I think you've described this list just right. I suspect that the problem we ran into earlier in the week was the length of time spent on this one topic. Possibly much of what was discussed could have been handled off list. Could we have a bit of clarification from Dale and steve?
-----Original Message----- From: cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org [mailto:cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org] On Behalf Of Charles Rivard Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 2:49 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Subject: [CnD] the purpose of "cooking in the dark" - Re: Maybe I am on the wrong list. Just a personal opinion, but here goes: While how to load and operate a dish washer could be thought of as food related, it doesn't have anything to do with cooking, nor does cutting the food. I think this list is for how to prepare a recipe, cook it safely. I think that, originally, this list was meant as a way for blind people to help each other become better cooks by sharing not only recipes, but also, and more importantly, sharing tips on how to, as a blind person, perform the tasks of recipe preparation and food cooking. I think the list has gotten away from being a list for that purpose. Recipes are gotten from the Internet, some are not even reworked. They still have unnecessary clutter in them. People send in stuff they haven't tried as a blind person. I would like to see a lot fewer copied recipes, and a lot more recipes with "how to do this as a blind person", written by a blind person who actually does it. Dale's weekly program, "cooking in the dark" not only gives a recipe, but how! he! makes! it!, especially the technique and the tools he uses. That, to me, is what this list either was, or should be. Whit this in mind, am I on the right list?, or should I subscribe to another. Thanks. --- Shepherds are the best beasts, but Labs are a close second. ----- Original Message ----- From: "jessica" <jessicabrown...@gmail.com> To: <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org> Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 12:51 PM Subject: [CnD] Maybe I am on the wrong list. > Hi. I have to apologise for all of this. I am new to this list. I did not > know that this list was just for recipes. I thought that because it was > called cooking in the dark that you could talk about anything cooking > related. I also read as a part of the subscription rules that no questions > were stupid because everyone cooks at a different level. Maybe I took that > too literally, but that is what I got out of it. Maybe if we are only > supposed to talk about recipes on this list and not talk about other > aspects of cooking then this list should be called recipes in the dark > instead of cooking in the dark. I was going to ask other questions like > how to load and unload a dishwasher and how to make food look good when > you are going to be serving it to a bunch of people and how to tell wen > all of the ingredients are mixed in to the food properly and lots of other > stuff as well. Now I see that this is the wrong place for that kind of > stuff. I need a lot of help with my cooking skills before any of these > recipes you are talking about will do me any good. At this point, I would > not know how to do any of these recipes you are talking about. Not even > the microwave ones. This list is too advanced for me. When I signed up for > it I thought that we could talk about anything cooking or food related. > The name cooking in the dark threw me off and made me think that this was > a cooking list not just a list for recipes. Now that I am reading all of > the mail from this list, I see that all people talk about on here is > recipes. I am sorry! Maybe I need to go and find myself a different list. > > sent from my BrailleNote > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
