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 > > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > From: Lee Mounger via Cookinginthedark > Sent: Friday, July 10, 2020 6:39 PM > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > 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 > > <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 > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Cookinginthedark mailing list > > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > > > > > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.com > _______________________________________________ > 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
