Figgy1
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Figgy1
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@Songbird76 thank you. i cut up a couple of heads of cabbage today.
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MinnieM123
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You actually hit upon a very important clue about my adversity to cooking. You see, when I was little kid, I wanted an Easybake Oven, and my mother refused to get me one. I told her I could bake her a cake in one, but she just laughed at me.
I was so traumatized by the experience, that it turned me off to all cooking on any stove from that point on. (That's my story, and my excuse for microwaving all my meals now. 
)Brings back memories. Also anyone remember the home ec classes we had to take 40-50 years ago in school? Baking is fun if you know what you are doing.You actually hit upon a very important clue about my adversity to cooking. You see, when I was little kid, I wanted an Easybake Oven, and my mother refused to get me one. I told her I could bake her a cake in one, but she just laughed at me.
MinnieM123
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My favorite class was the one when one of the kids in my group, took off the metal thing (older, range-top, pressure cooker style) and the cover burst open shortly after -- beef stew hit the ceiling in the cooking room!
Goofyernmost
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My last apartment had a flat top stove, it was almost a pleasure cleaning it. So easy compared to electric coils. That said, according to what you have told us about how little you cook, yours must still look unused.Veggies are nice colors.
But I'm more impressed with how your stove is so clean and tidy. I don't know how you do it!
Goofyernmost
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It's a good thing that you didn't also ask for a "magic box that cooks in seconds" too! If you had you would have to eat everything cold and raw. I guess you still could drink the cake batter.You actually hit upon a very important clue about my adversity to cooking. You see, when I was little kid, I wanted an Easybake Oven, and my mother refused to get me one. I told her I could bake her a cake in one, but she just laughed at me.
MinnieM123
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My last apartment had a flat top stove, it was almost a pleasure cleaning it. So easy compared to electric coils. That said, according to what you have told us about how little you cook, yours must still look unused.
That sounds great -- I wish our stovetop was like that. It is a pain in the patootie to attempt to clean the coils, not to mention what falls underneath--and the drip pans are fairly useless, as the crud manages to fall below those as well.
Since the various Covid restrictions, etc., over the past year, at-home cooking has ramped up. So, the range is getting more funky, quicker.
I can't wait to go back to indoor restaurants, and let them clean up their own mess in the restaurant kitchen. I'm good with that. 
DryerLintFan
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You actually hit upon a very important clue about my adversity to cooking. You see, when I was little kid, I wanted an Easybake Oven, and my mother refused to get me one. I told her I could bake her a cake in one, but she just laughed at me.
If you were given an easy bake oven, and you had to eat the food from one, you works have wished you were never given one
DryerLintFan
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Was thinking if we're not eating out of tin cans by then that it might be worth a trip to Disney in September. With the fiftieth announced for October, do you think the crowds will wait for that?
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Eating out of tin cans ( ie Chef Boyardee pasta and meatballs) ramen noodles etc was part of my diet back in the day when I was low on funds however the girls that I knew who lived together always had food. They were more than happy to share their food items with me.
Figgy1
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Now I understand. I could take a box of cake mix and make cake for the entire family in mine. I'd even put sprinkles in the cakes or make mini layer cakes. it took all afternoon but it was worth it.You actually hit upon a very important clue about my adversity to cooking. You see, when I was little kid, I wanted an Easybake Oven, and my mother refused to get me one. I told her I could bake her a cake in one, but she just laughed at me.
Figgy1
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We didn't have home ec but I did take a sewing elective which was a total waste of time
Figgy1
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The secret to that was use real cake mix not the carp that was sold for itIf you were given an easy bake oven, and you had to eat the food from one, you works have wished you were never given one
John park hopper
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Funny I learned to sew from watching my mom sew she made all her cloths and my sisters. When I was in college (dirt poor) going on the GI bill I couldn't afford to buy cloths so I got my mothers old sewing machine and tried sewing my own shirts (wasn't that hard) I would go to the discount fabric store and for about 3 buck s I could make a shirt. Noticed they had denim (cheap) so I took a pair of Blue Jenes apart and used as a pattern. Over the years knowing how to sew has come in handy have made seat covers for my truck and redid my boat cushions. Years go I picked up an Old black Singer machine model 15-91 that thing will sew through anything paid 100 bucks for it works better the the wife's new Kenmore.
Figgy1
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My antique Singer is a Featherweight which works great but I don't put anything but quilting cotton through it just to use it once in a while. My manual Janome also smallish but I can sew multiple layers of fleece or denim on it, my computerized one can sew through fleece or denim, has fantastic stretch stitches and some rather nice fancy stitches which I wish I used more often, I like doing button holes on the manual better
the serger is used for sewing knits and seam finishing and the cover stitch has paid for itself in what I would have paid to have items hemmed and flat fell seams on it are a breeze. I've never been a fan of the Kenmore machines but that's just me
Figgy1
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As far as I know and even James claims he doesn't eat in his sleep. He does enough damage while awake
Goofyernmost
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I think I mentioned here once that years ago, I used to go to local weekly auctions and buy every peddle operated Singer that I could find. I was usually able to pick them up for $5 to $20, I'd take them home and clean them up, make sure that the internals all worked (most of the time the old drive belts were long gone) I had a friend that had a location in the flea market just to the north of Boston. If I got two or three cleaned an ready to go we'd bring them down there and let thoseMy antique Singer is a Featherweight which works great but I don't put anything but quilting cotton through it just to use it once in a while. My manual Janome also smallish but I can sew multiple layers of fleece or denim on it, my computerized one can sew through fleece or denim, has fantastic stretch stitches and some rather nice fancy stitches which I wish I used more often, I like doing button holes on the manual better
In spite of all that I never learned how to sew on a machine. My wife was the talent for sewing. She made her own, plus the kids clothing along with, at one point making some very good substitutes for Cabbage Patch dolls (for those that didn't have lots of money) and also supplied half the town with custom made Barbie doll clothes. I've been thinking about picking up a used machine (non-antique) and teaching myself how to work it. I'm sure You Tube has a billion tutorials.
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StarWarsGirl
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September last year was not crowded at all. Think Soarin' never above 15 minutes. I wouldn't expect it to be crowded this year with the 50th coming up.