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Our last entry... or last as of right now... Chuckles is still having UPS problems. His cookies are stuck in outer Tuckercarlstan... and there are still rumors that midniter is baking, but I have yet to see anything and technically, the 21st has come and gone SOOOOOOOO... let's get back to our last entry in hand. KATHLEEN!!!!
Kathleen sent a lovely environmentally-sound package. There were no bells and whistles, only a promise that the earth had been respected during her packaging. No trees were cut down. My inner druid loves that. There were also no bribes. Although there has been a lot of talk about the importance of bribes, Kathleen knows I dance to the beat of a drummer that has integrity, baby! Score one for Kathleen. Kathleen also uses her first name while blogging. Score two for Kathleen! Kathleen, although sweet, can also verbally kick most any blogger around the block and back. Score even more for Kathleen!!!
But, this is a bake-off, not a word-off, let's get down to brass cookies, shall we?? Kathleen sent two varieties, one of which is shown on the left. Ignore the environmentally-sound cutting board. Yes, it needed to be thrown... I mean throne (sorry, BG) out years ago, but this was a free-range cutting board and Kathleen felt it would be irresponsible to pluck another one out of nature. She's sticking with what she's got, cuts and scratches be damned!
On the cutting board are some very delicious oatmeal cookies that had coconut, chocolate chips and orange! Grizzled and I both loved them. We wanted more. We're both fond of the chocolate/orange combo so this was a hit. Add to that, the coconut and I think, nuts... and you've got a winner. I should know if nuts were in this, but frankly, I've tested so many cookies that they're all running together in one gigantor Zelmo concoction! I must confess, for some reason eggnog sounded good this holiday season... spiked eggnog and I've probably had more than I should. As my eldest lamblet said, I'm probably suffering from egg noggin. She's probably right. However... whether they had nuts or not is beside the point. We liked them. We ate them. They were a wonderful combo.
The second cookie that Kathleen sent was some little ginger wonder that I still can't quite figure out. It was a rolled cookie that was sliced. It was not overly decorative, not overly sweet, but was loaded with chunks of mouth-warming ginger. Kathleen may not have realized it, but this little baby was the perfect ending to 10 days of non-stop cookie sampling. Our stomachs were feeling a tad sheepish. Come to think of it, that could have been the eggnog. Our taste buds were nearly tapped out, but this deceptive cookie was the answer to our cookie prayers. If there is a Cookie Jesus, Kathleen is it. Ginger is known for its stomach-soothing effects. The mellowness of the cookie combined with the calming and warming ginger made us reeeeeeally like this one. Not all cookies need to smack you over the head with SWEAT! Again, we liked it.
We liked both cookies that Kathleen sent. We like the fact that she shows of a sense of responsibility towards Mother Earth. Kathleen is a good cookie in our book.
As I mentioned at the beginning of this post, Kathleen's entry is the last one in our hands. Chuckles' may escape and find its way here and if it does, I'll judge it because it was sent on time, but until then, this is it for the cookie countdown. I will put up a post tomorrow that links to all previous posts in the order of their posting. I realize that with the interruption of the holidays, some posts could easily be missed. No cookie post will go unnoticed. Everyone who baked gets their day.
I must return to napping.
Man! I should've totally entered a Bake-off where all the bakers used SWEAT in their recipes.
LOL.
I would totally get the thrown back.
Posted by: blue girl | December 26, 2007 at 06:14 PM
Should've added...
Chocolate and orange are definitely an awesome combo.
Posted by: blue girl | December 26, 2007 at 06:16 PM
....is definitely.
Shut up, BP! Go play the piano!
Posted by: blue girl | December 26, 2007 at 06:17 PM
Man! I should've totally entered a Bake-off where all the bakers used SWEAT in their recipes.
LOL!! Yes, I've definitely got eggnoggin... that and I'm heading for the Betty Ford Cookie Clinic!
Posted by: Jennifer | December 26, 2007 at 06:19 PM
Just forget about Chuckles. You know his cookies will be gross, and you have no idea what went into them anyway. Or rather, you do. That's the problem.
Posted by: Mandos | December 26, 2007 at 07:06 PM
Why didn't anyone tell me there was a bake-off?
Posted by: fish | December 29, 2007 at 11:24 PM