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artimaeis on April 1, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Pizza rolls and the meaning of midcentury food

I don’t think most of us who identify as “latchkey” kids had a ton of parental guidance around the house. Often there wasn’t anyone around to teach us to cook anything outside of the relatively child-proof microwave.

ethbr0 on April 1, 2023 [–]

My wife's kids love the toaster oven, because she taught them it was almost impossible to burn the house down with, so they felt safe.

Which is weird, because I never used one as a kid. Toaster, yes. Toaster-oven, no.

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