I was one of those odd little girls whose curiosity often got the better of her and got her into deep, deep trouble. My consistently frustrated parents could certainly attest to that fact and often do at family gatherings, much to my red-faced chagrin.
Just imagine the geeky/freaky love child of Rachel Ray and the Professor from Gilligan’s Island, mixing science and snacks, and you’ve got a pretty good picture of me as a 9 year old.
I’d split time between gazing into my not-so-super powerful microscope and staring with anticipation into the glare inside my Hasbro Easy Bake Oven. I was a very diversified lass.
As a younger version of the perky TV chef, I could crank out some pretty tasty tarts and cakes cooked only by the heat generated from a light bulb inside my tiny pink oven. Inspired by the Skipper and Ginger’s buddy, I was always trying to come up with some new invention to help me pass the time, if not get me off the island of boredom.
I never did perfect the telephone concocted from coconuts, but I did manage to subject a few things not recommended by Hasbro to the bright glare of my oven’s bulb, all in the name of science. You’d just have to see for yourself what happens to a pair of Barbie’s tiny plastic high-heeled pumps after they’ve been tormented by heat. It’s not pretty.
I’ll be honest. Now that I’m adult, I’m still pretty odd and I love to see what happens when you put everyday objects into unusual circumstances.
It appears that I’m not the only one of that ilk with access to the Internet. I ran across an experiment to see what happens when you take those chalky candy hearts you can only find around Valentine’s Day and put them through the rigors of an adult-sized oven.
It warmed my heart. Albeit not to the extent that these candy hearts were tortured.
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