"kilikini" > wrote in message
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> cybercat wrote:
>> "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.
>
> Yep, it sounds like you grew up like I did. It was nice, back then,
> wasn't it?
>

In some ways.