Addie
Chef Extraordinaire
When I was a new bride more than 50 years ago, one of the first pieces of baking equipment I bought was a Mirro Aluminum large muffin pan. I still have it. Mirro was what every housewife had. The backside of that pan gets only the bottom of the cups scrubbed, but between, never. I figured one day, I don't cook food on the outside of the pan, why bother. I used that muffin tin for the Peter Pumpkin Muffins. I credit that pan for making them taste so good. Have you ever seen the pans they use in a commercial kitchen or bakery? Over the years the goodies that have come out of that tin have just gotten better and better. And it is not that my cooking skills have improved that much. It is the patina that has built up on the backside. Because I have always used paper cups, the front of it looks almost like new. That and a lot of Brillo. Spike has laid claim to that pan. And it will definitely be his in the end. Even he can see the value of how great it makes cupcakes and muffins.