Comments on: The Easy-Bake Oven: magic, not gourmet http://www.almostgotit.com/2009/05/07/the-easy-bake-oven-magic-not-gourmet/ So, kids are mostly raised & I've just gone back to work... Tue, 03 May 2011 14:46:12 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: pages http://www.almostgotit.com/2009/05/07/the-easy-bake-oven-magic-not-gourmet/comment-page-1/#comment-2774 pages Sat, 09 May 2009 03:36:08 +0000 http://www.almostgotit.com/2009/05/07/the-easy-bake-oven-magic-not-gourmet/#comment-2774 Somebody I knew had one of those bug maker things. Now, if I could only remember who..... Age does have it's disadvantages. Somebody I knew had one of those bug maker things. Now, if I could only remember who…..

Age does have it’s disadvantages.

]]> By: Dennis the Vizsla http://www.almostgotit.com/2009/05/07/the-easy-bake-oven-magic-not-gourmet/comment-page-1/#comment-2772 Dennis the Vizsla Sat, 09 May 2009 00:32:53 +0000 http://www.almostgotit.com/2009/05/07/the-easy-bake-oven-magic-not-gourmet/#comment-2772 Mmmmm, cake ...... Mmmmm, cake ……

]]> By: Jan http://www.almostgotit.com/2009/05/07/the-easy-bake-oven-magic-not-gourmet/comment-page-1/#comment-2767 Jan Fri, 08 May 2009 01:39:36 +0000 http://www.almostgotit.com/2009/05/07/the-easy-bake-oven-magic-not-gourmet/#comment-2767 You poor abused child...NO Easy Bake Oven! Can you imagine the hoopla we would have today if there was a toy on the market with an exposed 100 watt light bulb? Sigh...makes me miss lead paint toys too. Ah yes, the good old days when we were allowed to discover all on our own that touching a hot light bulb resulted in a blister. Don't know about you but I was a fast learner! You poor abused child…NO Easy Bake Oven! Can you imagine the hoopla we would have today if there was a toy on the market with an exposed 100 watt light bulb? Sigh…makes me miss lead paint toys too. Ah yes, the good old days when we were allowed to discover all on our own that touching a hot light bulb resulted in a blister. Don’t know about you but I was a fast learner!

]]> By: Wordnut http://www.almostgotit.com/2009/05/07/the-easy-bake-oven-magic-not-gourmet/comment-page-1/#comment-2766 Wordnut Thu, 07 May 2009 19:11:36 +0000 http://www.almostgotit.com/2009/05/07/the-easy-bake-oven-magic-not-gourmet/#comment-2766 The mixes were terrible. But I remember liking the idea that I could eat "a whole cake" by myself. And the fact that you could create a sort of assembly line--pushing one cake in forced the done cake to the cooling station. I get what you mean by the magic of it. I loved my sister's Easy-Bake almost as much as she did, but not as much as my Creepy Crawler set. You poured colored liquid into metal molds of spiders, scorpions and the like and then you heated the molds on a cooker, really just an electric hotplate, to make great looking plastic bugs. It would never pass the toy safety laws of today! I sold my creatures for 5 cents each to my friends, the really cool big ones for a quarter. My friends and I used the cooker to sizzle all sorts of things! The mixes were terrible. But I remember liking the idea that I could eat “a whole cake” by myself. And the fact that you could create a sort of assembly line–pushing one cake in forced the done cake to the cooling station. I get what you mean by the magic of it.

I loved my sister’s Easy-Bake almost as much as she did, but not as much as my Creepy Crawler set. You poured colored liquid into metal molds of spiders, scorpions and the like and then you heated the molds on a cooker, really just an electric hotplate, to make great looking plastic bugs. It would never pass the toy safety laws of today! I sold my creatures for 5 cents each to my friends, the really cool big ones for a quarter.

My friends and I used the cooker to sizzle all sorts of things!

]]> By: almostgotit http://www.almostgotit.com/2009/05/07/the-easy-bake-oven-magic-not-gourmet/comment-page-1/#comment-2765 almostgotit Thu, 07 May 2009 18:24:54 +0000 http://www.almostgotit.com/2009/05/07/the-easy-bake-oven-magic-not-gourmet/#comment-2765 <em>Many thanks, Kathy, but I suspect I'd just be terribly disappointed...</em> Many thanks, Kathy, but I suspect I’d just be terribly disappointed…

]]> By: Kathy M. http://www.almostgotit.com/2009/05/07/the-easy-bake-oven-magic-not-gourmet/comment-page-1/#comment-2764 Kathy M. Thu, 07 May 2009 18:08:08 +0000 http://www.almostgotit.com/2009/05/07/the-easy-bake-oven-magic-not-gourmet/#comment-2764 My sister wanted an Easy-Bake Oven, which she did get. The only thing I recall her producing was a one layer cake from an included mix. I wasn't impressed--perhaps I was too old by the time The Oven appeared on the market. If you still want one, I will hunt far and wide....well, online anyway. But sorry, no Aga. But I will grieve for you that you did not get E.B. John never got a Verti-Bird, either, just a plaid shirt. My sister wanted an Easy-Bake Oven, which she did get. The only thing I recall her producing was a one layer cake from an included mix. I wasn’t impressed–perhaps I was too old by the time The Oven appeared on the market.

If you still want one, I will hunt far and wide….well, online anyway. But sorry, no Aga. But I will grieve for you that you did not get E.B. John never got a Verti-Bird, either, just a plaid shirt.

]]> By: Mamabear http://www.almostgotit.com/2009/05/07/the-easy-bake-oven-magic-not-gourmet/comment-page-1/#comment-2763 Mamabear Thu, 07 May 2009 17:59:29 +0000 http://www.almostgotit.com/2009/05/07/the-easy-bake-oven-magic-not-gourmet/#comment-2763 I can tell you right now, an Easy-Bake Oven is a helluva lot cheaper than an Aga. I can tell you right now, an Easy-Bake Oven is a helluva lot cheaper than an Aga.

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