Kitchen Fun for Little Cooks
A Hallmark Play-Time Book
I couldn’t find a copyright date in this little book, but
I’m sure I received it in the early 70’s.
This was my very first cook book and I loved it because of the
simplicity of the recipes. As a very
young child, I was so proud to be able to make some of the treats in this book
all by myself. I distinctly remember my
favorite being Ronny Rooster’s Sugar
Toast.
“’Cockle-doodle-doo,’
sings Ronny Rooster every time we Pixies carry a slice of Sugar Toast to
him. We laugh to see how happy Sugar
Toast makes Ronny Rooster. Sugar Toast
will make you happy, too. It is just a
little harder to fix- but not too hard.”
It’s hard to imagine now, but to a young child, reading the
directions to a recipe, toasting bread, spreading butter on it and sprinkling a
bit of cinnamon and sugar was a stretch of my skills. Therefore, success meant confidence gained.
Recently, along with another woman about my age, I figured
out how to use a circular saw in order to cut boards to a certain length for
some garden beds. I had no previous experience
using any power tools before. In fact,
before that day I wasn’t even sure what a circular saw looked like! But guess what? Georgette and I figured it out and were
successful (and safe) in our task! Just
like making Sugar Toast as a young child, learning how to use that circular saw meant
confidence gained.
I was reminded that I should reach outside my comfort zone
more often. After all, nothing ventured, nothing gained!
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