I am a navy wife retired. he put in 20 years. We have one child. My grandfather got me started I remember him handing me the shake and bake bag to shake. Grandma got me in to baking cookies. I started with her cookie press then she got me one and I was hooked. until I went away to college we allways had spritz cookies at chistmass. Mom had a great recipie for gingerbread cookies. I wish she could find it. Any thing new! Cutting up a phesant. We never had it cooked as a whole bird. It was allways cut up. I had watched my father do in year after year as a child when we got home from hunting. 5 years ago some one gave him some frozen birds. Dad dosen't hunt any more bad eyes. Any way he gave me and my sister 2 phesants each and 3 grouse. I had never cut up a bird before but it was like I had been doing it every day. That was the best phesant I ever had. first try for my husband and he loved it to.