Hi, I would give anything to have Food At Your Fingertips. I got some good
recipes out of there.
Anna
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From: Lora Leggett via Cookinginthedark
Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2020 8:43 AM
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Subject: Re: [CnD] More books written for the blind
I remember there was another book called Food At Your Fingertips. I never
got that one
I think one summer when I went to this 5-week program up at the Michigan
School For The Blind, there was a lady named Mrs. Schultz or something like
that. She came from somewheredown South like maybe Arkansas or somewhere.
She was older, but very kind and likeable.
I think it was a 3-volume or so soft covered book. I wish there was a way
to at least find copies of this stuff to borrow.
I also had and it could be around here but I can’t find it. It was called A
Campbell Cookbook. I have the 3 book collection from Blind Mice Megamall
now, but they are not the one that was.
There was a recipe in it called Souper Meat Loaf. It could have been either
meat loaf or Meatloaf.
Those books were so cool, and so rare back then.
Lora and Firefly
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I was at the Texas School for the Blind when Esther Tipps was working on
that book. I look at it every once in a while. Ideas about food and
nutrition have changed quite a bit since then. But there are still good
recipes and tips and for some of us, memories.
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Subject: Re: [CnD] More books written for the blind
The recipes ARE the same in the audio version of Cooking Without Looking as
in the braille one. In fact, the original narration of this book was
actually read by a blind man for NLS. I found out about that a long time
ago, don't know where I heard it but it is true. I kid you not.
Marie
On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 8:51 PM Lora Leggett via Cookinginthedark <
cookinginthedark@acbradio.org> wrote:
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
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From: Lee Mounger via Cookinginthedark
Sent: Friday, July 10, 2020 6:39 PM
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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
> <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org> 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:cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org]
On
>> Behalf Of Rebecca Manners via Cookinginthedark
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 12:11 PM
>> To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org
>> 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 <cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org> on
behalf of
>> Marie Rudys via Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 10:00:30 AM
>> To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org>
>> Cc: Marie Rudys <marmusi...@gmail.com>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
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