blind >> >> I don't know about the others, but Cooking without looking is also >> available >> in braille. >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Cookinginthedark <[email protected]> on behalf of >> Marie Rudys via Cookinginthedark <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 10:00:30 AM >> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >> Cc: Marie Rudys <[email protected]> >> Subject: [CnD] More books written for the blind >> >> Hello, everyone. >> >> >> >> For those who may be interested, I highly recommend the following >> >> Books written for the blind. They are all on Bard, >> >> And in audio formats. >> >> >> >> Cooking Without Looking by Esther Knudson Tipps >> >> >> >> There are two different recordings of this book. >> >> The information is dated, but much of it is useful and there >> >> Are many easy recipes. One of the audio versions is actually >> >> Read by a blind man from a braille copy for NLS. >> >> >> >> When the Cook Can't Look by Ralph Reed >> >> He is blind and explains how he does things well, how >> >> To do things step by step without vision or supervision. >> >> He has recipes in the book, and he >> >> Rates them level 1, 2, and 3. All the recipes >> >> Are easy and that book is well written. It is read by >> >> Ray Hagen. One recipe I like is sauerbraten, which is not >> >> Soaked with cookies; that recipe in the book is the real >> >> Sauerbraten. >> >> >> >> Another book full of tips is written by a >> >> Deaf-blind woman. It is called Pathways to >> >> Independence by Rita Kersh. >> >> It covers everything from housekeeping to >> >> Cooking without sight and hearing, but those who can >> >> Hear can also benefit from this book. >> >> Please check it out. It's on Bard. >> >> >> >> Another one available on Bard is >> >> Adaptive Culinary Techniques for the Visually Impaired >> >> It is well written by its blind author. >> >> >> >> I frequently monitor Bard and so all this >> >> Comes down to knowing what is out there. >> >> >> >> Now, you have more easy recipes when you >> >> Get these books from Bard or your local braille and talking book library. >> >> >> >> Of course, we should continue to help each other on the list. >> >> Don't stop sending tips!! Even I can benefit, >> >> And I'm an old hand. There are things I never would >> >> Have thought of, always something new to learn from others. >> >> >> >> Best, >> >> Marie >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Cookinginthedark mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >> _______________________________________________ >> Cookinginthedark mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Cookinginthedark mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >> > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
