Having watched a lot of Saturday morning TV in the 1960s, I was aware of the Easy-Bake Oven, but I never really craved one until I got to elementary school and found out that many of the girls in my class had one. I asked for one, but my parents thought that was silly, since I was already using the regular oven to make tiny cakes in tiny pans whenever my mother baked a full-size cake. Besides, it was too expensive -and so were the tiny packets of cake mix. That was logical, but not easy for a six-year-old to hear. So the most nostalgic part of this video for me is seeing the Kenner Gooney Bird.
Forty years later, my own children never expressed any desire to bake tiny cakes with a light bulb. I honestly didn't know they were still made until I watched this video from Weird History Food. The Easy-Bake Oven turned 60 years old just tecently, and has had a lot of ups and down in its history. The older ones that still work fetch a premium in the vintage toy market, but good luck finding light bulbs that are hot enough to bake a cake.
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
The Easy-Bake Oven
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I've got a stash of filament light bulbs may be I could but up the non cooking cookers, put in a hat bulb and sell at a profit. Nah, too much trouble.
I'm trying to figure out what gender neutral colors in and oven or any appliance are. OK, pink is generally considered a girl color but what else. Don't tell me blue, a see a lot of females driving blue vehicles. Not green, not red, not yellow, not black.
xoxoxoBruce
Should have put my glasses on. LoL
xoxoxoBruce
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