[ND-Talk] ND recipes for the Braille Monitor

Tue Jan 7 17:58:53 UTC 2020

Thank you for the feedback Gary, I am really learning to appreciate the importance of a good story. I'm happy to contribute and I will definitely share the story when I submit. Hoping some of our members will follow suit.

Warmly,

Jesse

From: Wunder, Gary <gwunder at nfb.org> 
Sent: Tuesday, January 7, 2020 11:23 AM
To: State President, North Dakota <jesseshirek at gmail.com>; nd-talk at nfbnet.org
Subject: RE: ND recipes for the Braille Monitor

Jesse, this is just the kind of tidbit we like to prefix recipes with that we print. It is great. It shows not only that you have a recipe but that it has a story behind it. Hallelujah! When you submit, attach some version of the story below.

Warmly,

Gary

From: jesseshirek at gmail.com <mailto:jesseshirek at gmail.com>  <jesseshirek at gmail.com <mailto:jesseshirek at gmail.com> > 
Sent: Tuesday, January 7, 2020 9:32 AM
To: nd-talk at nfbnet.org <mailto:nd-talk at nfbnet.org> 
Subject: ND recipes for the Braille Monitor

Greetings Federation family, I received the following email from Gary Wunder the editor of the Braille Monitor. We have the opportunity to submit some of our favorite recipes from North Dakota to our national monthly publication. Please read through the following email and consider submitting your favorite recipe. You can send your submissions to me at  <mailto:jesseshirek at gmail.com> jesseshirek at gmail.com. I will compile the recipes and pass them on to Gary. 

In case you're wondering what recipe I'm going to submit. The first meal I ever cooked for Sherry was steak quesadillas. We joke about it now, because she was so impressed at the time. I would make them for her frequently when we lived in Grand Forks. Seems like every time I cooked them she was talking on the phone with her mom and the kitchen smoke alarm would go off when I would take them out of the oven. When she would hear the smoke alarm  Sherry's mom would always ask “what is he cooking this time”. I did not tell Sherry how easy the quesadillas are to make until after we got married. 😊 

Warmly, 

Jesse

Greetings to a few of you who will soon be asked for recipes for the Braille Monitor, the first being New York. What do we want? We want about six recipes from each state. They can be something particular to your geographic area, a favorite that is prepared for affiliate events, or favorites that your members prepare for their families and friends. Besides from three to six recipes, we need a short one or two sentence biography of those whose submissions you send. “Gary Wunder is the father of four, a former president of the NFB of Missouri, and currently edits the Braille Monitor.” “Jill Smith is a freshman at the college of William and Mary and prepares these snacks for her sorority sisters.”

Now comes the hardest part. I would like a photo from those who submit. The photos do a lot to enhance our print edition and make real these people who do the impossible—cook tremendous taste treats. The recipes are more than a start on a cookbook. They show that we cook and take care of ourselves, and this can be a major source of encouragement for the blind and a source of education for those who see. Before leaving the subject of photos, let me say a few words about them. Grabbing a photo from Facebook will not meet our needs. To save computer space Facebook scales down the pictures it displays. We need high resolution photographs. Anything taken with a modern iPhone or android equivalent will work. Any modern digital camera above five megapixels will do very well. Sometimes people take high-resolution pictures but are then fooled into scaling them back when the email program offers to shrink them in order to save time and bandwidth. Please make sure that you use the “original size” option when sending. Please don’t discount photographs. They are meaningful and provide credibility.

Happy New Year to all,

Gary

Gary Wunder

Editor, Braille Monitor

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