I am a pretty good cook. I started by making awesome pizzas since at ten and continued from there. I have taught Home Ec many times and always held a huge dinner for teachers and families at the end of each semester.
I am not ashamed to admit that my first experience with cooking anything on my own came with my sister's (well, really my) Easy-Bake Oven.
For some reason that Christmas my parents mixed up the name tags and I got the huge extra pack of mixes and frosting's while my sister got the oven. I refused to acknowledge the mistake and squirreled the large package away until the moment I knew they would give me the power.
I waited patiently for my sister to use up the mixes that came with the oven and tolerated her meager sharing. When she came to me to ask for what I had, the control was mine.
Like a professional I whipped the batter with the mixer in our kitchen and watched over the light bulb baking like a mother hen watches over her chicks. Putting icing on a cake that was not yet properly cooled was something that just WASN'T done.
Sure I ate my fill, but there was nothing better than sharing with others.
The years have passed but I still fondly remember MY Easy-Bake Oven. Thank you Mr. Howes.
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20100219/NEWS01/2200320/Easy-Bake+Oven+inventor+dies
