I want to give a shout-out to Kitchen Aid

[Marthe48]

14. My Mom gave me her Kitchen Aid mixer

She got it in the late fifties, and we all used it when we learned how to cook and bake as we grew up. She let me have it after I got married in the early 70s, and I used it until about 1990. My husband got me a new one at that time. I gave the old one to my sister. I don't know how long she used it, but she hasn't told me it blew up. Both my kids have a Kitchen Aid, too. Amazing machine.

I remember making whipped Jell-o, a treat my grandmother made for us. I loved the bubbly texture. I got liquid Jell-o all over the counter and walls as I whipped it. Learned to let it gel a little longer before I whipped it. I wanted to make a dessert with whipped cream, one of my first tries. I figured more is better, so I whipped the cream longer, and turned it into butter. My Mom was very kind. She scraped it out of the bowl and we used that batch of homemade butter for cooking and toast. Lol

We had all of the attachments too, including the grinder. My parents owned a grocery store and they'd bring home the deli ends. We'd grind them up together and make ham salad. Always a unique flavor, because there'd be 3 or 4 kinds of lunch meat included.