[nabs-l] Fwd: Reminder-Upcoming Seminars: NO COOK Cooking! and Going Ape for Apps-Hot New Accessible Apps for Your iDevice

Wed Jul 20 00:23:18 UTC 2011

Arielle, the BusyCooks site looks like a great resource, thanks!

Joseph - KF7QZC

On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 06:09:14PM -0600, Arielle Silverman wrote:
>Hi all,
>To be fair to Hadley, I subscribe to a mainstream cooking E-newsletter (
>busycooks.about.com
>) and this week's issue was all about no-cook recipes, frozen
>desserts, and other ways to stay cool in the kitchen during the
>summer. So I think this is just a seasonal thing.
>By the way, I would highly recommend the BusyCooks website, especially
>if you are just learning to cook. They have a lot of great
>five-ingredient recipes (which save money as well as time) and other
>cooking shortcuts.
>
>Arielle
>
>On 7/19/11, bookwormahb at earthlink.net <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> Joeseph,
>> Actually, I found this fine. I want to attend a hadley webinar  but that
>> time doesn't work for me.
>> Maybe they are archived; the wording of it says its summer and they want to
>> talk about food prep that doesn't require a hot kitchen.
>> Also it says whether
>> you are preparing for yourself or to impress guests.
>> So therefore they are assuming that you will prepare for yourself, family or
>> friends; whatever you need to do.
>> Hadley targets many many people including teachers of the blind and visually
>> impaired; newly blind adults and those blind from birth.
>> I take it that this is an overview of cooking ideas and recipies. Its
>> probably something basic that most could follow from the novice cook to the
>> advanced cook who wants something simple.
>> I didn't find it offensive at all; I think we read more into things
>> sometimes. It does say they will discuss
>> tips for people with visual impairments; I know NFB people don't like
>> adaptive techniques sometimes, so you can take it or leave it. But
>> we do need adaptive techniques and a newly blind person may not know what to
>> do.
>> Many blind cooks use a tray or something to put their  pots and pans and
>> bowls on while preparing food so any spills fall on the tray and its easier
>> to clean up. Some blind people use liquid level indicators  to know
>> when their cup is full of the desired liquid. More often people use a finger
>> to fill the bowl/cup or judge by sound.  But for those who can't or don't
>> want to use their finger, the liquid level indicator
>> is an option.
>> We often use the sense of touch instead of seeing to know the consistency of
>> food and keep tabs on what we are doing.
>> So those are adaptive techniques.  Anyone may want simple cold food
>> recipies; Hadley just decided to target it to blind people.
>> However I do agree a sixty minute seminar is too short to cover such a
>> topic. But I guess that is all the time they had.  Well, anyone who attends
>> can judge afterward.
>>
>> Ashley
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: T. Joseph Carter
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 3:10 PM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Fwd: Reminder-Upcoming Seminars: NO COOK Cooking! and
>> Going Ape for Apps-Hot New Accessible Apps for Your iDevice
>>
>> I’m of two minds on this, perhaps I’m being overly sensitive.
>>
>> First, there’s the notion of a seminar for preparing food without
>> cooking it.  Where do I begin?  Let’s start with the seminar itself:
>> Most sighted people would never expect a seminar to teach them how to
>> follow a recipe.  Either you can or you don’t have the requisite
>> skills to do it.  If you don’t have the skills, I’m not sure how a 60
>> minute webcast is going to help you get them.  A list of recipes
>> should suffice, and indeed our own Braille Monitor publishes recipes
>> (though not often the no-cooking variety) with the assumption that
>> fellow blind readers can follow them if they are so inclined.
>>
>> Then there’s the no cooking aspect.  Inherently in this is the
>> unavoidable assumption that the blind cannot or should not be cooking
>> food.  Any of you who live alone doubtlessly have SOME food prep
>> skill, even if you’ve never learned to "cook" as such, and your skill
>> mostly consists of using a microwave and boiling water.
>>
>> But as I said, perhaps I am being overly sensitive.  The seminar
>> format could allow for suggestions for improving the recipes a bit
>> (in which case an hour seems too short for more than maybe two or
>> three recipes), so maybe that’s what they’ve got in mind.  Possibly
>> the no-cook aspect has more to do with the idea that it’s summer and
>> you don’t want to spend a lot of time in a hot kitchen—or that you
>> would prefer cold foods to hot ones at this time of the year.  Or
>> perhaps they are targeting this to college students who live on
>> campus and don’t have the means to cook in any traditional way.
>>
>> Or maybe, it’s because we’re blind.
>>
>> Joseph - KF7QZC
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 01:17:55PM -0500, David Andrews wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>Seminars at Hadley Presents: NO COOK Cooking!
>>>>
>>>>Date: Wednesday, July 20, 2011
>>>>Time: 10 AM CDT, 15:00 GMT
>>>>
>>>>Keep your cool! It may be hot outside, but no need to get out of the
>>>>kitchen. There are lots of NO COOK recipes to choose from whether
>>>>preparing a simple, fast meal for yourself or something to impress guests.
>>>>
>>>>Panelists Patti Jacobson, Linn Sorge and Goldie Tarr will discuss their
>>>>favorite NO COOK recipes, adding â€œcoolâ€  food preparation tips that
>>>>work for the cook with a visual impairment.
>>>>
>>>>Moderator Dawn Turco will add a few of her favorites as we build a
>>>>resource and recipe list during this 60 minute seminar. Consider adding
>>>>your favorite recipe, too!
>>>>
>>>>Space in this seminar is limited. Please only register if you know you are
>>>>
>>>>available to attend so that others are not closed out. To register for NO
>>>>COOK Cooking! on July 20, follow this link:
>>>>http://hadley.edu/seminar_detail.asp?sid=94
>>>>
>>>>Seminars at Hadley Presents: Going Ape for Apps-How New Accessible Apps for
>>>>Your iDevice
>>>>
>>>>Date: Thursday, July 21, 2011
>>>>Time: 6 PM CDT, 23:00 GMT
>>>>
>>>>Apps for money identification, apps for GPS, apps for bar code reading,
>>>>apps for color identification, and apps for games. If you have an idevice
>>>>(iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch), you are bombarded with thousands of apps
>>>>available for your device. Are you overwhelmed with the number of apps
>>>>available for your idevice? Do you want to know more about the app before
>>>>you download it to your device, such as features and accessibility? Are
>>>>you confused about how to locate and download an app to your idevice?
>>>>
>>>>Join Seminars at Hadley as Hadley Instructor Amy Salmon and Korey Singleton,
>>>>Assistive Technology Initiative Manager for George Mason University
>>>>provide a list of the top accessible apps for your idevices, explain how
>>>>to check an app for accessibility and features, and provide step-by-step
>>>>instructions on how to locate and download an app to your idevice.
>>>>
>>>>This 60 minute open discussion seminar will be moderated by Hadley
>>>>Outreach Coordinator Billy Brookshire. A question and answer session will
>>>>be included as part of the seminar.
>>>>
>>>>Space in this seminar is limited. Please only register if you know you are
>>>>
>>>>available to attend so that others are not closed out. To register for
>>>>Going Ape for Apps on July 21, follow this link:
>>>>http://hadley.edu/seminar_detail.asp?sid=95
>>>>
>>>>This message was sent to Dandrews at visi.com from:
>>>>The Hadley School for the Blind | 700 Elm St.  | Winnetka, IL 60093
>>>
>>>
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