On 1/26/2013 7:00 PM, Polly Esther wrote:
> I know I can do a net search and I will - but I am about to ship
> pralines to the hospital in Landstuhl for our wounded military. There's
> room in the box for cookies but most cookie recipes don't have or need
> much of a 'keeping' life. Anyone have a suggestion for a tough cookie?
> Polly
>

Stone cookies from the Mountview Bakery on the big island is a favorite
with the older generation. I've had some over the years and thought it
was awful stuff. Tasteless, heavy, and with a fearsome hardness. I never
could understand the appeal. I ordered some for my dad to take and pass
out in Las Vegas. Those old local guys just dig it!

I called up the bakery and placed my order and got 8 bags a couple of
days later. I tried to give them my card number but they wouldn't have
any of that - my guess is that they don't have the terminal and data
line to do it. Instead, I received a handwritten invoice and so I sent
them a check. It's a strange way to conduct business in this day and age.

Anyway, the cookie wasn't bad. They even had different flavors too. The
one I liked had raisins in it. You don't eat that cookie, you work on it
over a period of time. If taking a bite out of a cookie and stuffing it
in your pocket or glovebox is your thing, this is your huckleberry!

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