Heartwarming Interview Essay

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A Heartwarming Interview Is there someone whom you could just listen to for hours and hours on end without yawning or getting the slightest bit bored with your mind wandering on better places you could be? As a young child, and for as long as I can remember, my maternal great grandmother, born Mildred Beatrice Mayo whom I call “Granny Tiller” due to the fact the other grandmother on my dad’s side of the family is also called “Granny” has always shared her delightful stories with me. There is not one memory I have of her that doesn’t make me smile; including my anxiousness for any holiday or birthday to roll around so I could experience the melting on my tongue of the sweet, crisp on the outside, yet very moist famous pound cake she was well known for that each and every one who tried it fell in love. I, as a child loved to bake cakes, cupcakes, and brownies or anything, yet to this day I still do. I was always eager to climb on the clean kitchen counter with my feet dangling down watching her get the ingredients together and not measure a thing pouring it all into the mixing bowl as she made this perfect cake. Most elderly people that I have ever been around to watch cook, always seem to make great food without the thought of even bringing out a measuring cup, just because they have rehearsed it so much in their many years of life that it comes natural and they measure by seeing the mixture in the bowl and guessing how much they need by pouring a little bit at a time into the palm of their hands. I finally got up enough courage one day to ask her if I could help. Well, I came to discover that all you have to do is have your main ingredients together; the sugar, flour, butter, vanilla, and salt; easy enough right? Well it’s a little more complicated than that; you have to make sure you cream the butter and sugar thoroughly (stir real good) then add each egg one

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