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Yeah, I know, I know... we're officially in 2008... cookie season is supposed to be over, but apparently it's not. This judge has received a few boo-hoo e-mails from some distraught bake-off entrants (3 to be exact) who for any number of reasons, were not able to get the goods to us in time. While I would love to confer with my fellow judge, AG... I don't know where in the hell she is. For all I know she's passed out somewhere in Napa Valley. I don't even know which coast she's on. She could very well be stuck in a deep freeze on the east coast. SO... that having been said, I am inclined to let those who sent goods, but whom the postal gods f***ed with, re-send.
I believe AG handed down some judging deadline of January 15th... Grizzled and I were finished oh so long ago, but again, who am I to spar with the reasoning of AG. It's only January 4th... if you whiners, you postally-challenged bakers, can get the goods to us by the 11th, you'll be considered. You're going to have to send something pretty darn spectacular though since you'll be docked 7 points from the get-go for lateness. Why 7? I don't know why. I just like the number and if you complain about that, I'll make it 10. It just wouldn't be fair to those who baked and got things here on time if you weren't docked.
Decisions WILL BE MADE by the 15th though. Corn Man wants a new home and frankly, I'm ready for Corn Man to find a new home. He still freaks me out. I even had to move him to an upper shelf so the dog would stop barking at him. This whole year has been one Karen Black "Trilogy of Terror"!!!
AG... if you're out there... send up a signal!
if you can give me a heads up on who those 3 are, i can send them a little e-consolation :-D
Posted by: almostinfamous | January 04, 2008 at 12:34 PM
Maybe we need an award for least tangible entry?
Posted by: Mendaciousd | January 04, 2008 at 01:07 PM
They're sure as hell not the three wise men.
Posted by: Snag | January 04, 2008 at 01:08 PM
I'm not giving a heads up yet, aif.
MenD- I like the least tangible entry.
Snag- if they were the wise men, they'd be arriving this Sunday and the cookies would be made with frankincense, gold and myrrh. While I frown on cookies made with frankincense and myrrh, I'd be willing to accept the gold.
Posted by: Jennifer | January 04, 2008 at 01:13 PM
Gold and silver leaf--usually silver, since it's cheaper--is a common decoration on South Asian sweets. You're supposed to eat it, however. Some people get squicked out by the concept when I explain it to them, so I decided not to try it for the egg sweet, since it's a pain to pick off. (It really is very thin.)
Posted by: Mandos | January 04, 2008 at 01:52 PM
How about 'least digestible entry'? Cuz that's what Mandos is going for there.
Sheesh. I knew this thing was going down in flames. No wonder BG dropped out.
All we ended up doing was feeding AG and making Jennifer flip out.
Posted by: billy pilgrim | January 04, 2008 at 02:10 PM
Who is running this contest?????
I detect the handiwork of some entity akin to myself in EVIL!
Posted by: Sink Lettuce | January 04, 2008 at 02:11 PM
You remembered to stun my entry before serving it, right?
Posted by: Snag | January 04, 2008 at 02:32 PM
Mandos- I have indeed seen and eaten goodies with gold and silver leaf. It, as far as I could tell, only helped the looks and not the taste. Your egg sweet was able to hold its own without any embellishment. :)
Excuse me, BP, but who has been here through thick and thin??? Who has been here posting day after day? Who has been eating more butter than a person should? Yours truly, that's who!! And we've had our points tallied since LAST YEAR! We're waiting on AG... and the few souls who are all in tears because the shipping gods weren't with them. I would have said no to them, but since two of my co-judges are nowhere to be seen, I may as well let a few more people in. I am a bake-off uniter, not a divider...
Snag- yes, we did, however, I don't think we did a sufficient job. Do I send the repair bill to you or your insurance agent?
Posted by: Jennifer | January 04, 2008 at 02:38 PM
Oh great- now Sink Lettuce is here again...
Posted by: Jennifer | January 04, 2008 at 02:40 PM
see, I told you we made Jennifer flip out in a sugar hysteria.
Ag and UC are probably down in Oklahoma....
Posted by: billy pilgrim | January 04, 2008 at 03:05 PM
Oh my god. I cannot believe the deadline was a MONTH after the cookies were due! That's a little ridiculous, given the shelf life for most holiday baked goods.
AG! I know you're out there, as I've had a comment from you! Appease us plebs and crown a victor!
Posted by: Claire | January 04, 2008 at 04:06 PM
It's Pilgrim. No contest.
His cookies were heavenly, and UC and I have been blissfully entwined in each others' arms since eating them.
Enough of these cookies and this Earth would be heaven....
We just hope Billy is sweet, kind and generous enough to bless us withmore at some time in the future!!
Posted by: AG | January 04, 2008 at 05:12 PM
Curse You Billy Pilgrim!
Now my life has no porpoise. All the joy is gone from kittens eyes. I must sacrifice myself to the Sink Lettuce.
Posted by: Pinko Punko Pants | January 04, 2008 at 05:14 PM
AT LAST I HAVE YOU, PINKO!! NOW YOU SHALL FEEL MY WILT!!!
I HAD A PINKO, BUT I EATED HIM! NOM NOM NOM!!!
Posted by: Sink Lettuce | January 04, 2008 at 05:15 PM
The real fake sink lettuce is NOT amused. Also, the real fake real fake real AG is gonna ban someone!
Posted by: Sink Lettuce | January 04, 2008 at 05:42 PM
It's Pilgrim. No contest.
His cookies were heavenly, and UC and I have been blissfully entwined in each others' arms since eating them.
Enough of these cookies and this Earth would be heaven....
We just hope Billy is sweet, kind and generous enough to bless us withmore at some time in the future!!
No chili dog for you MISTAH! Minus 3 points for posting as AG. G-unit, please take a note!
Signal....
I was over at PInko's have the most yummy pad kee mao. With Plover no less!!!
Posted by: Adorable Girlfriend | January 04, 2008 at 11:14 PM
P.S. I will not ban him stunt double lettuce. It's what he wants!
Posted by: Adorable Girlfriend | January 04, 2008 at 11:15 PM
Nom.
Nom.
Nom.
I been a bad boy.
Posted by: billy pilgrim | January 05, 2008 at 11:56 AM
This place is getting as confusing as 3Bulls.
Posted by: MelonHead | January 05, 2008 at 12:03 PM
Bad boy indeed. What are you going to do to correct your naughty behavior?
Posted by: Adorable Girlfriend | January 05, 2008 at 01:33 PM
Do not make Corn Man Angry, Supreme Judge of Cookies.
Posted by: billy pilgrim | January 05, 2008 at 05:36 PM
Corn man is angry and he said you are a naughty, naughty, boy!
Posted by: Adorable Girlfriend | January 06, 2008 at 08:00 PM