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Don’t slam the door

Posted on October 29, 2012 | Leave a comment

Dear Frankenstorm,

These are the only ‘sandies’ that are welcome in these parts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please be on your way.

And stop dripping all the water. You’re making a mess.

Signed,

The Northeast

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Orange you glad…

Posted on May 4, 2012 | Leave a comment

HAPPY NATIONAL CANDIED ORANGE PEEL DAY!

 

Why am I celebrating orange peels that have been boiled, sliced, and sugared? It’s not like I particularly enjoy the cookies and fruitcakes that they frequent.

Nope. I just like the photo.

Sweet!

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Dunk and cover

Posted on March 7, 2012 | 1 Comment

The Oreo turned 100 yesterday.  I cheered.  Bet you did, too.

But last night I learned that the eerily similar Hydrox sandwich cookie is 104 years old.

Now I have a bad taste in my mouth.

The Oreo — which, let’s face it, has the better name between the two — came second.  Was actually inspired by Hydrox.

But somehow Hydrox has always been perceived as the knockoff through the years.  So much so that the cookie was removed from the market in 2003.  Yet in 2008, in response to an online petition, Kelloggs put Hydrox back on the market, albeit temporarily, under the original Sunshine label.

Now?  All I can find is some crushed Hydrox on Nuts.com.

How fitting.

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Gift guide

Posted on January 7, 2012 | 1 Comment

To all travelers, business or pleasure:

I got a peek behind the curtain yesterday during my flight to Dallas.  Discovered something that can turn a cold, distant flight attendant into a friendly and engaged conversationalist.

Cookies

It’s as simple as that.

Two pilots were deadheading on my flight from New York City, and they were in the row in front of me.  After we achieved a ‘comfortable cruising altitude,’ the flight attendants started coming.  One by one.  Big smiles on their faces.  Gratitude on their lips.

All because one of the pilots brought the crew cookies when he boarded the plane.

With the rest of the passengers, the flight attendants were polite, but we didn’t get those genuine grins.  Or the frequent check-ins to see if we needed anything else.

I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised.  I’ve received a less effusive version of this treatment when I’ve given a flight attendant a magazine when I’m finished with it.  But yesterday I learned an important nuance:

Do it at the start of the flight.

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Smart cookie

Posted on January 10, 2011 | 1 Comment

I’m not normally a cookie person.

But Girl Scout Cookies?  That’s a different matter altogether.

Their Thin Mint and Caramel deLite cookies are such melt-in-your-mouth masterpieces that even I, an avowed ‘salty snack’ gal, get all aflutter when Girl Scout Cookie time rolls around.

But I no longer work in an office setting — with parents peskily pushing their child’s wares — so I often miss the annual sales drive.  Lucky for me this year, AOL promoted the organization on their homepage.  But those darn Girl Scouts still make you buy them from a local council.

Or do they?

I’ve found the loophole, folks.

While their sales techniques are a bit archaic, the Girls Scouts’ website is up-to-date (even has a Flash animation of all the cookies — fancy).  If you click down deep enough, you’ll find an online order form that you can use IF you’re willing to spring for more than 12 boxes of cookies (and live in one of the five boroughs of New York City).

Twelve measly boxes?  Child’s play.

So, gather ye friends and neighbors and place your orders, folks.  There be cookies awaitin’.

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Whine and dine

Posted on November 16, 2009 | Leave a comment

I happened upon “The Bonnie Hunt Show” during my business travels last week, and her floor director made a comment that I’m thinking about putting on a t-shirt.

Bonnie was teasing him about the number of cookies he was eating before the show, and he replied, “I’m an adult now. I can eat as many cookies as I want.  I’m in charge of me.”

Damn straight.

Even at my age, I am asked time and time again to explain my behavior, simply because it goes against some preconceived societal norm.  The one that irks me the most?

“You don’t want wine with dinner?  Everyone else is having a glass.”

I am so tired of answering this question.  Why should my not drinking alcohol ever be an issue?  But for some reason, it is.  And I find myself explaining, again and again.

Do I ever make people explain why they choose beer…or wine…or a mixed drink?  No.  Because I don’t care what they drink.  It doesn’t affect my enjoyment of what I’m drinking or eating, so why should my decision to drink iced tea affect theirs?

Heck, iced tea looks like liquor — a darn big glass of it — so by all appearances, I’m drinking.  And if you’ve hung around with me, you know iced tea makes me very, very happy, and when I’m happy, I’m very, very social.

Yes, this is a pet peeve.  But I feel better having vented. Thanks for listening.  Heck, let’s all go grab a cookie…or two…or five.

We’re all adults here, right?



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Cookie Monster

Posted on August 22, 2009 | Leave a comment

I’ll keep this short. I have never made cookies — packaged or from scratch — and not eaten at least a spoonful or two of the raw dough.

That’s the best part, for cripe’s sake.

And now Nestle has gone and put a “Do not consume raw cookie dough” warning on their package because there’s a risk of salmonella from the uncooked eggs. (Apparently this is true if you make the dough from scratch, too.)

Thanks for ruining a great American tradition, Nestle. With that queasy image in mind, I won’t be able to get the spoon to my lips.

Might not make cookies again, either.

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