On Tuesday, January 22, 2013 8:33:10 PM UTC-6, Christopher M. wrote:
> Nancy2 wrote:
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> > On Jan 22, 1:13 pm, "Christopher M." > wrote:
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> >> "Gary" > wrote in
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> >>> I didn't think it was possible to screw up chocolate chip cookies
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> >>> but it is.
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> >>> I bought a bag of "Chips Ahoy - Chewy" yesterday afternoon
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> >>> and....yuk! Very
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> >>> weird tasting. They should be labeled, "Processed Cookie Product,"
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> >>> IMO.
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> >>> Actually most of the CC cookies found in the cookie isle are not so
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> >>> good. Only the bakery has acceptable ones but the best are the
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> >>> homemade ones from
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> >>> scratch.
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> >>> Guess I'll just make my own from now on. Another plus is that I
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> >>> won't eat them often as I'm usually too lazy to make them. Once I
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> >>> do though I find it
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> >>> hard to stop and, since I live alone now, I eat them up too fast.
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> >> Sometimes I roll them in cinnamon. Those are called wookie cookies.
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> >> (1 part cinnamon to 3 parts sugar). Have to use half milk chocolate
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> >> chips and half semi-sweet chips so you don't overpower the cinnamon
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> >> though.
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> >> Sometimes I substitute 1/4 cup of milk for an egg, and substitute
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> >> some of the butter with shortening. I think that's the original Toll
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> >> House cookie recipe.They're crispier, and more sugary. And, of
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> >> course, they have a longer shelf life.
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> >> W. Pooh (AKA Winnie P.)
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> > Uh-oh, now you will experience the wrath of Mr. Negative,
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> I blocked that dude years ago.
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> > who thinks
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> > we will die sooner if we eat "shortening" once in a while.
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Nancy2 is an old dog. New tricks are too much for her.
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> Yeah, I think I'd have to eat a lot of whoopie pies to get shortening
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> poisoning.
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And you're the kind of pig to stuff crap into your body.
"...the NAS [National Academies of Science] has concluded there is no safe level of trans fat consumption. There is no adequate level, recommended daily amount or tolerable upper limit for trans fats. This is because any incremental increase in trans fat intake increases the risk of coronary heart disease."
source-- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_f...nal_guidelines
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> W. Pooh (AKA Winnie P.)

--Bryan