i've never ached for the desire to make my own blueberry muffins as much as i do now. we don't have an oven. i've said to several witnesses, "i swear, the next chance i get i promise i will make brownies from scratch, just for the ability to bake my own things!" i used to bake a lot when i was a kid. i had my own easy-bake oven and everything. then one time (using a real oven) i wasted a pound of pecans (expensive!) because i forgot to take the pie out when it was time. there was also the time i added a cup of baking soda instead of a tablespoon to chocolate chip cookie dough. i remember my mom and brother laughed and laughed, i was so embarassed. anyway, then i joined 4H and i think i learned to make pretty decent baked goods. since i have become an adult, baking has lost a ton of interest for me, until now! i don't generally love chilean food. i do love their baked breads and such but i tried a muffin the other day and it just wasn't as good as one i could have made. baking things would certainly give me the ability to make food taste the way i would like it to. having a oven would allow us to make more than soups, stews, stir frys and burgers.
though i have to say, we certainly push the envelope anyway.
take a look at the attempt at making baked? stuffed peppers on the stove-top. it was... interesting and really not that bad (though our desire to save money by buying quinoa in bulk at la vega resulted in having to eat glass shards- apparently cheap quinoa doesn't go through any kind of refinining process that screens the stuff out).
