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
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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.
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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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