Some people bake for a special occasion, or because they are happy, or sad. I bake because it is a Friday night and it is a Full Moon and I know better than to go outside with all of those crazy MF'ers. Therefore, I opted to stay home, pour myself a glass of wine, turn on some jazz music, and bake my little heart out.



I also wanted to bake because I recently read an article about KitchenAid, ya know only the mixers we all have in our kitchen, that we all  have a crazy f'ing obsession about. Well did you know....

• The original KitchenAid mixer came out in 1919. I am pretty sure that means that a T-rex and it's tiny little arms used a KitchenAid to make cupcakes at some point.
• It also weighted 65 pounds back in the day. Which is crazy to think about because they are still insanely heavy and if I would have thought of this earlier, while I was baking cookies, I could have bench pressed my mixer while waiting for the cookies to come out of the oven.
• They also were $189.50, which is honesty close to what we pay now, but back in 1919 that was the equivalent to $2500. That is a really expensive mixer!
• The original name was Model H-5, thankfully they recognized that the name needed an upgrade, because let's be real the Model H-5 sounds like a new strain of the bird flu. Totally not a sexy name!!
• Julia Child's KitchenAid mixer is at the Smithsonian. I am pretty sure mine will be there someday.
• Before 1955 the KitchenAid was only available in white, but now there are 84 color options and it has lost 40 lbs. However, my KitchenAid is still white, guess I am a traditionalist.
• The KitchenAid was originally sold door to door, can you even imagine lugging around a 65lb mixer to try and sell? Those KitchenAid salesmen were probably ripped and hot AF. Let's bring them back!!