"kilikini" > wrote
> My mom wasn't a great cook, but she got us interested in cooking by the
> time we were about 3. She could bake, though. We always helped with
> cookies or cakes (she always cooked from scratch) and she made it fun by
> letting us lick the bowl or the mixers after we helped. Oh, and she used
> to make all kinds of puddings and custards - dang, the memories!

Exactly the same with me! Wonderful pie crusts, terrific cakes. English
Walnut pound cake--the walnuts had to be English for some reason--and
coconut cake, Jewish Apple cake, scores of batches of home made cookies at
Christmas, including spritz and almond crescents. Wonderful baked custards.
She was really happy when she baked, too. I remember she hummed the whole
time. Off key.